Critique my Images

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I don't know why, but on screen they looked amazing and perfect yet on the computer they look dull and dark.. what am I msising out? I put the aperture high and the quick capture as fast as it could go.. is it the color or the white contrast that I need to put up? what else can make the picture better? are there any other quality settings available? this is the first time ive ever taken pictures so what do u think i should do now? i want the quality to be better.. some of them ive seen here are amazing in quality.
















 
same happened with me, look what happened to these:





some of mine came out ok but still darker than they were on my ps2.


i would also like to know how to solve this.
 
xbadkarmax your pics aren't too dark, maybe your monitor is. But your pics are awfully pixelated, pull back a bit, when you adjust the light on tracks where there's light already you're washing out the pics. If you're not capturing on Superfine you might want to try that.

GT_Fan2005 try slowing down the shutter speed to let more light in, the car is stationary so you don't need it fast, play with the exposure too to get lighter pics.
 
I reported this in anotehr thread (The computers forum) and was told to download the latest drivers for my graphics card. Haven't bothered yet, mainly because we've just got a new computer.
 
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xbadkarmax your pics aren't too dark, maybe your monitor is. But your pics are awfully pixelated, pull back a bit, when you adjust the light on tracks where there's light already you're washing out the pics. If you're not capturing on Superfine you might want to try that.

GT_Fan2005 try slowing down the shutter speed to let more light in, the car is stationary so you don't need it fast, play with the exposure too to get lighter pics.
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on which option is superfine available, is it one of the same settings as aperture etc?
 
xbadkarmax
on which option is superfine available, is it one of the same settings as aperture etc?
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No, it's an option when you're capturing the photo, not setting up. I think you can change it either in the general options before you select GT or arcarde mode, and again when you're capturing, I won't have my game/ps2 for another couple weeks, can anyone back me up?
 
Yes its caused by the difference between your TV and your Monitor, the best advice I can give to keep away the pitch black nature of some parts of photos. Up the exposure to 5 or 6 on light natured tracks and about 7 or 8 for night-time or dark scenes. Also when in photomode try turing the brightness up to full and then play around with the other options. Its a hit and miss thing so just take the same photo wiht different settings and see which look better.
 
Unlike traditional photography, (film or digital), the shutter speed in photomode does not affect the amount of light in your picture. The only difference the shutter makes is to alter the time of the exposure, ie. fast moving objects relative to the camera become blurred when a long exposure is used:



This is useful in GT4 for creating the impression of speed, where as a fast shutter speed 'freezes' the action - but keeps everything that is in focus pin sharp:



The only control that affects the brightness in GT4 is the 'EV' control - effectivley a bracketing control, allowing you to lighten/darken the image (with corresponding loss/gain of contrast).

As has been said in previous posts, there is a difference in how a television and a PC monitor interpret the images - I think this is because of differing gamma levels used by the two display methods.

As a rule I usually have to bracket my shots +0.2 - 0.5, although this is only a rule of thumb - and I tweak the pictures further in PS, including a bit of saturation to the colour if the picture requires it.

Having said this, I try to take pictures where the light is most suitable for the subject - if I want the car to stand out I will avoid placing the car in the shadows, or shooting with the sun behind the subject.

I hope this is some help to people :)
 
The apperture governs the amount of light reaches the lens so a wide apperture might be useful.
Does anyone here have a sony pc or monitor? Does it look better me wonders????
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I have a sony monitor and it is alot darker than my samsung high-def tft monitor to see the pictures correctly try adjusting your brightness 45 works well on SyncMasters
 
I forgot to mention aperture..., adjusting this will not make your photo any brighter, it's used on GT4 to change the depth of field only. This is why you can shoot night shots at 4000th of a second on the smallest iris setting and actually get a picture. :crazy: but I'm not complaining!
 
i set my exposure to 0.6 on tracks, and 0.75 in photomode
thnking about going to 0.7 on tracks though because they are still a touch to dark

anyways, ya shutterspeed has no affect on lighting

@badkarma; what are you using to transfer your files from PS2 to computer becaues its extremely pixel bunched.. lots pixel blocks


and for those wondering about the "quality" settings when you save.. it has NO affect on the quality! its just SIZE of the picture
 

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