This weekend I got the chance to shoot my first rallycross event. Despite literal inches of rain, it was some of the most fun I’ve had with a camera.

Nikon Z6, Z 24-70 2.8 S

70mm f7.1 1/1000s ISO 1000

  • @[email protected]
    8•1 year ago

    Not to be that guy, but I don’t really find the picture that amazing. 5/10. It’s a rally car. Probably har to compose for and get in focus as it’s moving fast so props for that.

    Possible improvements:

    • The picture is kind of dark and lackluster. Lifting the shadows and increasing the contrast a bit might help.
    • There is no real sense of speed. Slowing down the shutter speed a fraction and tracking the car would give some background motion blur.
    • The background doesn’t tell us much. A bit tighter crop might make us see more detail in the car instead.

    Obviously all of this is my subjective opinion. Take it for what it is. A strangers opinion on the internet. Thank you for sharing!

    • @BURNOP
      4•1 year ago

      The day was dark and flat, this is lightened up quite a bit

      I have plenty of panning shots (many of this car) but tbh I get bored of panning shots really fast. They all start to look the same and while they’re a nice look, I find they detract from the environment around the car.

      I don’t see the need for a tighter crop. Tighter cropping loses out on most of the background, which I find is an important part of the photo. The car is already detailed enough in the full res photo and just the car makes for very boring pictures.

      • KevinFRKEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        While just using an exposure/brightness slider to lighten up the shot probably won’t work, if you’ve access to a “Levels” tool or a set of sliders labelled “Shadows/Midtones/Highlights” or similar, I suspect you might be surprised how much green you can get from the background without blowing out the whites on the car. This is best done if you’ve a RAW format version to play with, but even experimenting on a downloaded version of your photo this approach, to me, improves it.

        There again, I know sometimes a little voice in the back of my head says “Leave it dark, I like it like that” and perhaps you are hearing the same with this shot.