Automotive Photography Competition #152

[zeppelin]

Congratulations to Manik for winning competition #151!

Originally Posted by Rules

• The deadline is Saturday 11:59PM
• The photograph can contain only automotive images (with no adulterous material)
• The proposed picture must be your own and not found on the net.
• The photograph must be attached using the UCP system. Any picture not attached using the UCP system will not be in the voting thread.
• Your image may be up to 800 pixels wide.
• Photograph may contain post-processing editing
• It is preferred that you state enhancements made, but not necessary.
• The photograph must be taken no earlier than 3 months before start date
• Each photographer cannot vote for himself, they must vote for the others.
• Any users who enter and vote for themselves automatically receive a 2 week penalty from the competition and all votes previously given to his/her photo are removed.
• The entry must contain the following information in the same order :

User name
Subject matter/photo title
Date taken
Camera Type | additional information you feel important

Originally Posted by Standings 2008

johnnynumfiv: 2 / <AAA-MOD>: 2 / pat_ernzen: 2
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basman007: 1 / Manik: 1
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January: johnnynumfiv

Like I mentioned in the other competition thread, I apologize. My internet has been out for a couple days now and I've had no access until now. Big ups to my homie triple-a mod for throwing up this week's voting threads.

[<AAA-MOD>]

no prob with the polls ........ it got me posting again. kinda sad how low my post count is with all the other contributing I put into this site.

<AAA-MOD>
2007 Creative Workshop Speciale
27-JAN-08
Canon 20D, F7.1, 1/60, Circular Polarizer
no editing, except crop

[orne]

orne
Audi A3
2008-02-03
Sony DSC-H5

[Manik]

Manik
Porsche Crest
Feb. 27, 2008
Canon EOS 350D w/ Screw on macro lens.
Cropped, reduced some black noise

[zeppelin]

Zeppelin
Mazda Furai Concept
February 24 2008
Canon EOS 350D | raw processing

[Manik]

Originally Posted by zeppelin

Zeppelin
Mazda Furai Concept
February 24 2008
Canon EOS 350D | raw processing

Thats sick.

[pat_ernzen]

Originally Posted by Manik

Manik
Porsche Crest
Feb. 27, 2008
Canon EOS 350D w/ Screw on macro lens.
Cropped, reduced some black noise

Great lighting.

[Manik]

Originally Posted by pat_ernzen

Great lighting.

Thanks

[zeppelin]

Originally Posted by Manik

Thats sick.

Thanks man.

What macro lens/attachment did you use? I've been looking for something for my 350D. That shot has some nice clarity and DOF.

[Manik]

Originally Posted by zeppelin

Thanks man.

What macro lens/attachment did you use? I've been looking for something for my 350D. That shot has some nice clarity and DOF.

Its just a cheapie screw on wide angle conversion lens with a macro attatchment. You can get one off of eBay for maybe fifty bucks. The wide angle part screws off and the close up only macro attatchment stays on. It came bundled with my camera, and I've been quite happy with it. Although I find that the wide angle part is very prone to flare...or is it glare...I don't know. Its just low quality glass.

[kvisser]

kvisser
jag hood up
2.3.08
Fugi S3 Pro
no photoshop

[henk4]

Henk4
Mathis333
Retromobile 2008
Canon 1D

[basman007]

basman007
Vorsprung Durch Technik
The Netherlands
20/02
Canon EOS 350D

[Sauc3]

Sauc3
Hakaze
Leap year day
Konica Minolta Dynax 7D

[<AAA-MOD>]

Originally Posted by basman007

basman007
Vorsprung Durch Technik
The Netherlands
20/02
Canon EOS 350D

great shot.......

one quick, but respectful criticism; consider the "Rule of Thirds" when composing your shots.

paraphrased from another source:
The Rule of Thirds.
One of the most popular 'rules' in photography is the Rule Of Thirds. It is also popular amongst artists. It works like this:
Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. You place important elements of your composition where these lines intersect.

As well as using the intersections you can arrange areas into bands occupying a third or place things along the imaginary lines. Good places to put things; third of the way up, third of the way in from the left , you get the idea. Duff places to put things; right in the middle, right at the top, right at the bottom, away in the corner.

Using the Rule of Thirds helps produce nicely balanced easy on the eye pictures. Also, as you have to position things relative to the edges of the frame it helps get rid of 'tiny subject surrounded by vast empty space' syndrome.

So, based on that suggested rule, I believe your shot would have been more impressive if the car appeared along the bottom 1/3 line. If it's difficult to compose a shot that way while taking the shot, then crop it after. There's no rule against cropping in this contest.

Just my $0.02 (CDN, cuz it's worth a lot these days)