M5 | 12.14.09 Photoshoot

[krk230]

Joining in on the photo posting.

Some of you who are on my Facebook have probably already seen these. For those who have not, please take a look ! I'm guessin' that pretty much leaves Mark lol, whom I enjoy hearing from. :p

Thanks :)

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view it on black ! http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=4175390801&size=large

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view it on black ! http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=4184391732&size=large

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2586/4093963877_98cf32b080_o.jpg

(Interior shot taken on 11.10.09)

[redline]

These are really great! Generally when you are trying to show motion, you want a tighter crop. Depending on what resolution you are shooting, cropping is always an option. Number 3 is the strongest shot. You have some excellent elements going on here. I would crop it in a 16:9 ratio, and bring the car into the frame more. But the key is keeping all of the blurred parts in the shot (especially the embankment on the left!

Interior shot is gorgeous! What did you use to light? Also, what sort of gear are you using these days?

[Dr. ///AMG]

For the interior shot, given the way the light is dispersed and reflected, I'm gonna say it's all dome lights....

[krk230]

Thanks, Mark !

I did want to crop it, but at the same time, I wanted the road lines to come all the way to corner of the frame.

A soft-box (Chimera 50" I believe) with one strobe (Pro Foto with a 2400 power-pack) was placed above the sun-roof for the interior shot.

I'm using a Canon 50D these days, which I got for my birthday this past September. :) It came with a 28-135mm f3.5 lens and I purchased a 50mm f1.8 (love that lens). All the above shots, except for the interior, were photographed with a borrowed 17-40mm f4.0L lens. I loved that lens so much! It's probably going to be my next lens purchase.

[Golden1245]

a 50 inch softbox, 2400 ws ?? that's pretty big...go big or go home haha.

Was it on a boom hung over the interior? I figure with that big of a softbox, there would be light all over the place, how did you control it and keep everything else so dark?

[krk230]

^ Lol. The shot was taken outside at night, so the surround was dark to begin with. The soft-box was literally placed directly on the car's roof. The light couldn't go anywhere but inside through the sunroof.

I just looked up my EXIF data and it's show my camera settings were: f6.3, 1/250, ISO 100. I didn't note down the power-pack settings. I don't remember if it was dialed down or not.

[Dr. ///AMG]

Ok nevermind, it wasn't taken using the dome lights. LMAO