Automotive Photography Competition #260

[Timothy (in VA)]

Congratulations to Timothy (in VA) for winning Competition #259!

Rules

• The deadline is Sunday, November 14 at 11:59 PM EST
• The photograph can contain any automotive image (containing 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 or tall.
• 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 four 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

Standings 2010

João Guimarães: 6
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Savageduck: 4
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LeonOfTheDead: 3
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RacingManiac: 2 / Sauc3: 2 / Wouter Melissen: 2 / Timothy (in VA): 2
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Whiteballz: 1 / Italianspirit: 1 / pat_ernzen: 1 / Henk4: 1 / cmcpokey: 1 / Johnnynumfiv: 1 / Waugh-terfall: 1

[Savageduck]

Savageduck
1948 Cisitalia Abarth 204 A Spyder (corrected)
October 24, 2010
Nikon D300s

[henk4]

1949 Abarth?

[Savageduck]

1949 Abarth?

Oops! A phingr phawlt.

It is actually a 1948 Cisitalia Abarth 204 A Spyder.

I will make the appropriate correction.

[csl177]

csl177
After the races
October 20, 2010
Nikon P80, flash fill, cropped

yeah, the car isn't as sharp as I'd like either... whataya expect for a point 'n shoot?

I just noticed the original attached pic is much cleaner than the large one from my Photobucket.

[Timothy (in VA)]

csl177
After the races
October 20, 2010
Nikon P80, flash fill, cropped

The picture you've attached is too big.

[pimento]

It's within 800x800.. nice pic too.

[Savageduck]

The picture you've attached is too big.

Checking the EXIF it is 800x778 (an odd kind of crop) and smaller than 1MB.

[csl177]

The picture you've attached is too big.

It's within 800x800.. nice pic too.

Checking the EXIF it is 800x778 (an odd kind of crop) and smaller than 1MB.

Well, it never occured to me to crop at exactly 800X800 so getting within the size limit was a lucky accident.

There was a fair amount of bright pavement from the flash in the foreground.

[Savageduck]

Well, it never occured to me to crop at exactly 800X800 so getting within the size limit was a lucky accident.

There was a fair amount of bright pavement from the flash in the foreground.

All stuff easily fixed.
First get rid of some of that superfluous sky, by cropping to 514x778. It is a shot of the car not the sky.
Then a few tweeks to the shadows and highlights, and there it is.
See what you think

However I agree. it is tough to get a decent exposure in bad light with a small sensor camera.

[pimento]

Actually I prefer it with all the sky there.

[henk4]

Actually I prefer it with all the sky there.

my thoughts as well, makes it more standing out from what everybody would do....(not meant to dismiss Leonard's attempt though).

[henk4]

Some old farts preventing me to take a good shot of some Porsche long distance racers.
Henk4
Goodwood July 2010
Canon 1D

[csl177]

Thanks SD, but actually I wanted all the sky and resisted brightening the car because I like the low contrast of gloaming.
It's not so much a photo of the car as the place, time and scene.

[Savageduck]

Thanks SD, but actually I wanted all the sky and resisted brightening the car because I like the low contrast of gloaming.
It's not so much a photo of the car as the place, time and scene.

Nothing wrong with that. However, in that case I would have left the sky as is, and expanded the selection to the left and right, leaving the Carrera a fair bit smaller in the foreground. Ending up with a wider, less cramped aspect ratio. Then resize for posting. That way the car will appear to be a less significant, incidental item in a sky-scape.
In the two shots I have attached for demonstration purposes, the vehicles are less important than the scenery.