A few shots of my new toy...

[Mad Dave]

Hey all,

I got bored over the weekend so thought i'd take a few shots of my new bike - comments welcome









Dave

[Bodo]

I like the first! Two and three could benefit from more light to the subject.

[Mad Dave]

Bodo said:

I like the first! Two and three could benefit from more light to the subject.

Cheers. I was deliberately trying to get a moody shot. In fact, in shot 2, I actually altered the curves to make it darker, then knocked out the adjustment layer over the bike to bring that back in!

I did take a succession of shots in pose 2, hand holding the flash (was on the ground in shots 2 and 3 - airbrushed out) in various places around the bike, with a view to fusing them all together afterwards. I just haven't done it yet

[DC53]

The Iridium Visor in the fist picture, i think helps make the picture!

only my tupence worth though

[cvp]

I like the first one, I might be going to Gravy levels of preparation here but I do find the grit on the front tyre a bit distracting

Number 2 I like as well, how about a black and white version?

Cheers

Chris

[luca brazzi]

Great location, just more punch needed on the bike (in #2 and #3), in terms of brightness, and possibly try upping the saturation.

An example of mine, which has polarised views, is from the Air Tattoo last year, where the photo looked a little lifeless, so I messed around with the saturation to get an almost posterised effect.


My favourite is #3 for the setup, perhaps a slightly lower angle. Have a tweak of the settings and post the result back up here

LB

[Mad Dave]

Thanks for the comments guys. I'll make a few tweaks this evening and post the results.

[V6GTO]

I like the composition of number 3 best, but as Steve says, it needs a bit of punch.

Martin.

[Mad Dave]

Looking at it on my 17" CRT here at work I agree - at home on my 19" flatscreen it looked more contrasty...

I'll make a few tweaks

[JackGTA]

i really like the first one!

[V6GTO]

Mad Dave said:

comments welcome

Should have bought a Honda

Martin.

[doodah]

i did something similar a bit back, managed to squeeze my exige into a subway near me!

[Mad Dave]

Looks nice Doodah.

And LOL @ Martin. I did think about a Honda, but I like my bikes to have a bit of character

Anyways, I tweaked those two images, here are the results...

[Mad Dave]

Just decided to process this one too:

[V6GTO]

Charachter huh?



Martin.

[Mad Dave]

V6GTO said:

Charachter huh?



Martin.

Oooh, lovely! I'd love to own one of those. Never ridden one but I did perch on one at the NEC and I loved the riding position - SO extreme, but so intuitive.

[Trackside]

Mate of mine has an SP1. Awesome machine!