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steelbluesleepr

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Jun 12, 2013 11:56 | #1

i'm very happy with the outcome of this shot, but I'm interested in hearing what you guys think and how I can improve.

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Fire Bike

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this was my first or second time trying to composite multiple exposures as a sort of light-painting of the motorcycle. shot with my 50 1.8 on my 5d2, there are 18-20 pops of a speedlight in a softbox to highlight various parts of the bike. the flame was done in 2 exposures (foreground and background) by tying a rope to a metal pole, soaking it with lighter fluid, and taking a match to it then walking around the bike.

I wish I had wet down the whole area with water and not left patches dry like the bottom right and middle left of the ground, but I had run out of water from the giant jug I brought. also, the bike has about 6-8" of stretch from an extended swingarm, but it looks almost stock length here.

let me know what you think, lay it on me!

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Jun 12, 2013 12:01 | #2

I don't get very excited by car/bike pics, but this is very inventive, thanks for sharing!

flickr Editing OK www.slitcam.com (free slit-scan utility)

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Jun 12, 2013 16:15 | #3

Nice work. Only thing I can think of is, that nice image on the front of the faring has some reflection on it. Do you have a shot without the reflection that you can mask in?

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Jun 12, 2013 16:22 | #4

PixelPusher wrote in post #16025036

Nice work. Only thing I can think of is, that nice image on the front of the faring has some reflection on it. Do you have a shot without the reflection that you can mask in?

unfortunately, no. i messed with that for a while and nothing looked right. I got rid of the other large hot spots, particularly on the tank, layer-by-layer, but that was the only exposure that I lit the cowl.

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Jun 12, 2013 18:30 | #5

The only thing I can think of is to put a gorgeous red-head on it.
Nice work.

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Jun 14, 2013 12:02 as a reply to @ Tri-StatePhotography's post | #7

thank you both!

Qbx, the guy I worked with and saw do the technique before me did have some models on bikes for his shoot, and one was a redhead :lol:

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Jun 14, 2013 15:25 | #8

The idea of a burning rag on a pole is very cool! I might steal that from you.

Excellent work, I really like it.

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Jun 14, 2013 15:36 | #9

Very cool! Looks like it could be a still form an Episode of Top Gear,.
.. and if you've never seen it, that is a compliment!

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Jun 17, 2013 08:28 | #10

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #16031436

Very cool! Looks like it could be a still form an Episode of Top Gear,.
.. and if you've never seen it, that is a compliment!

oh I'm a HUGE fan of top gear, and yes, that is a massive compliment, thank you!

ManiZ, the idea wasn't mine, there are a couple of tutorial videos on youtube that I adapted to what I had access to.

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Jun 17, 2013 08:37 | #11

steelbluesleepr wrote in post #16038314

oh I'm a HUGE fan of top gear, and yes, that is a massive compliment, thank you!

ManiZ, the idea wasn't mine, there are a couple of tutorial videos on youtube that I adapted to what I had access to.

Mind sharing the links?

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Jun 17, 2013 11:18 as a reply to @ NewCreation's post | #12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uClw2YPltgM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZWkt37wVL4 (guide in the description)

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Jun 17, 2013 12:45 | #13

steelbluesleepr wrote in post #16038846

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uClw2YPltgM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZWkt37wVL4

(guide in the description)

Fabulous! Thanks so much! My hubs is a huge fan of his motorcycle and I would love to do this for him.

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Jul 05, 2013 14:53 | #14

steelbluesleepr wrote in post #16038846

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uClw2YPltgM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZWkt37wVL4

(guide in the description)

Thanks again for these links. I'm curious what type of rope you used. The tutorial suggests Kevlar but I'm having a hard time finding it.

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Jul 05, 2013 16:33 | #15

Qbx wrote in post #16025418

The only thing I can think of is to put a gorgeous red-head on it.
Nice work.

bw! good work ! I think this turned out great !

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