Aircraft Night Shoot

[Goldeeno]

Took a trip to Bruntingthorpe recently, on offical business for a change... nice to not worry about getting snarled up on fences .

Jaguar


Lightning


Victor




and a couple of car shots, first proper time trying so quite happy, just gotta watch for those hot spots.




Cheers

[arej]

Goldeeno said:

Absolutely stunning shot, really like it. Elise is nice as well.

[9.3]

Agreed, the Victor shot is a real wow!

[SimonV8ster]

What do you have to do to the Elise shot to make it look like that ??

[Taita]

I don't know the first thing about photography, but they are fking brilliant.

[Goldeeno]

Thanks guys... should have posted my Flickr... alot more on there... but that Victor shot is special
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldeeno/

That Victor shot used no lighting, it was shot on natural light at about 00:30am. The Ball of light to the left is actually Thursday Nights full moon. So all the light came from that and a 216 second exposure, hence the slight star trail. I adjusted the levels to even the shadows on the jet but thats all.

Edited by Goldeeno on Saturday 21st June 15:38

Simon: For that elise i used a single flash. Camera on tripod for 30 second exposure. Flash on 1/4 power, fired at 45 degrees roughly to the front head lights 1 from each side. Switched the flash to 1/8th power, fired 1 flash through side windows. Also fired 1 at 1/4 toward the Lotus Sport badge on the side, hence the hot spot on the floor.

Processing, quite a bit of masking and altering of curves and levels to even the paintwork. Black and White 1 layer then removed the stripes to reveal colour under layer. Shocking attempt and masking the hotspot, i think a gradient boarder might help.

Hope this helps, it was my first proper go at using a flash on a car, and with other cars parked close by it wasnt easy!

Edited by Goldeeno on Saturday 21st June 15:44

[Luca Brazzi]

Awesome Victor...truly a wonderful shot. Lighting really makes the image. Great capture.

[john185k]

lovely shot of the victor mate - how did you get the exposure to last that long?

[leightonjames]

john185k said:

lovely shot of the victor mate - how did you get the exposure to last that long?

Most probably B mode or "bulb" This enables the photographer to hold the shutter down for as long as they like, it is easier to use a shutter release cable and sit back and relax.

[john185k]

^^ ta

[Goldeeno]

Yup you got it, brought a cable release off ebay, was about £6 i think, you push the shutter down, then has a lock position... then go drink red bull come back later.

[miniman]

Victor shot is amazing, looks like something out of Grand Theft Auto, it has a real CGI feeling about it.