Here's a picture I took at Carfest, is it any good?

[rehab71]

[Simpo Two]

That's a 'piece of string' question. It's a bit over-exposed and the horizon slopes (but the car is level, which is more important). Not keen on chunky woman in black.

[rehab71]

Thanks. Yes the fat blob annoys me! The horizon was slopt though.

[2slo]

Here you go, welcome to the wonders of photoshop:

[rehab71]

Awesome, thanks! What programme do you use to do that?

[2slo]

I use photoshop elements 10. I imported the photo and used the clone tool with a sample of the surrounding background to cover the unsightly blemish.

[rehab71]

I took this too, any good?

[2slo]

Not bad, your shutter speed was slow enough to show the motion of the wheels which is good (too fast and you make a moving car stand still) and you've got reasonable focus on the occupants of the car. I suspect a bit of camera movement causing the panned shot to be less than perfectly focussed. Use a tripod to help with that at slow speeds. If you aren't using an image stabilised lens then try to stick to 1/focal length for a minimum shutter speed to reduce blur (e.g. if using a 100mm lens your shutter speed should be at least 1/100 sec)
Personally I'd lose the coats from the foreground either by moving them before taking the shot or cloning them out afterwards.

[jeevescat]

Yeap, lose the coats, sharpen the passengers up a bit and that's a decent shot.

[Simpo Two]

2slo said:

Personally I'd lose the coats from the foreground either by moving them before taking the shot or cloning them out afterwards.

Or stand up higher - you'd see more car too. Anticipate where the car will be and get in position before it arrives. Look all round the frame, not just in the middle.

[rehab71]

Thanks for the tips. The coats I couln't do anything about as I was behind a fence.

Plus it's not every day you see Mark Webber driving Chitty!

[Simpo Two]

rehab71 said:

Thanks for the tips. The coats I couln't do anything about as I was behind a fence.

Plus it's not every day you see Mark Webber driving Chitty!

Take a few steps to the left (if possible) - coat disappears.

Hadn't spotted MW though, good one!

[rehab71]

Simpo Two said:

Take a few steps to the left (if possible) - coat disappears.

Hadn't spotted MW though, good one!

It was PACKED, I was lucky to get that spot, I'll try and photoshop them out.

Jody Scheckter and Chris Evans on board too!

[jeevescat]

Very quick job, would look much better using the original file.

[rehab71]

I need some of this software! What's the cost?

[covboy]

rehab71 said:

I need some of this software! What's the cost?

New version 11 out this month - check Amazon

[jeevescat]

rehab71 said:

I need some of this software! What's the cost?

Adobe Photoshop. Far too much.

[anonymous-user]

Out of interest, what lens and camera did you use?

[covboy]

jeevescat said:

rehab71 said:

I need some of this software! What's the cost?

Adobe Photoshop. Far too much.

Elements 11 £63.60


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adobe-Photoshop-Elements-1...

[Kermit power]

2slo said:

If you aren't using an image stabilised lens then try to stick to 1/focal length for a minimum shutter speed to reduce blur (e.g. if using a 100mm lens your shutter speed should be at least 1/100 sec).

To be accurate, you should aim to keep to 1/(focal length x crop factor).

A 100mm lens on a full frame sensor would require a shutter speed of 1/100th of a second to avoid camera shake, but on a Canon 450D, for example, you'd need to allow 1/160th of a second to be on the safe side, as it has a 1.6x crop factor.