Car show and sample 10-22 EF-s shots

Got my lens about 3 weeks ago, but really haven't used it much, a few shots here and there.
I was expecting to be hiking more this year and getting some scenic shots.. but does not look to be happening soon.
The secondary purpose was to be for a few shots at car shows.

So these are from yesterday the first full day of using my 10-22.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-W...0/IMG_7408.JPG
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/800 sec
Aperture: 3.5
Focal Length: 10mm

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P...0/IMG_7479.JPG
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: 4.5
Focal Length: 10mm

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7...0/IMG_7893.JPG
ISO: 3200
Exposure: 1/25 sec
Aperture: 4.0
Focal Length: 10mm

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-C...G_7649-001.JPG
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: 4.0
Focal Length: 12mm

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-q...0/IMG_7424.JPG
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/160 sec
Aperture: 4.5
Focal Length: 15mm

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e...0/IMG_7531.JPG
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Focal Length: 16mm

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-T...0/IMG_7896.JPG
ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/13 sec
Aperture: 4.0
Focal Length: 17mm

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9...0/IMG_7696.JPG
ISO: 160
Exposure: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 4.5
Focal Length: 22mm


All shot with EOS REBEL T2i and EF-S 10-22

on a side note- any hints for cars shows, to keep pictures from looking all the same?

You're at the mercy of the sun/weather for the most part. You did a good job of keeping the humans out. That's usually the hardest part. Perspective is the one thing that sells a shot. I suck at it. A good thing to do when shooting anything is start broad and then go to the fine details that has draw you towards that subject. There's a great automotive photographer from Europe that I love. If I can find his site, I'll post it. Great place for ideas. The important thing is that you enjoy yourself first. Mood usually shows up in the pics as well.

Edit: http://www.ambientlife.co.uk/section208954.html
All ya gotta do is borrow each vehicle and drive it to the edge of a cliff. Pretty simple. That and lots of belly-crawling..

Congrats on the new lens! It's a sweet lens you're gonna love it!

You have a good eye and your comps look pretty good too. I would just crop a little tighter.

1) I might try to crop this one in portrait mode or cut out some empty space on the left, but still leave some of that cool ominous sky in the shot, and try to cut out some of the red car on the right too. I like the vignetting too!

2) I like the angle, but you chopped the front wheel a little.

4) Try cropping out some more grass at the bottom of the shot. I'm also liking the sky a lot on this one too!

5) Nice Land Rover.

6) VW Van: The Van is competing with the sky almost 50%-50%. Try cropping out a little more sky to compensate. Nice sepia effect for that vintage look.

8) Cute, camera-shy, kids!


#1 and #2 have some interesting grills and headlights, so some full frame low shots of that would be cool.

#4 I would also love a low shot, shooting upwards of that blue fin with the three red tail lights with the sky as the backdrop.


Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing,
Rich

my post editing skills are poor at best, but some crop and edits on first image

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g...I/s800/psd.jpg


and a fresh image at 16mm
my second attempt using DPP HDR -
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-X...P-HDR-7493.JPG

The truck rocks now.
The VW van (Bully they call it in Germany :-) ) needs a little more space at the bottom and on the left IMHO


Arnt

Nice ones Kombi, the last 2 are the best, keep on working on them, good job.

My advice would be to crop tighter and try not to lose any aspects of the car when you do.

Tyres may not be the most beautiful part, but if you show 90% of the tyre and leave a slither off, it affects the image.

Great job on the editing!

The HDR looks good too!

Rich

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Originally Posted by ahab1372

The truck rocks now.
The VW van (Bully they call it in Germany :-) ) needs a little more space at the bottom and on the left IMHO


Arnt

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thanks Arnt
you can't quite tell from the angle, but this is a Single Cab Transporter. It was also nose up towards a Burm limiting front angle shots.

I chose the shot angle, as just out of frame both left and right were people that wanted to be in every picture I tried to take

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6...0/IMG_7528.JPG

It's significant as it is one of the first VW's delivered to Canada, a '53 single cab (smooth gates).
VW Canada opened in 1952.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H...G_7531-001.jpg
Original image
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--...b-7531-001.JPG
cropped and coloured
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e...b-7531-002.JPG
cross processed

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Originally Posted by Kombi

on a side note- any hints for cars shows, to keep pictures from looking all the same?

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You're editing skills look a lot better than you give yourself credit for!

I like what you've done with the post-processing!

A good rule of thumb for cropping is the rule of thirds. In other words if the sky looks good you could leave a little more for the photo to breathe, something like 2/3 van and 1/3 sky is still good (just avoid 50-50), kind of like avoiding putting the horizon on a sunset in the exact middle of the frame.

Rich