Another try - Ford Shelby Mustang GT-H

[Drew Phillips]

I tried to be more selective - the lighting was consistent but dull. I tried to brighten things up a little bit. Once again I had limited time to do the shoot, but I think I did all right.

1. http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/portfolio/content/1_Automobiles/Ford/hertzshelby1.jpg

2. http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/portfolio/content/1_Automobiles/Ford/hertzshelby2.jpg

3. http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/portfolio/content/1_Automobiles/Ford/hertzshelby3.jpg

4. http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/portfolio/content/1_Automobiles/Ford/hertzshelby4.jpg

5. http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/portfolio/content/1_Automobiles/Ford/hertzshelby5.jpg

6. http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/portfolio/content/1_Automobiles/Ford/hertzshelby6.jpg

7. http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/portfolio/content/1_Automobiles/Ford/hertzshelby7.jpg

[Jeremy Alan Glover]

Nice set of pics.
#1...Lighting looks great but I think it could look better with a crop..
#2..I like it..nice and simple and looks good.
#3/4..I really like both of them..#3 is just sweet though.
#5..Nice detail shot
#6..nice lighting..but I find the outside a tade distracting.
#7...Very nice detail shot..

[Mike Ditz]

All righty then...here goes. Good to see that you have your own plates.

1.The lighting and the car look ok, .. not agressive enough for a Shelby. Get lower or way higher, crop in, long lens, wide lens, something to zap some life into the shot. Not too thrilled about the BG. The background plays a really important part in the photo unless you are just shooting 'documentary' shots. This one doesn't say much to me.
2. Better angle on car (less side, more rear) makes the car look meaner.
3. Nice car to car, smooth and sharp. Car looks good, BG looks ok.
4. Not as nice as #4 wider lens may be making the rear end look big (does this car make my ass look big?). Doesnt seem quite as sharp either.
5. Very nice. I would crop out the tiny pieces of taillight, and keep it gold black and chrome
6. Always be sure the ac vents are lined up. Most of the time an IP shot is done more from the driver's perspective, rather than from between the seats. The wide lens is making the sterring wheel look a bit wonky. Cropping could be either IP area to just right of the ac vent or A pillar to A pillar, here you are kind of in no-mans land.
7. With this kind of detail shot you need to use your imagination! This is pretty much a copy shot of the plaque. Think of it like #5 or the wing shot on the GT3

[Daniel Buck]

You seem to have a good 'sholder line' (reflection line running across the side, through the door handle) Nice job in that respect :-)

#4 is my favorite, the background is fairly neutral, and lends itself pretty good to the speed look :)

I would play with the sky grad in the first two shots a bit more, it's looks very unnatural to me. (which is probably just my pet peeve, as I know some photographers like the fake grad look)

[Drew Phillips]

I thought it looked cool being the same color as the stripes.

[Dennis Murray]

When you have limited time to shoot...how much preplanning are you doing? Are you storyboarding your shoot before hand (using your mind's camera and lenses to do the shoot) or are you just doing it on the fly?

[Drew Phillips]

I definitely have a plan before I do the shoot - I know which shots I want to do in what order and the location. For this shoot, I needed to be at a car show at 6:15, and the sun came up at around 5:45, meaning I had to pick a location close to the show. I had also wanted to do some shots at the Hertz dealer, but it ended up being an underground pickup with horrible lighting. Oh well.

[Tiny Malone]

Here's an idea...Give me and Daniel your car for the weekend and let us ...um...shoot it! Yeah, thats the ticket!

Nice images. Like the others said, get lower. I like the composition of the car to car but they look a tad soft. Might tray to get a hard focus on the nose and employ IS if you have it.

Really nice car!

[Mark Delbrueck]

The filter you used might be causing the softness. Previously I used a cokin tobacco filter and had the same result. It might not be that the filter distorts the optics, but that it takes 1-stop or so of light away, causing slight camera shake?!

One comment: Would it be "unethical" for you to clone out the "whip" antenna? It looks horrible and cheap. The images would look much cleaner without it!

[Drew Phillips]

No filter used, but I was a 1/40 or 1/50 second for most of the tracking shots. The front shot is pretty sharp, although the rear shot is a little blurry at both ends of the car. However, the majority of the car is sharp, and I think it gives a really good sense of speed.

[Kenneth May]

Surfing some old threads....
Nice! Of course, I am partial to Mustangs....:D