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Rallycross makes for some amazing pictures (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by BURN to c/photography

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This weekend I got the chance to shoot my first rallycross event. Despite literal inches of rain, it was some of the most fun I’ve had with a camera.

Nikon Z6, Z 24-70 2.8 S

70mm f7.1 1/1000s ISO 1000

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not to be that guy, but I don’t really find the picture that amazing. 5/10. It’s a rally car. Probably har to compose for and get in focus as it’s moving fast so props for that.

Possible improvements:

The picture is kind of dark and lackluster. Lifting the shadows and increasing the contrast a bit might help.
There is no real sense of speed. Slowing down the shutter speed a fraction and tracking the car would give some background motion blur.
The background doesn’t tell us much. A bit tighter crop might make us see more detail in the car instead.

Obviously all of this is my subjective opinion. Take it for what it is. A strangers opinion on the internet. Thank you for sharing!

[–] BURN 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The day was dark and flat, this is lightened up quite a bit

I have plenty of panning shots (many of this car) but tbh I get bored of panning shots really fast. They all start to look the same and while they’re a nice look, I find they detract from the environment around the car.

I don’t see the need for a tighter crop. Tighter cropping loses out on most of the background, which I find is an important part of the photo. The car is already detailed enough in the full res photo and just the car makes for very boring pictures.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

All valid points! As I said, very subjective. Good on you for doing your thing!

[–] KevinFRK 3 points 1 year ago

While just using an exposure/brightness slider to lighten up the shot probably won't work, if you've access to a "Levels" tool or a set of sliders labelled "Shadows/Midtones/Highlights" or similar, I suspect you might be surprised how much green you can get from the background without blowing out the whites on the car. This is best done if you've a RAW format version to play with, but even experimenting on a downloaded version of your photo this approach, to me, improves it.

There again, I know sometimes a little voice in the back of my head says "Leave it dark, I like it like that" and perhaps you are hearing the same with this shot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Reminds me immediately of Wreckfest

[–] aluminium 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe its the slight oversaturation and that angle but this looked like a video game on my phone screen.

[–] BURN 1 points 1 year ago

Probably a little over saturation, but the reflections being really still probably do a lot of it.

I think focus has a bunch to do with it too, but I don’t know exactly what makes a video game look like a video game.

[–] IMALlama 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're into interesting things to photograph and like cars, see if you're near any of the 24 hours of lemons events. I've been to a number of... more traditional races and while it's neat to see ISMA, Indy, formula 1, etc the visual impact of the cars you'll see at a lemons race can make for some great photos.

https://24hoursoflemons.com/schedule/

[–] BURN 2 points 1 year ago

It’s on the list of events to shoot. It’ll be around April for the local one.