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Hey I'm sorry it doesn't have girls or Triumphs but I figured I would share.
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Did a Bike Photo shoot for a Friend......
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No HDR was used just me and my camera a quality L glass lens and some software...
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Nice :thumbup:
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Mind if I make a few suggestions?
1: Powerline going across, needs to be cloned out. Clone out the telephone pole in the back and the bit of parking line on the lower right as well.
2: Weird crop for me, watch your reflections. Can see the building and cars in the paint.
3: Same as 2, Get down even with the axle of the wheel and shoot straight
4: Too centered, same as #1, plus there's a piece of a car
5: Weird crop, i'd like to see the whole engine, watch your reflections. I can see you.
6: Same as the others that look like it.
I like the angle of 1, 4, and 6, but they are all the same. Got any others from a different perspective? Personally, I like to use a much longer lens. Somewhere 80mm+ on a crop body. Gives it a nice effect.
Here's a few examples that I took to show what I mean:
EDIT: Tried to just get links so I wouldn't put pictures in here. Wouldn't work
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmartel/sets/
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EXIF Data should be intact on all of those. On the first mazda shot, I used a 40 year old manual focus lens. 135mm f/2.5 at roughly f/5.6. The Camaro shots were around 200mm I think, and the last mazda was at 30mm. Notice how clean the reflections are? I need to re-edit the camaro shots, especially the flash ones to clean up the reflections. I like the close up wide angle shots myself, but it's nice to get some variety.
Don't think that I don't like these photos. Just trying to give you a critique. I like the ones with the skies in the background, but they could be touched up a bit to make them better.
1: Powerline going across, needs to be cloned out. Clone out the telephone pole in the back and the bit of parking line on the lower right as well.
2: Weird crop for me, watch your reflections. Can see the building and cars in the paint.
3: Same as 2, Get down even with the axle of the wheel and shoot straight
4: Too centered, same as #1, plus there's a piece of a car
5: Weird crop, i'd like to see the whole engine, watch your reflections. I can see you.
6: Same as the others that look like it.
I like the angle of 1, 4, and 6, but they are all the same. Got any others from a different perspective? Personally, I like to use a much longer lens. Somewhere 80mm+ on a crop body. Gives it a nice effect.
Here's a few examples that I took to show what I mean:
EDIT: Tried to just get links so I wouldn't put pictures in here. Wouldn't work
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmartel/sets/
EXIF Data should be intact on all of those. On the first mazda shot, I used a 40 year old manual focus lens. 135mm f/2.5 at roughly f/5.6. The Camaro shots were around 200mm I think, and the last mazda was at 30mm. Notice how clean the reflections are? I need to re-edit the camaro shots, especially the flash ones to clean up the reflections. I like the close up wide angle shots myself, but it's nice to get some variety.
Don't think that I don't like these photos. Just trying to give you a critique. I like the ones with the skies in the background, but they could be touched up a bit to make them better.
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Thank you for pointing everything out. LOL
You have to understand I did this photo-shoot in less than 30 mins and it was in my work parking lot and I was also on the clock.
Yes if I had it my way there wouldn't be any cars and I would have photoshopped the the power lines and everything else out. But I did this shoot because his dad is selling the bike and I wanted him to have some better shots than this.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1364.snc4/163604_480306008442_597123442_6000229_385662_n.jpg
If you have ever shot a motorcycle that has more chrome than paint you will find that it's pretty much damn near impossible to remove all reflections.
I was shooting with a 17-40 and 50mm Prime. Also if I was shooting in a hayfield I wouldn't have to worry about a whole lot. lol lol
Anyways it's for a craigslist add
You have to understand I did this photo-shoot in less than 30 mins and it was in my work parking lot and I was also on the clock.
Yes if I had it my way there wouldn't be any cars and I would have photoshopped the the power lines and everything else out. But I did this shoot because his dad is selling the bike and I wanted him to have some better shots than this.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1364.snc4/163604_480306008442_597123442_6000229_385662_n.jpg
If you have ever shot a motorcycle that has more chrome than paint you will find that it's pretty much damn near impossible to remove all reflections.
I was shooting with a 17-40 and 50mm Prime. Also if I was shooting in a hayfield I wouldn't have to worry about a whole lot. lol lol
Anyways it's for a craigslist add
Mind if I make a few suggestions?
1: Powerline going across, needs to be cloned out. Clone out the telephone pole in the back and the bit of parking line on the lower right as well.
2: Weird crop for me, watch your reflections. Can see the building and cars in the paint.
3: Same as 2, Get down even with the axle of the wheel and shoot straight
4: Too centered, same as #1, plus there's a piece of a car
5: Weird crop, i'd like to see the whole engine, watch your reflections. I can see you.
6: Same as the others that look like it.
I like the angle of 1, 4, and 6, but they are all the same. Got any others from a different perspective? Personally, I like to use a much longer lens. Somewhere 80mm+ on a crop body. Gives it a nice effect.
Here's a few examples that I took to show what I mean:
EDIT: Tried to just get links so I wouldn't put pictures in here. Wouldn't work
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmartel/sets/
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EXIF Data should be intact on all of those. On the first mazda shot, I used a 40 year old manual focus lens. 135mm f/2.5 at roughly f/5.6. The Camaro shots were around 200mm I think, and the last mazda was at 30mm. Notice how clean the reflections are? I need to re-edit the camaro shots, especially the flash ones to clean up the reflections. I like the close up wide angle shots myself, but it's nice to get some variety.
Don't think that I don't like these photos. Just trying to give you a critique. I like the ones with the skies in the background, but they could be touched up a bit to make them better.
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Fair enough. I wouldn't put much work into it for a sale ad either, unless I was being paid.
And yeah, the hayfield was pretty easy to shoot in. As far as a chromed out bike, no. But getting close with an UWA lens you can see everything in the paint. I've shot 3 bikes, all triumphs. Got a 4th triumph I'm shooting sometime in the next few weeks too.
Also, the information I posted up should be useful for others as well.
Logan, do you go to photography-on-the.net much?
And yeah, the hayfield was pretty easy to shoot in. As far as a chromed out bike, no. But getting close with an UWA lens you can see everything in the paint. I've shot 3 bikes, all triumphs. Got a 4th triumph I'm shooting sometime in the next few weeks too.
Also, the information I posted up should be useful for others as well.
Logan, do you go to photography-on-the.net much?
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Hmm I wonder whose that is... :coolgleamA:
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No I have never been their I will have to check it out. Yeah the 17-40 makes it tough but when your shooting with CMOS Sensor Camera a 50mm Prime makes me stand back 50 yards to get a simple shot. I really need a full sensor camera Canon Mark II 5D but considering I just moved down south and really poor that won't be happening for a while.. HAHAH
I do need to start doing more shoots.
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I do need to start doing more shoots.
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You cut part of the bike off in 1 and 2 haha. Go on POTN and check out the transportation section.
It's not that bad on a CMOS sensor. I have a 7D. I still shot those cars at 200mm. Just have to have the room to run around. I shot the camaro in a parking garage and had to stand at the clear opposite end to get a shot with it:
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If you go on the forum there you'll see it all depends on what you're trying to achieve. There's a good thread about perspective control and what it does to an image/background
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=672913
It's not that bad on a CMOS sensor. I have a 7D. I still shot those cars at 200mm. Just have to have the room to run around. I shot the camaro in a parking garage and had to stand at the clear opposite end to get a shot with it:
If you go on the forum there you'll see it all depends on what you're trying to achieve. There's a good thread about perspective control and what it does to an image/background
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=672913
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Haha I was waiting for that comment
Always always always check the corners and the sides of the frame, always.
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Ask and ye shall receive...
I need to get a beautiful girl to model bikes/cars for me though. Gotta work with the fiancee on that. It was a hell of a time trying to get her pose alone:
I'll stop posting now. There's more on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmartel/sets/
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You are welcome to shoot my bike for some practice...
And hot girls that would want to model with a bike or a car are a dime a dozen here at the beach. I already have a couple in mind. We should chat... :coolgleamA:
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Want to bring one down to San Diego? I'll be moving there temporarily next Saturday. I'm shooting tesposito's bike sometime shortly.You are welcome to shoot my bike for some practice...
And hot girls that would want to model with a bike or a car are a dime a dozen here at the beach. I already have a couple in mind. We should chat... :coolgleamA:
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I like this picture a lot and don't really know why. I'm not even a fan of that wheel color. I guess that means you did a good job!![]()
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