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Old 01-27-2008 | 08:32 PM
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Ive had my D50 for over year, just recently started reading up on taking pictures with dslrs. Open to suggestions and comments.







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i like it :-D
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Nice choice in bumper, but paint doesn't match and bumper doesn't quite fit well.
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well my oem rear bumper and side skirts dont match in color from the factory either , as far as the fitment, thats my fault, too many driveways too fast in a car thats too low....
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nice shots, always loved the white and black theme
im looking into getting a dslr, but waiting on the funds. But i thought your shots were a lil dark, so i played around in ps, hope you didn't mind



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yeah i agree the pictures came out too dark, but when i played with the aperture the background was always dark but then the white on the car would get too bright. tried to find a median
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Nice ride.
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Sick Z!

Do you have photoshop? Try practicing editing in shop if you do not adjust your camera levels/settings. (Shots are a little dark).
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Looks nice, I usually don't like the all black rims. Definitely a big fan of the front bumper!
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yeah i can photoshop it, but wanted to see if i could get some pointers to take better pictures so theres less to photoshop
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are you using manual mode? If you set it to Ap mode it should meter light properly to figure out the shutter speeds for a good exposure...

or if you are in manual mode, just keep shooting at different shutter speeds and review which one looks best. That's the beauty of have DSLRs
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I shot it in manual focus, and in automic manual mode ("A" on the turn ****) i was thinking it mightve been the shutter speed since it would not allow me to change it in that mode, ill play with it some more, thanks
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Great drop and front but deffinitely needs the sides and rear to match... nice pics too.
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car looks great.
Next shoot try:
Better Lighting
Longer shutter if dark again
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this was taken on a cloudy day, but around 4-5pm so it started off okay and started to get dark fast

sides and rear comin soon, we got a new rear piece coming in 2 weeks keep an eye out
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car is nice wht kinda rims are those ?
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Originally Posted by Z33_kid
car is nice wht kinda rims are those ?
Enkei NT03's
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Everything looks okay except for the multi-spoke wheels.
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Everything looks okay except for the multi-spoke wheels.
Wanted TE's but the Enkei's were half the price and only 1lb more per wheel. I use the wheels for track/drift purpose.
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Originally Posted by HR Autoparts
I shot it in manual focus, and in automic manual mode ("A" on the turn ****) i was thinking it mightve been the shutter speed since it would not allow me to change it in that mode, ill play with it some more, thanks
A on the turn **** means you were in Apecture mode, where set the apecture and the camera decides the shutter. You could try going to "M" and you can set both the apecture and the shutter speed, or move the ISO speed up to 400 or something. Looks like the metering for light is off...could be related to shooting a white object.


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