The automotive strobist setup pic thread

96whiteknight wrote in post #15687821

I love the dramatic lighting you added with this one.

Thought i'd go a little bit more in-depth with the latest shot and how the strobes were setup. In the end i used a total of 5 lights which was a little excessive - admittedly one of those was a fill-in and another to add colour to the background, the same shot could've easily been done with 3 flashes and a bit better positioning.

Camera - Canon 6D with 24-105 F4 L lens

Lighting - main = 2 x Lencarta Safari Li-On strobes (600w kit), 2 x eBay 300w plug-in 'hemisphere' (yongnuo) strobes (background) and 1 x Nikon SB28 flash gun (fill in)

To begin with i setup the first main flash for the side of the car, mounted very high (around 8-9ft) to reduce reflection. Unfortunately i didn't have a huge amount of space due to other cars in the workshop. Power was around 60%.

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Here's my attempt at a strobe photography

Two Vivitar 285 flashes...one on each side of the camera

contribution withdrawn due to people getting their spaz on everytime someone doesnt post a setup shot event though their post clearly says it was a single strobe/multiple exposure, it was a pitch dark location, you want a mobile phone picture of pure blackness?

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Trackslide wrote in post #15697437
no setup shot

The "I used strobes, but don't have a setup pic" Thread

Trackslide wrote in post #15697437
contribution withdrawn due to people getting their spaz on everytime someone doesnt post a setup shot event though their post clearly says it was a single strobe/multiple exposure, it was a pitch dark location, you want a mobile phone picture of pure blackness?

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I haven't posted anything in here because, at the current time, I don't have strobes. I like seeing others equipment and how it affect the the shot.. which will influence my purchases.

That's pretty much the point of this thread... See the word "setup" in the title? It doesn't say "post your pictures and tell us about it". You post your set up pic.. and if people like it they will ask you questions about it.

There are other threads if you want to just show some pictures using strobes, this thread isn't for that. Don't get all hurt because people want you to follow the point of the thread.

Strobe (430ex2):

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Been a while.. thought I'd throw something up.

Pretty standard 3 light setup, with Elinchrom gear to battle the sun.

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wonderful set up and outcome Brodie

Are those the Ranger S Flash Head or other set up?

Brilliant image. I need these lights in my life.

The unit is an Elinchrom Ranger RX Speed AS, with 'A' Heads. The 3rd light is a Canon Speedlight 580EXII

empeh wrote in post #15704894
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These are really good end results! Be very interested in your technique to take the actual photos and blending them.

BrodieButler wrote in post #15716906
These are really good end results! Be very interested in your technique to take the actual photos and blending them.

Here's a small shoot summary from the shots I've used.
It was only a lighttest for my technique, not a real shooting... bad location and background editing.
camera setup: 1/30sec (last image 5sec), f8, iso200

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