Like he said. Also, the best time to take pics of cars is in the half hour or so after the sun sets, but it's still twilight. This gives the best lighting conditions. Starting with a good photo makes touch ups a lot easier.
I have to disagree, after sunset, it gets dark too quickly. Especially with digital cameras, you need a good amount of light of else you get very bad detail and alot of grain. Not jus that but after sunset, you have about 30 minutes before it's too dark to do anything.
The best condition is on a somewhat cloudy day when the sun can go behind some clouds. Not really thick clouds, but something that will reduce the direct rays without reducing much light.
Another thing I suggest for all pictures is to keep the flash on for all photos (as long as there's nothing to reflect). In the recent South Florida meet, there were trees and clouds and such and awkward lighting everywhere. I kept the camera in Flash+ mode for all the pictures I took (about 290). I have to admit, I was real surprised that for a digital, I went through just 1 set of batteries (300 pictures, flash+ for each, backlight on, and lots of memory access throughout the day).
Ah, sorry... meant on Photoshop. We took a bunch of pics of my friend's car and they're great, except for the sun reflection making it look white (it's a red car). None of us are really experienced with cameras, unfortunately, so they were nice, clear pics, just a whole lot of glare, and we can't figure out how to fix it in Photoshop. None of us are really experienced with Photoshop, either... so it sucks to be us, pretty much.
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Ah, sorry... meant on Photoshop. We took a bunch of pics of my friend's car and they're great, except for the sun reflection making it look white (it's a red car). None of us are really experienced with cameras, unfortunately, so they were nice, clear pics, just a whole lot of glare, and we can't figure out how to fix it in Photoshop. None of us are really experienced with Photoshop, either... so it sucks to be us, pretty much.
Hmm, all I can think of is take better pix next time. I'm sure it's possible with photoshop, but prolly too advanced. I know photoshop pretty well and I don't really know if there's any way to do it. I know there's no plug-in where you can just click and it's done. Maybe some major work, but no tools that I know of can truely get rid of it without doing an ugly cover-up.
Hmm, all I can think of is take better pix next time. I'm sure it's possible with photoshop, but prolly too advanced. I know photoshop pretty well and I don't really know if there's any way to do it. I know there's no plug-in where you can just click and it's done. Maybe some major work, but no tools that I know of can truely get rid of it without doing an ugly cover-up.
Probably so... just gonna try to keep working with it, changing colors and stuff and see what happens. Thanks for replying, though
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I have to disagree, after sunset, it gets dark too quickly. Especially with digital cameras, you need a good amount of light of else you get very bad detail and alot of grain. Not jus that but after sunset, you have about 30 minutes before it's too dark to do anything.
The best condition is on a somewhat cloudy day when the sun can go behind some clouds. Not really thick clouds, but something that will reduce the direct rays without reducing much light.
Sorry, I totally disagree with that. I am talking about the half hour right after the sun disappears. This is a well known time for photographers to take pictures, especially of cars. It gives the best highlights of the car while allowing enough light for detail.
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