yeah, sorry, got the prices switched. Thanks wilsonp, thats quite a good explanation, I appreciate it.

I had an inexpensive 70-200 VR on my d40 and loved it. Im still going to look around at other lenses in different price ranges and do a few more shoot sessions before determining what I need.

g-damn you spammer a$$hole, this is the 5th thread of mine already.......

I can't figure the point though

Check out this pic I just took:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0-xxTjVx3P4/TL...ShopZSmall.jpg

Not my best by any stretch, but my most decent night shot.

car need to be brighter, background needs to be darker lol

you think so?

This one is much better

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0-xxTjVx3P4/TL...hopZSmall2.jpg

Try darkening the back / floor using a mask :)

Since your car is white you can very easily play with the levels to make it look a lot better. And darken the floor/background with a mask like wilson suggested.

On which, the 1st? I darkened the floor on both. I think it looks good the way it is. I didn't want it to look too much like a white car on a solid black background, hehe!

The problem is there isn't enough light, so the car is too dark. You want to brighten it up, otherwise it's just like, "hey, there's a right front fender" and the rest of the car fades into the background.

Thats exactly what I first said about them. Problem is the lighting I had to work with is hanging from the ceiling of my shop:icon17: Thats about all I had to work with. If I raise the exposure or brighten it, I get toooooo much processing noise. Im afraid these shots are about as good as their going to get until I can get some better lighting...

My setup so far:
Nikon D90
Nikkor 18-55mm VR
Nikkor 55-200mm VR
Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Nikon Speedlight SB-600
Nikon Speedlight SB-900
Nikon D40 (back-up)

I'm thinking of getting the Nikkor 16-85 VR as a next addition.

Try playing around with the white balance.

i did.