What’s Your Preference?

gazsus · #1 (**permalink**) 06-23-2009, 08:28 AM

Please be gentle, this is the first time I've posted a photo on the interweb.
I stumbled upon a model car race at the weekend and despite being unprepared managed to get a few nice shots. My composition leaves a lot to be desired (see my flickr link) but hey I'm new to this and learning from mistakes.
Here's an example;

As stated I'm completely new to this dslr lark and have little knowledge of the different settings on my Canon 300D. I simply blatted away till the card was full (531 shots) most were hopeless but a few came out ok. It's a fortnight till the next meet so I hope to learn a bit more before then and improve on the results.

flavio · #2 (**permalink**) 06-23-2009, 08:46 AM

Nice action going in this capture. The red car is actually in airbourne. Cool!
I think a tighter crop, leaving out some of the left and bottom would help to focus the attention in the cars. Also, a bit of red and yellow saturation combined with contrats and brightness (like 10 min in the oven) would render the picture crisp and cruchy.
All best!