Lightpainted Bike

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Lightpainted Bike

Postby hellman on Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:22 pm

Was impressed with Wink's work on his mates lightpainted Holden so I thought i'd try it out. I got very average results on my car, but it's a piece of junk. So I had a go at it on my bike.

The toughest part of this was removing the chair I used to prop it up. You can notice the spokes on the rear wheel are a little wack. Think i'll try something else to stand it up next time.

Does anyone have any suggestions on the sky? It probably needs a little bit of work.

C&C would be appreciated!

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Re: Lightpainted Bike

Postby surenj on Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:55 pm

Nicely done!

I would select the sky and change the hue to either a dark red or a dark blue as this will contrast the green. You might be able to use a rope to tie the bike from two sides to prop it up. Less PP that way.
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Re: Lightpainted Bike

Postby Willy wombat on Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:05 pm

Looks very good

Can you tell us your set up and exif please.

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Re: Lightpainted Bike

Postby Wink on Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:47 pm

Looks good!

I try to take the shots so the sky is blocked out by something, a building, land mass etc.

I'm keen to try a Harley. I think all the chrome parts could make for a challenge.
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Re: Lightpainted Bike

Postby aim54x on Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:02 pm

I like it, and I think the sky in the deep red works, keeps the image interesting, if you go to a blue sky (a DARK blue) it becomes a bit too ordinary. Try it and see what you think. i would also suggest bringing in a bit more red out of the sky
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Re: Lightpainted Bike

Postby Big V on Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:49 pm

Maybe crop the sky out and see how that looks.The bike is excellent.
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Re: Lightpainted Bike

Postby hellman on Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:16 pm

surenj wrote:Nicely done!

I would select the sky and change the hue to either a dark red or a dark blue as this will contrast the green. You might be able to use a rope to tie the bike from two sides to prop it up. Less PP that way.


Thanks surenj - I'll have a crack at going dark red / blue and see how it goes. I was heading towards the red but maybe a completely different colour might be a good look. I also trialled a broom setup that seems to work :)
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Re: Lightpainted Bike

Postby hellman on Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:44 pm

Willy wombat wrote:Looks very good

Can you tell us your set up and exif please.

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Thanks - using a reasonably powerful maglite with a white sock on the end to diffuse.
At work, so these are what I remember.
28mm
30 seconds
f11
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Re: Lightpainted Bike

Postby Wink on Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:39 pm

I had a quick go at blacking out all the background...

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Hope you don't mind. :cheers:
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Re: Lightpainted Bike

Postby Willy wombat on Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:09 am

hellman wrote:
Willy wombat wrote:Looks very good

Can you tell us your set up and exif please.

Many thanks
Steve



Thanks - using a reasonably powerful maglite with a white sock on the end to diffuse.
At work, so these are what I remember.
28mm
30 seconds
f11


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Re: Lightpainted Bike

Postby hellman on Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:52 am

Wink wrote:I had a quick go at blacking out all the background...

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Hope you don't mind. :cheers:


Yeah I reckon it looks great... Advertisment style.
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Re: Lightpainted Bike

Postby hellman on Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:18 am

Image Image Image

A few variations as per aim54x's suggestions. Not bad, but I reckon the black. Anyone else?
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