These were awful pictures, so I deleted them.

 

Well, it's a black 5th gen, so it is obviously going to look good (biased opinion)....BUT....let's go over a few key rules:

1. Don't take night pics unless you have a camera that can take good night pics. Otherwise, night pics just look like crap and don't show any detail.

2. Don't take night pics unless you have a camera that can take good night pics. Otherwise, night pics just look like crap and don't show any detail.

3. Don't take night pics unless you have a camera that can take good night pics. Otherwise, night pics just look like crap and don't show any detail.

4. Don't take night pics looking directly at a streetlight.

5. If you're going to take night pics, use a tripod. At night the shutter speed slows down and even the slightest movement is goint to blur the pic (as you can see).

6. Get a decent camera, and take pics of your car during the day if you want us to actually see what it looks like...

lol...

 

Thank you for the advice. Like I said I'm not good with the camera so I will keep all that in mind. I'm definitely looking to improve and take some better shots in the future as I have zero photography experience but I do have a good time taking pictures.

It was a pretty impromptu thing, I had my camera in my car which I usually never do and I was driving by the empty parking lot so I thought, "why not?" Most didn't come out as well as I would have liked but it's a crappy 12 mp handheld digital camera so there wasn't much room to work with besides fiddling with some of the night settings.

Edit: added what I thought were some of the better pictures instead of the dark ones where you couldn't really see the car.

 

yeah, night shots with a compact and no tripod almost never come out well...unless you use the flash, then they sometimes look ok (though all your reflectors will light up, as would the rain).

Fiddling with the night settings etc won't help - those are really more for setting the flash speed/intensity for taking a picture of a person at night or something.

Best bet is just to stick to day shots

 

Tripod at Best buy for $25 turn your pics into...

http://forums.maxima.org/members-rid...nd-season.html

I'm no pro nor do I claim to be, but I like doing night shots with a tripod and messing with exposure times.

Car does look good from what I see, and I think Ice white lighting color is better with a tan interior IMO.

 

Nice ride man

 

Thanks. I saw your pictures a while ago and I really liked them. I'm a big fan of night shots for cars so if investing in a tripod will help me get better ones I'm definitely going to pick one up. I discovered what you're saying about the red LEDs shortly after I installed them. Unless it's pitch dark, the red light emits a weird pinkish glow that doesn't project well onto the seats. It'll probably be something I change after I get some other things on my to-do list taken care of. That or if I find somebody who wants to trade for white LEDs.

Thanks.

I finished blacking out the window trim today so I'll probably get a picture of that up tomorrow. I'll go with a daytime shot this time so hopefully it'll turn out better

 

dirty nighttime pics of the max...fail

 

If you really think that I did such a poor job to the point that you see it as a failure, could you at least provide some insight as to what you think I could do better for next time? I'm very open to constructive criticism and think it's great when people provide helpful suggestions (i.e. Drunkie's recommendation to use a tripod), but just saying "fail" doesn't help much.

 

1) TRIPOD TRIPOD TRIPOD TRIPOD TRIPOD TRIPOD TRIPOD TRIPOD TRIPOD TRIPOD TRIPOD TRIPOD

2) Dont use the flash. Most high MP camera's have a manual mode where you can adjust ISO and aperture

3.) Need help PM me

 

looks good but need better pics, looks like clay pictures to me

 

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nice and clean, but those interior lights needs to go imo. still waiting for daylight pics.