Loving this thread; lots of great pics in here. Keep 'em coming!

 

Great pics!! I love the west coast.....

 

What kind of cameras are yall using? Im lookin at getting a solid dslr that takes some stunning pics but also nott too complicated, in case i gotfa get my dad to help me with some shots

 

I'm just using my iPhone 4. I'm thinking I might want a nicer camera soon though. I have a Canon that I like, but the battery door is broken, so I dint really use it much.

 

Yea im just usin my iphone as well but it just doesnt seem to be the same. Plus theyre a lil out of focus when i upload the pics

 

 

Awesome composition on the grill close-up/reflection and bike rotor through-shot!

 

You'll certainly get some great shots with a decent dslr. There are so many advantages (with respect to photography). Virtually no shutter lag time, professional settings, various lenses - just to name a few. If you can take a good picture, the quality of your photos will amaze you. Just enlarge a "phone camera" shot to the size of your laptop screen and compare to one from a decent dslr - it'll be hard to accept anything less after that.

For me, I'm using a 7-year old Panasonic Lumix (DMC-FZ30) with a Leica lens. It's completely digital - and has no changeable lenses (but you can use lens attachments for tele and macro). As long as I don't take a photo in a dark environment with no flash, it's perfect (there's too much noise otherwise, requiring post-processing). It has led to another fun hobby over the past few years. These days, something equivalent is amazingly low-cost.

Shop around - and have fun!

 

Thanks! I was lookin at a few by nixon and i saw one that looked like it would be perfect or any kind of picture takin. Whether im doin somethin with family or goin for a cruise with some friends. Or doing a little photoshoot. I do mobile detailing (im 17 and get paid great! Its helpin me for college) so if i do pics of customers cars maybe theyll pay for the pictures too! I could make a good hobby out of this (:

 

This is real nice! At first, I was enamored with the pony lighting/colors...then just the overall framing...then the reflection of 'that car' in the background - but for some reason, it took me a few looks before I realized it was your car. Duh! But, that's what a great photo shot should do - keep the viewer looking.

Good Work.

 

Wow that first one is exactly identical to the composition of the shot I did for the background on my Mac. Excellent shots by the way!

 

 

Here is a couple. Put some older ones in too

 

little messing around

 

nice pic..

 

A little photo shop and the front of my car at my brothers grave site.

 

 

Long time reader, first time poster. Here's my contribution:

 

 

Played around in photoshop a little..sorry for the double post