Well, I was cruising around in my dad's car and it was a nice day so I thought I'd stop for an impromptu shoot. Just got the tokina 12-24mm for Christmas so I was excited to try it out. I love shooting cars, but with my car in the garage under the knife I just haven't had the opportunity lately. Other shots are with a 50mm. Let me know what you think!
I like #5 the best & #7 moved forward a little to omit the bldg. would be cleaner. The background on the balance a little too busy for me. Love the Miata! Bought one for my wife on our 25th anniversary, it's a 97, aging myself a bit,
Product shots need as much attention on the background as the product itself. #5 the bldg works, the yellow stripes on the poles of the balance draw my eye to them too much.
The MX-5 is my favourite car ever. Photo 5 works for me as it has the least distracting elements in the background. I shot similar images to 2, but with a longer focal length, which helped emphasise the vehicle.
I think 5 is the best. Nice composition and PP. For the others, I don't like the background. I find it distracting. You should have moved the car away from the restaurant or whatever it is and have a more blurred background.
As I said, I like the processing, especially on 5. As for the saturation, the tones are definitely different between the 50mm shots and the 12-24mm shots. but I see it as a white balance issue. The light seems to be different, hence the different tones. Another thing, did you use a polarizer with the Tokina?
Leoric wrote:
As I said, I like the processing, especially on 5. As for the saturation, the tones are definitely different between the 50mm shots and the 12-24mm shots. but I see it as a white balance issue. The light seems to be different, hence the different tones. Another thing, did you use a polarizer with the Tokina?
No filter was used at all. White balance was on auto and I doubt it would change as the lighting was pretty similar and I was flopping back and forth between the lenses throughout the shoot. Found this interesting.
As for the saturation, the tones are definitely different between the 50mm shots and the 12-24mm shots. but I see it as a white balance issue. The light seems to be different, hence the different tones. Another thing, did you use a polarizer with the Tokina?