{"id":2328,"date":"2025-03-25T08:58:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T07:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2025-03-25T08:58:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T07:58:40","slug":"car-photos-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/car-photos-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Car photos fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last weekend, I picked up one of our cars that had been slightly modified. I decided I wanted to take photos of it for fun, and they turned out quite fun to make and interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CR-V rear light detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I’m not a vehicle photographer. I don’t remember ever doing it other than a steam train once 20 years ago in the Lake District. So it’s not something that I’d normally seek to do by lack of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But recently, the red car in these photos<\/a> was changed: it’s now mat black. The bright red wasn’t my kind of colour and I wanted something that is more me. I already have a mat black car (what a pain to clean but such fun to drive) and I thought that was something that would work for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DS DS3 Black Special<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Despite the foggy weather that made the contrast really low, I decided to give it a go in my courtyard. I took the 1DX with the 50mm f\/1.4 because I was thinking that it would be a good focal length that would allow me to get close but also have more global shots, and it’s a very versatile lens that wouldn’t distort things too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I concentrated on details a lot. I’m not that interested in cars per se, so I’m not that keen on large shots of cars for the sake of it. I was more interested in how different colours and textures play with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CR-V front headlight detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A lot of the shots were taken wide open. That allowed me to get rid of most of the surroundings. I didn’t have much room, the car was between an old gate, a barn, and two walls. I could just about walk around it. The conditions were not ideal, but I was just testing the idea. If I did it again more seriously, I’d move it to a wider space so that I can properly frame what I want. And I’d wait for a sunny morning or evening to get much better colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CR-V rear brake light and side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And I have to say, after a little while I started getting interested and taking what I was doing more seriously. I went from “heh! Let’s play with this for 5 minutes” to “this is quite good, I want to do this well”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CR-V front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I ended up with a few photos I really liked that I put here. They’re unmodified, straight out of the camera. I don’t think they need much processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CR-V side from front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now, thinking about it, I could get interested in doing this again. Trying to find interesting angles and details that attract the eye was fun. Looking at that (boring) car in a different way was also very interesting. I can understand why people get into this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#Photography #Car #CarPhotography<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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