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TOUGEghost · 01-27-2012, 10:36 PM

Some new pictures I've taken over the last month or so:

digitalrain · 01-27-2012, 11:01 PM

Sweet looking ride. Love the 2nd to last sunset pic!

Mead · 01-27-2012, 11:12 PM

Your rear emblem look good with the black backing... is that from another car?

TOUGEghost · 01-27-2012, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by digitalrain

Sweet looking ride. Love the 2nd to last sunset pic!

Thanks. I had to throw that one in even though the car was dirty since the colors came out pretty good.

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Originally Posted by Mead

Your rear emblem look good with the black backing... is that from another car?

It's actually a carbon fiber trim kit that goes inside the emblem.

Altitude · 01-28-2012, 12:08 AM

Awesome pics.

Great looking Yaris!

yarisugi · 01-28-2012, 12:37 AM

Love your car, but the background looks Photoshop blurred. Doesn't look natural.

1.5 · 01-28-2012, 01:34 AM

Looks great! This is my favorite kit on the LB.

eTiMaGo · 01-28-2012, 03:59 AM

wow!! nice pics!

but like yarisugi mentioned, something seems a bit off with those blurred pics. I think it's the fact that the reflections on the car are in focus, they should be blurred too, but good luck with that!

TOUGEghost · 01-28-2012, 04:18 AM

I don't really like the background and kind of get into a habit of doing that. There were a few that I left alone. Some aren't really a big change though.

Aiko Cargo · 01-28-2012, 04:23 AM

Yaris looks tough! Love it

yarisugi · 01-28-2012, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by TOUGEghost

I don't really like the background and kind of get into a habit of doing that. There were a few that I left alone. Some aren't really a big change though.

If your camera is a decent SLR camera you can do that "blurry background" thing with your camera and it will look a lot more natural.
Understanding the "depth of field" when taking a picture will help improve your shots dramatically. Make sure you have a tripod as well.
Lots of good reads with pictures on depth of field. One example. Another
There are a several videos about it as well. Example

TOUGEghost · 01-28-2012, 04:24 PM

It's a new camera but not a SLR. Haven't tried using any settings besides "auto" yet, lol.

Kaotic Lazagna · 01-28-2012, 10:24 PM

If you can set your aperture on your camera to the lowest F-stop possible, it will make the background/foreground a little blurry.

TOUGEghost · 01-28-2012, 11:50 PM

Took a look at it again and my camera is pretty simple point and shoot, doesn't seem like I can change those settings. Wouldn't really know how to use them anyway.

I appreciate the tips, but one way or another, I still don't like the background in certain pictures and that's why I blur it out. Certain pictures also had foreign objects in them that I took out and used the blur to hide it.

Kaotic Lazagna · 01-29-2012, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by TOUGEghost

Took a look at it again and my camera is pretty simple point and shoot, doesn't seem like I can change those settings. Wouldn't really know how to use them anyway.

I appreciate the tips, but one way or another, I still don't like the background in certain pictures and that's why I blur it out. Certain pictures also had foreign objects in them that I took out and used the blur to hide it.

Just for fun, tell me what I did to this picture:

Yeah, it was a long shot. lol

Kaotic Lazagna · 01-29-2012, 12:10 AM

Darkened the foreground?

TOUGEghost · 01-29-2012, 12:16 AM

Sorry, trick question, untouched photo. But you did catch it before I did a ninja edit of my post.

My gf has a DSLR, I should have her show me how to use it.

Kaotic Lazagna · 01-29-2012, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by TOUGEghost

Sorry, trick question, untouched photo. But you did catch it before I did a ninja edit of my post.

My gf has a DSLR, I should have her show me how to use it.

lol, the lighting is weird (but in a good way) in that pic then. lol

What kind of DSLR does she have? It's pretty easy to use once you get the concepts down.

01-27-2012, 10:36 PM	#1
TOUGEghost Mr. Clean View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Yaris S 3-Door Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kauai Posts: 268	Finally got a new camera Some new pictures I've taken over the last month or so: Last edited by TOUGEghost; 01-28-2012 at 04:26 AM.

01-28-2012, 01:34 AM	#7
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01-28-2012, 03:59 AM	#8
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	wow!! nice pics! but like yarisugi mentioned, something seems a bit off with those blurred pics. I think it's the fact that the reflections on the car are in focus, they should be blurred too, but good luck with that! __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

01-28-2012, 11:50 PM	#14
TOUGEghost Mr. Clean View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Yaris S 3-Door Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kauai Posts: 268	Took a look at it again and my camera is pretty simple point and shoot, doesn't seem like I can change those settings. Wouldn't really know how to use them anyway. I appreciate the tips, but one way or another, I still don't like the background in certain pictures and that's why I blur it out. Certain pictures also had foreign objects in them that I took out and used the blur to hide it. Last edited by TOUGEghost; 01-29-2012 at 12:17 AM.

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