Newbies - Let's See Some Pics!

For some reason, I couldn't get text into the post along with the pic, so I'm following with a new post.

The photo was taken in January, in a little town called Ucluelet, on Vancouver Island, BC. The gull perched instead of pooping, which is a compliment to our new Prius!

 

Sorry guys.... As a Newbie, I'm just experimenting with importing pics.. Thanks.
Pic follows as Mac drag and drop jpg: /Users/wesshaw/Desktop/100_0464.jpg

and as upload (from below "...Attach files...") Here goes...??

 

One more try.... Apologies again..... This time following

 

Last trial attempt. Thanks for bearing with me!

 

The Gray Ghost !!!

 

Some good suggestions on photographing cars is here:

Automobile/Motorcar Photography Tips by Curt Scott

A little repetitive, but good advice.

 

Are you saying our photos suck?

 

Nice cars people! I especially like the gathering photo. I've never seen so many Prii in one place at one time.

 

Hey Doc Willie:

I enjoyed reading the detailed piece on photographing cars. One part said to always use the highest resolution. My camera is only a 3.3 megapixel, but the high res shots would not upload to Prius chat. Only when I went back out and did them at low resolution did they then upload. Comments?

 

I think there is a difference between Resolution and Size. Shoot the photo at the highest resolution, then resize it to fit within the Prius Chat parameters. I find resizing to 640x480 to be sufficient.

 

hey steam boat sig, i took off my wheels covers as well and i am looking to get some kind of centers for the wheels, where did you get yours, i would much rather have black ones with the toyota symbol on them but yours look great!

thanks

 

The ones from the dealer cost 13.99 each!!! I went to Pep Boys (local car parts store) and found Mr Gasket's Chrome Center Dust Caps for $6.99 for a pair. I had to put a small bead of silicone around the flange because it didn't sit snugly.

If you are looking for the Toyota emblem, you will probably have to go to the stealer, I mean dealer. If you want black, spray paint them.

 

You are best off shooting at the highest resolution, then using computer software to reduce the resolution down to whatever it takes to be able to post.

If you are not going to manipulate the photo, or ever use it for anything else than posting to the web. then go ahead, use the low resolution if it works.

 

thanks for the tip!

 

Thanks for the pics. I think I might need reading glasses now.

 

Well, I have mine on but I keep getting spots on my monitor from my nose touching it, LOL

 

Proud owner of a 08 Prius, package #2, w/ tinted windows. Took possession on January 18, 2008. Currently 3087 miles on it - averaging 52.4!!!!! Just completed the first oil change and put 5W-30 Synthetic back in. No complaints yet and none anticipated!