My Mini :)

This is the first time I've aimed my DSLR at my car, so not really knowing to much about automotive photography I thought I'd give it a crack. He are my best pics. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

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MINI-6.2 by pjwebbs, on Flickr

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MINI-5 by pjwebbs, on Flickr

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MINI-4 by pjwebbs, on Flickr

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MINI-7.1 by pjwebbs, on Flickr

Thanks for looking

I can see that a lot of work went into preparing the car polishing everything, blacking tyres and more.

The effect of a mono background and just the car in full colour really works well.

It may sound petty - but look at a lot of car or vehicle adverts and you will see the care they take on the wheel orientation.

The wheels should be rotated so that, in the case of 8 spoke, there is a vertical pair which creates symmetry and that the name is horizontal. For 5 spoke - one points to 12 o'clock and for 6 spoke either a pair vertical or horizontal.

In picture three there are a couple of stones or marks on the left rear tyre.

The dangly thing hanging from the mirror can it be cloned out?

The radio aerial - yes, it is part of the car but again could be cloned out to improve the third image.

I think you have got the angles spot on. And placement in the frame looks good too. For someone who hasn't shot a car before they are excellent in my opinion.
Pics 3 & 4 i think would benefit from turned front wheels like you have in pics 1 & 2. But other than that i like them. Nice car btw.

Absolutely brilliant - what lens did you use please?

That's what i meant to ask as well

Thanks guys! I will have a look at wheel orientation, to be fair the first think the girlfriend said was 'the mini on the wheel isn't straight', will have to spend a bit longer getting things just right, especially when it takes me 3 hours to get the car looking like that lol. I'm going to have a look at cloning out some of the suggestions an try and improve them. Oh, and I used a Tamron 17-50 2.8

Well, if the girlfriend said so, you have your orders!

It was three hours well spent - tweaking the wheels would have taken another 5 minutes. It is always the little things that get forgotten but can make a lot of difference.

And one other small item - improve the cloning on your number plates! It does actually catch the eye in 2 & 3.

Excellent, i have one of those, its a great lens. I just need a nice car to photograph.

I hadn't noticed the number plates but now its pointed out they do notice.

Here is a re-edit of one of the photos, I think it looks a bit more tidy now.



MINI Edit by pjwebbs, on Flickr

Thanks for all the comments guys!

Taking the aerial out does make a difference - nice and clean around the spoiler now.

Nice shots.... but you forgot the FOR SALE sticker and the price!

Is it a MINI or just a 'BMW Imaging' product!

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Lovely pictures..... but then I am biased, I love my MINI.

Nice shots

Nice pics, but just a thought.
Instead of blocking out the reg plates, get a custom plate made up, with anything you want on it.
That'll look much better IMHO

Thanks for the feedback people! I'll have to try and find another location for my mini. A custom plate sounds like a cracking idea!