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Thanks man, will give it another shot at the weekend. I was doing it in quite a narrow corridor so couldn't move all that much, I think the exposure was something like 30 seconds. I'll man up and fiddle with the manual setting when I next try.

And thanks for the thanks on the other photos, some of them just didn't work out, 87 photos taken, only 5 really came out how I wanted Oh well, live and learn!

 

@whisperwolf,

The red rose photo is awesome. Love it. Valentine's comin', preparing shots for GF?

@mars-bar-man,

Like #2. Cool one.

 

I made it from black card, a sharp scalpel, duct tape. masking has only ever worked on my prime too, i think the way the zooms move internally stuff up any chance of masking them.

 

as your not directly lighting yourself and unless your in a very bright area you wont show up on a long exposure as the amount of light bouncing off you and making it to the sensor is no where near enough to make you visible on the exposure unless you where say holding a bare bulb and walking extremely slowly if you see what I mean.

the speed you walk will directly affect the amount of time your are in the exposure as well move slow = brighter lights more chance of seeing your, quicker = duller lights & no chance of you showing up on the exposure, also don't wear white or you'll act like a reflecter


Finally getting around to catching up with editing latest shoots .

 

@M_D_K,

You're good at portraits too mate.. Nice shot.

 

Thank you kind sir , I am getting to a reasonable standard now.

 

Another thing to think about which I don't think was mentioned (unless I just can't read) is to decrease your aperture size. Your torch is so bright pointed at the camera that you can get away with a tiny aperture. Then as was said before maybe try upping the contrast or the blacks or something in photoshop/lightroom. If all else fails just ask Gunsmith "CLOAK ENGAGED"

 

Trying out my 9 stop filter, was hoping for a more colourful sunset, but no just cold and mostly clear.

Forth Bridge sunset (9 stop nd) by whisperwolf, on Flickr

 

I've had a fun past few days.

First, a commercial for Kia being shot near the bar that I frequent:


Then I decided I would mess about with split toning in LR3 (tried not to go overboard with the vintage/cross-processed look) and came up with these two that I rather like:




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What's those squares of light on the Kia from? Looks odd :S

Love the other 2 though!

 

@stonedsurd,

#2 is awesome.. Love it..

 

That's an M-class. It's the car that was doing the shooting. The squares are apparently to 'disguise' the car. Because it will be reflected in the paintwork of the car they're filming, having seemingly random lights on a matte black car will make it seem more like part of the city passing by and less like a car with a camera on it.

Cheers mate.

 

I'm in New Zealand at the moment, it's rather pretty!


Waiau Falls by jaikdean, on Flickr

 

Gorgeous doesn't begin to cover it.

 

@NiHiLiST,

It's amazing.

 

NiHiLiST, that looks amazing man!

 

Thanks folks

 

This may seem like a dumb question - but how do I post images in this thread. If I try and put the URL from my flicker account in the 'insert image' pop up box it just makes a black line!

 

Go to the photo on flickr -> right click -> Copy image location -> Come here -> IMG tags -> ???? -> Profit?

 

Maserati Quattroporte:


Bell 412:


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