Cars got me into cars, Bryan! I treasured my Dinky & Matchbox cars since the age of 8 or earlier. Having a ride in a distant friend's father's Ferrari at about 19 didn't hurt the cause. As everyone was all too keen to tell me, I had my mid-life crisis early at 32 when I borrowed a whole lot of money, and drove a fibreglass 308 until I couldn't pay off my credit card, and it went. Just after I sold it, Enzo died, and their prices doubled!
The difficulty with photographing glossy cars outdoors at shows is what gets reflected, and the general setting & background. I lke this image and your composition. What drew my eye here was the drab grass right near the car. Also, if you'd been able to drop down so the car was shown against the sky, without the trees cutting its outline, that would have helped.
I'm usually a fan of colour, but I'd be tempted to try a monochrome conversion. In the first edit, I've cut the saturation and brightness of colours especially orange, yellow and green to make the grass less intrusive, and boosted red and blue to emphasise the Impala's flank and the blue sky reflected in the chrome. In the second, I've played with brightness and contrast.
It's a matter of personal taste, and although a white mat around a framed print looks fine, I think white borders do online images no favours, so I've deleted them.
Cars got me into cars, Bryan! I treasured my Dinky & Matchbox cars since the age of 8 or earlier. Having a ride in a distant friend's father's Ferrari at about 19 didn't hurt the cause. As everyone was all too keen to tell me, I had my mid-life crisis early at 32 when I borrowed a whole lot of money, and drove a fibreglass 308 until I couldn't pay off my credit card, and it went. Just after I sold it, Enzo died, and their prices doubled!
The difficulty with photographing glossy cars outdoors at shows is what gets reflected, and the general setting & background. I lke this image and your composition. What drew my eye here was the drab grass right near the car. Also, if you'd been able to drop down so the car was shown against the sky, without the trees cutting its outline, that would have helped.
I'm usually a fan of colour, but I'd be tempted to try a monochrome conversion. In the first edit, I've cut the saturation and brightness of colours especially orange, yellow and green to make the grass less intrusive, and boosted red and blue to emphasise the Impala's flank and the blue sky reflected in the chrome. In the second, I've played with brightness and contrast.
It's a matter of personal taste, and although a white mat around a framed print looks fine, I think white borders do online images no favours, so I've deleted them.