my automotive pictures (warning: BIG pictures)

[Steve_W_1962]

There are pictures of cars, there are some very good pictures of cars, and a few levels above that lie most of photowerkz' images within this thread - stunning is how I'd describe most of them.
Keep up the excellent work.

[photowerkz]

Thank you. Praise like that certainly fuels my passion for photography Hopefully it won't take too long before I get to shoot another car again.

[photowerkz]

Photographed a friends pickup today.

[photowerkz]

[photowerkz]

E30 godness.

[faisal]

Lovely shots!!!

I'd love to be able to do what you do....where do you focus and what settings do you use???

[Rooz]

you're a goddam freak. i hope you;re getting paid a shitload of money for your shots. by far the best car images i've ever seen anywhere.

[photowerkz]

FASIAL: Thanks. I focus at random points, but usually on whatever is closest to the camera on the car. I'm using a nikon D300 with 51 AF points, so I got enough to choose from I use the nikkor 16-85 VRII lens 99.9% of the time on f8-f11. I have the nikkor 50mm f1.4 aswell, but I find it quite useless so I want to change it to a nikkor 35mm f1.8.

The camera is almost always on mode "A" and I've turned sharpness up too much and saturation on +1. Can't remember sharpness, but I need to tone it down anyway. I think it's 2 notches away from max.

ROOZ: Thank you! It's all done for free. I don't want to charge people anything, because then it goes from beeing a hobby to a job. And I already have one job I hate. I don't need another one ;D

[faisal]

Could you also elaborate on how many shots you take and how far exposure wise do you space them....I'll be honest, I plan to take inspiration from your work and try it....

[photowerkz]

There's no set way to do it. You adjust to the scene and take as many as you feel you need to capture everything you want in the picture.