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Canon EOS-20D
 08/19/2005 09:46:46 AM · #1
ok i resently purchased a nikon d70s

i have taken some good photos and alot of bad ones. I take alot of photos of cars, but today i went out for the first time to take photos of my car and my dads car, i set it to P and took 1 photo. Its a nice bright sunny day, I had the sun behind me no lights in front and i take this photo and all i could see was abit of the bonnet i took a few more and most of them turned out the same to.
I don't really know what setting to use when i take photos of cars. so can someone please help and also when i look at the pics on the back of the camrea they look awesome but when i put them on the computer they turn out heaps bright

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Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+
 08/19/2005 09:53:27 AM · #2
I have found a polarizer helps on photographing cars cutting a lot of the glare. Is your camera's monitor brightness set incorrectly. How is your histogram looking when you shoot? I would take a reading off of P mode then go manual and stop it down a few stops if possible. And if you have the ability there is always RAW, that usually helps me in a bind.

Good luck
Canon EOS-20D
 08/19/2005 09:58:09 AM · #3
Originally posted by sabphoto:
I have found a polarizer helps on photographing cars cutting a lot of the glare. Is your camera's monitor brightness set incorrectly. How is your histogram looking when you shoot? I would take a reading off of P mode then go manual and stop it down a few stops if possible. And if you have the ability there is always RAW, that usually helps me in a bind.

Good luck


ok monitor was set to +2 so i turned it down and that makes my pics look the same as they do on the computer but still wht about the other thing
Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+
 08/19/2005 10:15:08 AM · #4
I'm not very familiar with your camera but if there is a way to check the histogram of your image before or during you shoot try to make sure it is evenly distributed with possibly more on the right side (the white/bright side). Too much on one side will either give you over or under processed images. You can also usually see your histogram through whatever software your using. I know there is one in PhotoShop but not sure where. Levels will usually show you a version of it too.

Can you post one or two as a sample so we can see?
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