Just borrowed my friends Nikon D50 and shot some quick pics of my Z and the Top Secret CF front lip

 

Car's looking good bro. My brother just picked up the D50 "kit" (that comes with two lens' etc) and it can do some amazing things for the price.

Once you figure out how to operate a DSLR of course...

 

Thanks....Yeah, the D50 is a great DSLR for price

 

Too bad the dumpster is in the 2nd pic; i think that pic is hot... shows off the wheels and ti-exhaust nicely...

 

Yeah,.....Ill try to do some PS magic on the pic tonight and get rid of it..

 

those rims are sweet.
great shots.

 

Awesome! Pics look so smooooth and sharp with the DSLR.. I need to get one!!

(desaturate the dumpster and it won't stick out as much)

EDIT: lol nevremind just reread your post about the TS lip

 

that is damn hot. i want that front lip so bad. lol

 

does anyone know if Top Secret makes that front lip/diffuser for an 06'.... thanks

 

Thanks guys!

Yeah..im going to either desaturate it or just try to take it out completely..

 

Not that I know of.....only Ings makes the LX Sport lip for the 06 right now

 

One other thing to improve your photographs - when shooting wheels, turn them so that they are facing you. Get less tire, more wheel. Framing it differently also draws the eye. If you had framed it to the left and took the shot in an open area, it creates a different view. Anyway, the photographer in me will shut up now =)

Here's an example to give you an idea how turning the wheel to have it facing you changes the shot:


This was a quick shot after work one day but if I were doing a photoshoot, I'd select a location that wouldn't have a reflection of a building on the paint and I'd make sure the back drop was free of objects (ie cars).

 

Thanks....Yeah, I usually do that..but with these pics, especially the the last pic, I got lazy and didnt want to be late to work haha.

 

I'm as much of a photoshop noob as a photography noob, so I hope you don't mind I played around with your photo a bit to try some new things I hadn't done before. As someone noted above I desaturated the dumpster a bit as I'm not sure exactly how to "remove" things completely (any tips appreciated). I also desaturated the entire background a TINY bit and blurred it one notch. I also added a tiny bit of blue highlight and contrast to the car... It may look a little 'overprocessed' to some, but I had a fun time toying around.

 

Dont mind at all....

Im an ametuer PSer too...I might not be orthodox with how I do the photos, but just like you I have doing it anyways...

 

Will always has a clean ride.

 

BTW...great shots Will.

 

^

Hotness!

 

Sweet... The burnout PS is cool.

How exactly did you create the smoke effect?

 

The way that I do it is create another layer and use the cloud feature. From there you "erase" the areas if the cloud layer that you dont need....takes a bit to really get it looking right though