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Posted: 17:30 - 11 Nov 2016 Post subject: GSXR + Canon 350D |
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Posted: 09:37 - 12 Nov 2016 Post subject: |
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Good for a first attempt.
My feedback would be have a look at other static photos in magazines etc. for inspiration. Find photos you like, why do you like them, what is it about them that makes them work. Look up the rule of thirds (understand it, then break it). Go out and shoot more. Take shit photos. Work out why they're shit.
1. Front wheel chopped off, perspective a bit weird?
2.Busy background, very tight crop to the bike, not it's most flattering angle.
3. Strongest of the set for me, nice one.
4.Chopped half of a bike on the right, bikes in a line don't go anything for me.
5. Bike it a little soft (and about to get knocked over by the look of things).
It's not meant to be harsh, and they are good for a first attempt. ____________________ My Flickr |
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Posted: 11:20 - 12 Nov 2016 Post subject: Re: GSXR + Canon 350D |
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Az wrote: | https://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy178/AzAndBikes/IMG_0181_zpsh1nnppf6.jpg |
Brave riding round there, you local or just exploring the area? If it's not constant backed up traffic on the Highway then it's the uneven potholed roads that annoy me. I use it as part of my "test" route although you have to pick your time of day because lord help you if you get stuck in the school traffic. Could get some nice shots of cars down there since I think right at the very bottom is a car performance place. I'd be weary though given the area.
If you're in Small Heath again Tysley train station might be one for a more sunnier day. Nowhere to park a bike though so either wheel it inside the building and leave in a corner like a rebel, at your own risk, or go on foot, bit of an od ball location. Retro look with plenty of chances for action shots, slow mo panning shots etc.
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Lightroom's good. In "Develop mode - Menu at the top that reads: Library, Develop, Map, Book etc - " (editing the pictures) on the right hand side there's even more menus: Basic, Tone Curve, HSL / Color / B&W etc. Go down to "Lens Correction" and tick "Enable profile corrections" and "Remove chromatic aberration" and that will clean them up nicely, you can also level the image while you're at it with the buttons underneath. Out of the camera shots might not look distorted but when you check the enable profile correction box you'll be surprised, kit lenses are worse but noting Lightroom won't clean up.
Try some black and white photo's and see what you think. I find you can get away with far more editing of the exposure, contrast etc in black and white than you can in colour.
In Lightroom on the very top menu bar if you go "Photo > Edit In > Adobe Photoshop (if you've got it, if not link it)" once you're done and that will export it into Photoshop whereby you can then either edit it with fine adjustments and then save it as PNG-24 or more high res if needed.
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Some nice graffiti backgrounds there ____________________ I want your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle.
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Posted: 11:44 - 13 Nov 2016 Post subject: |
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Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote: | Good for a first attempt.
My feedback would be have a look at other static photos in magazines etc. for inspiration. Find photos you like, why do you like them, what is it about them that makes them work. Look up the rule of thirds (understand it, then break it). Go out and shoot more. Take shit photos. Work out why they're shit.
1. Front wheel chopped off, perspective a bit weird?
2.Busy background, very tight crop to the bike, not it's most flattering angle.
3. Strongest of the set for me, nice one.
4.Chopped half of a bike on the right, bikes in a line don't go anything for me.
5. Bike it a little soft (and about to get knocked over by the look of things).
It's not meant to be harsh, and they are good for a first attempt. |
No offence taken at all bud, appreciate the feedback! |
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Posted: 11:47 - 13 Nov 2016 Post subject: Re: GSXR + Canon 350D |
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NJD wrote: | Az wrote: | https://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy178/AzAndBikes/IMG_0181_zpsh1nnppf6.jpg |
Brave riding round there, you local or just exploring the area? If it's not constant backed up traffic on the Highway then it's the uneven potholed roads that annoy me. I use it as part of my "test" route although you have to pick your time of day because lord help you if you get stuck in the school traffic. Could get some nice shots of cars down there since I think right at the very bottom is a car performance place. I'd be weary though given the area. |
I don't live by there, but know the area. We were parked up by MSL (the car dyno and tuning place), no cars came up to where we were (by the waste disposal warehouse/dead end) in the hour we were there.
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Lightroom's good. In "Develop mode - Menu at the top that reads: Library, Develop, Map, Book etc - " (editing the pictures) on the right hand side there's even more menus: Basic, Tone Curve, HSL / Color / B&W etc. Go down to "Lens Correction" and tick "Enable profile corrections" and "Remove chromatic aberration" and that will clean them up nicely, you can also level the image while you're at it with the buttons underneath. Out of the camera shots might not look distorted but when you check the enable profile correction box you'll be surprised, kit lenses are worse but noting Lightroom won't clean up.
Try some black and white photo's and see what you think. I find you can get away with far more editing of the exposure, contrast etc in black and white than you can in colour.
In Lightroom on the very top menu bar if you go "Photo > Edit In > Adobe Photoshop (if you've got it, if not link it)" once you're done and that will export it into Photoshop whereby you can then either edit it with fine adjustments and then save it as PNG-24 or more high res if needed.
I could probably write more but that all do. |
I've only been using the basic adjustments on Lightroom for now, the other adjustments seem a bit overwhelming atm. |
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From a photography point of view your bikes side stand makes your bike look like its leaning back a lot, the photos from completely side on don't work. You could consider taking something to lift the bike more up right to do that shot.
Here is a quick pic i took years ago of my old Kwaker. Its not perfect at all just a quick photo, should have straightened the front whell etc.
I don't have graffiti walls up here but i would consider trying to find a wall that you can put your bike a bit further away from to keep the bike in focus but blur the graffiti a bit.
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Posted: 14:47 - 14 Nov 2016 Post subject: |
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One more thing I would add to the comments on composition.In a shot like this:
I would tend to put a little more space in shot in front of the bike than behind, rather than having it dead central. It doesn't need to be a lot, but just enough to give the feeling that the bike is going into the picture, rather than heading out of the frame. But as Wafer says, there are also times when you will get better results by breaking the rules too.
This is how I mean (although I'm the first to admit I'm not a great photographer myself!):
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/DSCF7125_zpsldzvzoiv.jpg
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Posted: 15:19 - 14 Nov 2016 Post subject: |
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I also post a lot of my pic's on Instagram, for those on there drop us a follow and i'll follow you back
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I would've done something with the positioning of the bike in shot more like this:
https://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b550/nicknicklxs/IMG_0464raw_zpsrgr8sm6r.jpg
Although working after the fact with your shot, I'm a little limited in what I can achieve in edit, so by cropping I've had to go tighter in to the bike, which isn't necessarily what I mean. I've also had to crop a little closer than I would have liked to try to keep the overall frame height/width proportions to my liking, after getting the bike position in shot as I would prefer it. But it's only suggestions, and what I would do
Also, it's not perhaps the ideal pic for me to show what I mean, as the lane behind the bike is trying to suggest something different too. Never mind, just ignore me ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 162 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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