The defence would like to make their remarks!
Thanks a lot for your replies, especially Tony who took a lot of time with his.
As I said in my OP, these are shots taken for a car website for selling cars. These shots are the ones that went on the web. I get reminded by the Marketing department, we are in a car selling competion, not a photography one! I can only take the cars to one of two locations a couple of miles from the showroom. If my preferred first one is busy, then I go to option 2.
Here is my preferred choice but the car park fills up quickly, especially in the summer as it is free parking. Yachts in the background, jetty to the left, trees, sandy beaches, it's lovely.
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Time is also against me as they want the cars on the web the same day I shoot them, leaves little or no time to process. Also, I'm not allowed to 'doctor' photos, they are supposed to be just cropped so the car FILLS the frame and that is about it! Hence the crop on the above shots.
Regarding your critique, I agree wholeheartedly with everything said.
I do sometimes use a polariser but it can change the colour of a car slightly, a topic I am going to raise on another forum. British Racing Green in the shadows can look decidely black.
I can't move the car round to get better lighting on them, I have to shoot with the best background, regardless of the position of the sun, had I turned #1 around the background would have been cars parked, which is a big no no, having other cars in the shot.
I do level the horizon but I think due to height of the car and my shooting position it does look wonky. Shots 1 and 2 were both taken at my least favourite spot here, this is on the cliff top, this shot is not cropped.
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Again thanks a lot for your comments, great stuff which will help me when I get some 'time' to shoot a car. I'd love to get one at sunrise or sunset but I can't see that happening!
Cheers
Simon.