Dusk shots, AW 335i

Cyberdemon · 10-19-2013, 06:11 PM

Spent a few minutes shooting around the other night, thought I'd share.

Enjoy!

MassBimmer · 10-19-2013, 06:25 PM

Cool shots, car looks great. Thanks for sharing!

Presario · 10-21-2013, 12:51 AM

Wow gorgeous photos! Car looks beautiful!! What camera and lens are you using? Looks like you're using a starlight filter and a graduated ND?

AMJAM · 10-21-2013, 05:34 AM

Nice

.BMW. · 10-21-2013, 05:38 AM

Beautiful shots!

GOLFFRR · 10-21-2013, 06:24 AM

great looking car. nice shots as well!

NosceTeIpsum · 10-21-2013, 08:22 AM

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3a6rn21x87kalnd/bmwdusk3.png

just played with your pic =)

jrortiz · 10-21-2013, 09:16 AM

Car looks very nice

Quote:

Originally Posted by NosceTeIpsum

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3a6rn21x87kalnd/bmwdusk3.png

just played with your pic =)

Hey nice job

Cyberdemon · 10-21-2013, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Presario

Wow gorgeous photos! Car looks beautiful!! What camera and lens are you using? Looks like you're using a starlight filter and a graduated ND?

Thanks, I wish I had remembered to pack my tripod but they turned out pretty good handheld. Shot on a T2i with a Canon 50mm 1.4, I have a few that I shot on the 8mm fisheye I just got but I didn't edit any of them since I wasn't in love but maybe I'll post some when I get some time.

The light stars are unedited, that's straight out of the camera. The only editing done was tweaking the RAW levels (including a graduated filter to pop some contrast into the sky) plus a few small rubber stamps to edit out the plate/hitch and some other stuff.

I could've punched the contrast/sharpness way up but I always try to be semi-restrained with those ones.

M3AWD · 10-21-2013, 01:50 PM

Sweeeeet! I ordered a copy of your car (from the outside at least) on Saturday!

NosceTeIpsum · 10-21-2013, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrortiz

Car looks very nice

Hey nice job

Thank you!

Cyberdemon · 10-22-2013, 07:26 PM

One more, 8mm Fisheye, blew this one out to give it some drama...threw in a little subtle ///M humor to the skyline.

NosceTeIpsum · 10-22-2013, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyberdemon

One more, 8mm Fisheye, blew this one out to give it some drama...threw in a little subtle ///M humor to the skyline

The car looks amazing, i love your "///M humor" touch very clever

Ivan@PYSpeed.com · 10-23-2013, 06:43 PM

nice photos!!

Meeeotch · 10-24-2013, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NosceTeIpsum

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3a6rn21x87kalnd/bmwdusk3.png

just played with your pic =)

Well done

IM2C · 10-24-2013, 08:56 AM

Beautiful car! Composition, white balance and exposure not so much.

Cyberdemon · 10-24-2013, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by e90im

Beautiful car! Composition, white balance and exposure not so much.

Any constructive comments would certainly be welcome, particularly on the composition.

I wasn't thrilled with the spot I ended up since the car was already in the shade and I only had about 15 minutes before sunset so I just shot what I could and it was all handheld. I was hoping to get direct light on the car but I live in a generally ugly neighborhood of strip malls and locked industrial parks.

IM2C · 10-24-2013, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyberdemon

Any constructive comments would certainly be welcome, particularly on the composition.

I wasn't thrilled with the spot I ended up since the car was already in the shade and I only had about 15 minutes before sunset so I just shot what I could and it was all handheld. I was hoping to get direct light on the car but I live in a generally ugly neighborhood of strip malls and locked industrial parks.

Hey, I didn't mean to sound like a jackass. I'm an amateur photog myself. I'm struggling with exposing a black car in bright daylight.
Composition...If subject (car) is pointing left, and you crop so that there's more room on the right then left, it looks unappealing.

This will get you started. Rule of thirds.

http://www.photographymad.com/pages/...position-rules

Cyberdemon · 10-24-2013, 02:53 PM

Wasn't making you sound like a jackass..I'm a designer, I'm used to people telling me far worse. ;-) I just want to know your actual thoughts so I can digest something useful.

I did try to center the car but it's offset onto the third line. If you look at the two front views the third line actually splits the roundel, but I see your point about the short crop with how it's pointing.

I could probably fix the exposure in post but I didn't put too much time into these...I actually just wanted to take some pictures because I got the car washed and just bought a new lens, but I didn't like any of the shots on the fisheye.

Sadly I got an awesome shot with a train shooting by in the background but handheld it wasn't sharp enough to make me happy.

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Cyberdemon Brigadier General 1538 Rep 3,331 Posts Drives: 2020 X5 40i, 2018 M3 Comp Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Long Island NY iTrader: (3)	Wasn't making you sound like a jackass..I'm a designer, I'm used to people telling me far worse. ;-) I just want to know your actual thoughts so I can digest something useful. I did try to center the car but it's offset onto the third line. If you look at the two front views the third line actually splits the roundel, but I see your point about the short crop with how it's pointing. I could probably fix the exposure in post but I didn't put too much time into these...I actually just wanted to take some pictures because I got the car washed and just bought a new lens, but I didn't like any of the shots on the fisheye. Sadly I got an awesome shot with a train shooting by in the background but handheld it wasn't sharp enough to make me happy. __________________ Current: '20 X5, '18 M3 ZCP Previous: '11 E90 335i, '11 E90 M3, '16 VW GTI, '15 M235i, '13 335i, '08 TL-S, '00 Corvette
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