The thing about black is that its defined more by the stuff its
reflecting. So a nice dynamic angle, like the second shot, and a good
strong reflection, like the sunset over the horizon. That could have
been punched up a little by either parking the car so the photoed side
faced the sunset/mountains more, or taking it from an angle that got
more of those reflections in it. Bonus points for getting it so there's
a nice specular highlight on the side to really make it look shiny.
Or you could just do what the advertisers do: just photoshop it in later.
Poke around car manufacturers' websites, there's lots of nice shots of
black cars as examples...
alvin gogineni wrote:
> I am no "photographer", not even an amateur, but I am constantly
> learning, and I love shooting roadsters. Black is a tough color for me
> to capture so I tried shooting my roadster at sunset this evening. I
> took a grip of pictures and I narrowed it down to a few.
>
> I need your feedback/criticism. What did I do correctly/incorrectly?
>
>
> http://community.webshots.com/photo/549656081/2767745870088060124fUpJBB
> http://community.webshots.com/photo/549656081/2785734430088060124TtBjnb
> http://community.webshots.com/photo/549656081/2362308990088060124bKivqK
> http://community.webshots.com/photo/549656081/2372509380088060124KsXyby
> Rest of the pics can be seen here:
> http://community.webshots.com/album/549656081lZqqfB
>
>
> Alvin Gogineni
> San Jose, CA
> 67.5 SPL/SR20
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