Anyone know how to take a decent pic? I cant seem to anymore! (56k)

[Djw John]

Gave the car a wee clean and thought Id take a few last pics of it, (Its up for sale) Was maybe a bit late in the day, 5pm, or so but was still sunny so confused as to why my pics came out so dark. Any advice appreciated

I should have used flash but didnt expect that one to come out anyway!^^

Cheers
John

 

[Alan]

Looks mint that matey..

Maybe try using a tripod??

 

[al]

Looks good!!!

Could try using manual exposure control.

 

[Djw John]

Dunno if that would help, defo would at night though! Gotta be worth a shot!

And cheers!

 

[Djw John]

Looks good!!!

Could try using manual exposure control.

uh?! I wouldnt know where to start! Turn it up or down?! By how much?

 

[Spiezels]

how come ure dial is white, i swear mine ent. paint is in good cond, i can see a door knick though in the pic lol

 

[S Garbett]

Looks great mate!

 

[Leeshez]

Very nice car and location

 

[R20 CWH]

iv found with my latest toy that ersing around wi expsoure is usually better for night and dusk shots.

Checking your ISO rating is always a guid start,

 

[Djw John]

how come ure dial is white, i swear mine ent. paint is in good cond, i can see a door knick though in the pic lol

Standard mate, cos its the Clio Sport (not the RenaultSport Clio!)

And yeah its got a couple of wee dings but hey ho!

 

[Djw John]

Will give the ISO thing a bash!

 

[daz833]

park on even ground? lol looking good though

 

[CH33MA]

wot do you use on your tyres, the look good?

 

[Ali]

I'll take sum pics of it! problem solved!

 

[Djw John]

daz, its a multi storey car park!!

Cheema just brushed on Auto Glym stuff

C'mon down then Ali!!

 

[MrMark]

best of the bunch ^

 

[fizzy_drink]

Some nice pics there John.

Your exposures will be a bit difficult because the sky/background is SO bright.

Your camera is metering the exposure for the majority of the frame (ie, the bright background) as opposed to metering the exposure for the dark object in the middle.

Three things can be done with the camera:

1) Use fill-in flash. This is when you force the flash on, so that objects close to you don't seem too dark if the background is very bright.

2) Change the way which the camera meters the frame. In the middle of the screen you'll have a [] or a [ ]. They're differnt metering settings, which will either look at a narrower/wider field when focussing/metering.

3) Setup exposure compensation, so that it slightly over-exposes when you expose such shots. The background will look slightly burnt though.


I'd say option 1 is best, but given you're using a compact camera, the flash may not be powerful enough.


You can also use the "burn" tool in photoshop, which will allow you to push-expose the car a bit more.

 

[Djw John]

Cheers Oms, will have a play about next time its sunny!

 

[Limca]

try taking a pic with not too much in the picture. as in a wall behind it.

 

[Djw Dave]

Let Me Take Them????

 

[Djw John]

No I mean a decent one, you know, talent not luck!

 

[cli0 172]

pop round later john & u can practice on me

 

[Djw John]

Theres an offer thats hard to refuse!!

 

[Djw Dave]

No I mean a decent one, you know, talent not luck!

C0ck!

 

[The Big Yin]

Oops missed a bit John

You not take any pics of the 172 New wheels yet ?

 

[Djw John]

Yeah noticed taht when i uploaded!!

Yeah pics of new wheels are here Shaun http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=175537