Thread: Newbie questions!

Hopefully this works i've never uploaded pics on here before. I was just playing around with The_Gladiators 2005 Pontiac GTO. Nothing crazy like whole car shots, just the emblem! Any positive input is much appreciated!



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The second one is good but it would be a bit better if you dialed down your aperture a little more. The focus only covers the T of GTO and gives a less appealing look than a picture with all of the logo in focus. Decreasing the aperture (higher f number) allows more of the shot to be in focus. Something close to f8 gets pretty wide focal plane and also gets a sharper image. Though, make sure you don't increase the aperture too much or else this shot would show too much focus and lose some of the attention of the GTO logo. But so far the detail of the shots are great!

Thanks sowhatever! I'll have to tweak the settings some more and try again!

Hey guys, do you think this is a good software bundle? I can get the student discounted pricing...if you see a better one let me know

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended and Lightroom 3 Student and Teacher Edition for Mac with Academic Discount at JourneyEd.com

Yeah, that's pretty much all you need. I don't use lightroom nearly as much as I should though..I've found that editing is extremely sluggish in Lightroom (and I'm running a 2.6ghz Core 2 w/6gb ram)

Hmmm so should I stick more with photoshop then? I'm still trying to pick up these tips! haha thanks alexD! I'll have to check out some of your shots!

Thanks again!
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