A night photoshoot of my car
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Originally Posted by Anzafin' post='1022374' date='Oct 1 2009, 12:39 PM
1. the headlight and the taillights are over exposed. you can solve this 2 ways: 1. turn the light off half way during your long exposure, or 2. shoot different exposures of the same scene and combine/mask in Photoshop.
2. black cars are hard to shoot at night. have at least one somewhat overexposed shot of the scene handy so you can photoshop the detail in the blacks back.
3. the tungsten light lit shots are coming out green because you probably shot it at daylight color temperature. try shooting the tungstens at about 3000K.
4. street lights don't often provide the best lighting, especially for a car. try shooting at "twinight" or sunrise.
these shots are shot at "twinight" under a bridge:
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A couple of suggestions:
1. the headlight and the taillights are over exposed. you can solve this 2 ways: 1. turn the light off half way during your long exposure, or 2. shoot different exposures of the same scene and combine/mask in Photoshop.
2. black cars are hard to shoot at night. have at least one somewhat overexposed shot of the scene handy so you can photoshop the detail in the blacks back.
3. the tungsten light lit shots are coming out green because you probably shot it at daylight color temperature. try shooting the tungstens at about 3000K.
4. street lights don't often provide the best lighting, especially for a car. try shooting at "twinight" or sunrise.
these shots are shot at "twinight" under a bridge:
1. the headlight and the taillights are over exposed. you can solve this 2 ways: 1. turn the light off half way during your long exposure, or 2. shoot different exposures of the same scene and combine/mask in Photoshop.
2. black cars are hard to shoot at night. have at least one somewhat overexposed shot of the scene handy so you can photoshop the detail in the blacks back.
3. the tungsten light lit shots are coming out green because you probably shot it at daylight color temperature. try shooting the tungstens at about 3000K.
4. street lights don't often provide the best lighting, especially for a car. try shooting at "twinight" or sunrise.
these shots are shot at "twinight" under a bridge:
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dark rims , great complement
dark rims , great complement
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Originally Posted by C's Bimmer' post='1023411' date='Oct 2 2009, 06:06 PM
Antti - What kind of camera are you using? Love the pix.
It makes my day knowing you two are back together where you belong.
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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='1023808' date='Oct 3 2009, 08:51 PM
Awwww. From GFY to showing some love just like that. It makes my day knowing you two are back together where you belong.
It makes my day knowing you two are back together where you belong.We are 110% allright between each other! We have PM'ed things out!
