Post The Best Pictures of Your Mazda

So I guess I'll post a random old pic in a sec. to stay on topic... But I just wanted to note that I acquired Photoshop over the weekend. CS4, for free. ;) I've only opened it once, briefly and it will probly take a while to get any good out of it, but it's there! (hi)

And judging by the quality of this photo, I need all the help I can get. (lol2)

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So I guess I'll post a random old pic in a sec. to stay on topic... But I just wanted to note that I acquired Photoshop over the weekend. CS4, for free. ;) I've only opened it once, briefly and it will probly take a while to get any good out of it, but it's there! (hi)

And judging by the quality of this photo, I need all the help I can get. (lol2)

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this pic is not too bad. some thing i might have done differently: put the car in the back 1/3 of the frame so its facing into the shot, and make sure the city line in the background is level, not the car.
 
photoshop is no substitute for a tripod.

Ya, how much do I need to spend to get an ok tripod? I would basically need the cheapest one that just held my camera steady, I think... I wonder if I could I find one on craigslist?

this pic is not too bad. some thing i might have done differently: put the car in the back 1/3 of the frame so its facing into the shot, and make sure the city line in the background is level, not the car.

Thx. (cheers2)

I'm learning. I'll just keep posting up my so-so pics for you guys to tell me how to make them better. ;)
 
Ya, how much do I need to spend to get an ok tripod? I would basically need the cheapest one that just held my camera steady, I think... I wonder if I could I find one on craigslist?
I picked up a $12 tripod from one of the sites off of todaysDOD.com

It holds my DSLR just fine unless its windy... so for a point and shoot, at least for like 6 months, ANYTHING will be fine. eventually you'll want something better. Mine is already showing some damage from being banged around.
 
I picked up a $12 tripod from one of the sites off of todaysDOD.com

It holds my DSLR just fine unless its windy... so for a point and shoot, at least for like 6 months, ANYTHING will be fine. eventually you'll want something better. Mine is already showing some damage from being banged around.

Cool, for right now I have a crappy little p&s (sony 8 mp, IIRC) so I'm not gonna be getting any crazy results anyways. Down the road I may buy one of my buddies old cameras off of him, tho. He's a pro photographer, so it should be some decent equipment. I've talked to him about b4...
 
i got a $40 tripod from the local cam store and it's great, well, it was. . . .

till i left it in the car overnight in WV and it froze and the knob broke off when i tried to loosen it. .

but it held my DSLR no problem (and old best pic just to be on topic)
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Most excellent pics!



Thanks!

^ i concur. looks like u went out of ur way for an excellent photo-shoot.
and welcome to the forum 503wagon (hi)

yeah got bored on Saturday whole the gf was at the nickleback/sick puppies/breaking Benjamin concert here in Portland. She is more artistic than I am when it comes to photography so maybe this coming weekend her and I will go get more pix of
our car.

Side note camera is a nikon D70. No flash...no lamps...no nothing just a camera...I'd kill for some filler lighting though :-/



503... that p5 looks clean! those headlights look brand new!

They basically are!!! Only 37k miles and the previous owner only drove 4-8 miles a day non highway.
 
Ya, how much do I need to spend to get an ok tripod? I would basically need the cheapest one that just held my camera steady, I think... I wonder if I could I find one on craigslist?

I use a gorillapod. It bends and molds to anything you want to mount it on. Straight tripod for steady shots, or you can wrap it around a tree for difficult terrain
 
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