Best Way to take photos of bikes?

[glade]

I always seem to take pictures that look ungainly, the bike looks out of proportion.

Anyone got any tips for capturing good static shots of the bike? I've jsut got a tripod and i want to go and get some night shots, when i find a decent backdrop.

I use a Fuji Finepix F10 compact digital camera. Its not very adjustable but was a good 6MP camera when I got it. I've just figured out how to use the iso settings to stop my images being grainy, and doing decent night exposures (with streaky headlights, but detailed backgrounds), but i only have one decentish pic of the bike (which was an accident).

My best photo so far, but a bit over exposed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/gladey/SV650S/sv650s1.jpg

some others

Rubbish - night shot before i got tripod in asda using a trolley and incorrect iso and WB settings.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/gladey/SV650S/DSCF0018.jpg

First streaky headlight shot i liked...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/gladey/digital%20photography/DSCF0059a.jpg

some stuff i've seen on Pistonheads.com (http://www.pistonheads.com) photography forum...

http://homepage.mac.com/skiddo/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/6556sma.jpg

The astons are from Steve Carter's website (http://www.stevecarter.com).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/gladey/digital%20photography/aston.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/gladey/digital%20photography/aston2.jpg

[Red ones]

The 3 car sots are heavily reliant on the filters! Without filters they would look "normal"

The underexposed hot as you call it is actually really good - the bike is in focus and exposed well. If you had then applied Polaroid filters and messed around with the finishing then it would look fantastic!

[trickywoos]

I put it down to luck....... I have some real rubbish ones, but some come out ok....
http://upload5.postimage.org/308608/P1000153.jpg (http://upload5.postimage.org/308608/photo_hosting.html)

http://upload5.postimage.org/308612/P1000163.jpg (http://upload5.postimage.org/308612/photo_hosting.html)

These are all just done on my small trust panasonic digital cam.

[hovis]

im still waiting for a sunny day to take a goon picy :cry:

[K]

I think one of the most important things in photographing bikes (and cars for that matter) is the angle of the shot - most people take them standing up - but then you are actually alot taller then the vehicle.
Get down on your backside, or even on your belly to get down and dirty with your bike.

This first one was taken kneeling:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/spazmutt/Blue/Pug260505d.jpg

But I personally think this looks much better and was taken laying on the floor.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/spazmutt/Blue/Pug260505h.jpg

As for the setting, the easiest is to look for something that will frame the shot
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/spazmutt/Blue/Pug260505f.jpg

Or as there is in the car shots, the lines of the background echo the lines of the vehicle.

That said - the theory is the easiest thing about the whole deal. :wink:

[Essex of Essex]

Keep experimenting, with digital mistakes don't cost money. Work out what pleases you in an image and what doesn't, if the camera allows you to view the exif data then you can see which apertures and shutter speeds give you the results you are after, tiny aperture slow shutter speed greater depth of focus etc. The Astons were probably shot with lights and reflectors as well as being tweaked in photoshop to bring out the very best in the images.

[Quiff Wichard]

dont take many pictures myself.. :shock:

[rob13]

Sorry to derail the thread, but i too love photography and got a Panasonic FZ7 for xmas. Ive got old photoshop from about 4-5years ago but looking into getting a new one. Which one is best to get? There seems to be one for pros and one for not so pros

[glade]

I went out and tried to take some photos by the renault building in swindon, but got swiftly shoooed off by security. So off to asda! And then by an urban dual carriageway to see if i could do anything with the headlights in the dark.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/gladey/digital%20photography/1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/gladey/digital%20photography/brakeblur.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/gladey/digital%20photography/wholebike1.jpg

[glade]

But I personally think this looks much better and was taken laying on the floor.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/spazmutt/Blue/Pug260505h.jpg



I liek this best too. nice and low - looks markedly different!

[hovis]

i like this

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k295/hovi5/dcp_2186.jpg

[glade]

The 3 car sots are heavily reliant on the filters! Without filters they would look "normal"


Can you add the effects of the filters in photoshop?
I suppose not the polarising one, but gradients and stuff shouldn't be too difficult.

I have Photoshop 6 on an old laptop but I haven't used it for ages!

[Warren]

its all to do with the filters.

before :)
http://images6.theimagehosting.com/sv650s1.jpg

upped the contrast, dropped the brightness, and upped the red and green levels.

http://images6.theimagehosting.com/sv650s1asdf.jpg


and here ive gone a bit graphical, by sharpening the image and adding some contrast.

http://images6.theimagehosting.com/sv650s1cvxxcvzxcvzx.jpg

what you think now ?




dont be afraid to use the computer to adjust your image after you have taken the shot, nearly every pro does. its very rare that you will see a "raw" image in the press.

if your not sure how to, i can dig you out some quick guides how to.

[kwak zzr]

firstly clean you bike :wink:
secondly take loads because diji pics are free,
thirdly its all in the background.

mine arnt great but i do get some good ones.
talk to quiff he takes some great pictures.

[Quiff Wichard]

I just snap loads and loads with a 1meg memory card..!!

and then pic the best.. dont know what I am doin!! .. just trial and error..

I got a new cam too now.. but no opportunity ..!!


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/proone.jpg


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/mark.jpg


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/oultonparkBSB005.jpg

[on yer bike]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/oultonparkBSB005.jpg

yet he claims he doesn't know what he's doing :roll:

[Quiff Wichard]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/gardenandhouse016.jpg


old ones I know..!! but sometimes - less is more...


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/gardenandhouse017.jpg


and sometimes a reflection or a part of the bike is quite artistic

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/gardenandhouse027.jpg




oh and sometimes they just turn out like this>>> :cry:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/thundersprint011-1.jpg

[fizzwheel]

I think K has covered everything was going to suggest already... heres a few of my better ones.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/DSCN0441.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/Ireland2006/DSCN1285.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/Ireland2006/DSCN1282.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/Ireland2006/DSCN1262.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/Ireland2006/DSCN1258.jpg

[Scoobs]

Couple of "lucky" shots on the South goes North ride. Helps that there was stunning scenery (I don't mean my bike) to frame the shot.

http://upload4.postimage.org/424031_8c7be93adfc6e095c0539b1a8a39dcf1/17062006125.jpg

http://upload4.postimage.org/424074_8c7be93adfc6e095c0539b1a8a39dcf1/17062006134.jpg

Richie Numbers bike.

http://upload4.postimage.org/424064_8c7be93adfc6e095c0539b1a8a39dcf1/17062006133.jpg

[thumper]

some real nice pictures guys .

i think the taking pictures is a big part of bike ownership , it gives me an excuse to go somewhere , :lol: i have not been out on my sv as yet just bought it but here is my favorate pic of one o me other bikes (least its a suzuki)

, it was a good picture before i did the extra bits , i am having this blown up for my garage wall 8)

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q241/balbirnie/smoke.jpg

[K]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/gladey/digital%20photography/1.jpg

Now that's a nice shot - the only touching up I'd do to that is to mask and airbrush in a very slight tin to the edge of the screen - being a clear one it's got a little lost towards the top.

But the balance is nice - simple and clean. I like it.

I just have a really basic cheapass digi camera from Comet and know feck all about it's various controls apart from the self-timer and ambient light settings. :oops: But no matter how good your camera is 75% of the battle is the framing and setting of the shot itself.

From an artistic point of view (rather than a camera tech one) look for either conforming or contrasting. If the bike is to be the focus of attention then you need to surround it with simple and clear backgrounds.
Fizz's shot of the black SV on the quay is a perfect example. Even though the bike isn't centrally placed in the image every thing just draws the eye along to it. The reeds to the left form a nice subtle arrow pointing to the bike, which itself is nicely framed to the lower corner. The rest of the shot gives it space that is simple and uncluttered - and the overall proportion is complimentary to that of the bike itself.

Likewise shots where the background has more varied, flowing lines work well in those shots where a part of the bike is being used for impact.

Contrasting is harder to work with as it's easy to get wrong and just end up with a shot that is far too busy or confusing. Dramatic backgrounds tend to work best on thier own merit with the bike part of the shot being used more by way of a highlight.
Thumper's shot would work better to my eye if it was cropped to be much wider in proportion that it's height. Having the forground dominated by the width of the road with the bike off to the side gives the eye a good starting point.
A different angle may have worked to - lower down with just the wheel or headlight bordering the lower left side. The focus is on the rought the road take rather than the bike - but the bike highlights where your eye starts off.

The advice to take loads of shots is very sound. It' a luxury that can be afforded with digital media now and should be exploited at all costs. :wink:
For every few hundred shots there is a good chance of a real gem and that makes it all worth while. Tiny little changes to the clouds, the way you stand/sit/knee/whatever can make an amazing difference. But if you don't take all the shots from all the angles and spend time sifting through them you won't have the images to learn from.
I think I've learned more about taking a half decent photograph by deleting images than by attempting to actually 'set-up' a shot.

I have to say though - look up MitchC's profile as I'm fairly certain he has a website of his photos - there's some very inspiring shots. But then he lives in Canada I believe - the land of dramatic backdrops so it's not really fair. :wink:

[TC3]

I use a Pentax DSLR and i would suggest maybe looking at a camera that enables u to shoot RAW format as well as JPEG. You have fantastic control over sharpness, exposure and colour in RAW format with no quality loss when converted to JPEG. Each time u do a correction on a JPEG you lose quality. RAW format has saved so many of my pics....however not everyone wants to go to all the trouble :lol:

[fizzwheel]

Fizz's shot of the black SV on the quay is a perfect example. Even though the bike isn't centrally placed in the image every thing just draws the eye along to it. The reeds to the left form a nice subtle arrow pointing to the bike, which itself is nicely framed to the lower corner. The rest of the shot gives it space that is simple and uncluttered - and the overall proportion is complimentary to that of the bike itself.

:oops: blimey K did you swallow an art appreciation book :lol:

We literally parked Liz's bike on that quay and then I took 6 or 7 photos I didnt think about the reeds or framing the shot, my main aim was to make it look like Ben ( thats what Liz calls her SV ) was floating on the water. It was literally park it, take pictures from different angles and then I kept the one that looked best. It took about 5 minutes to get that picture. I wander sometimes if keeping it simple and not thinking to hard about the picture is the best way to go. This is one of the ones that didnt work so well

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/Ireland2006/DSCN1268.jpg

I've got a 2 year Old Nikon CoolPix 4 MP camera. I leave it on auto all the time and the camera does the rest. You can achieve pretty good results now with cheap kit I think. I am purchasing a DSLR in the next few weeks though. My compact is great for still shots, but for moving images its a bit limiting and doesnt really work well also the zoom on its isnt very good. It works but I can never get close enough to the subject matter to get the picture I really want. Although these are not bike photos. I took them with the same camera on auto settings... I love the lighting effect I've managed to capture.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/DSCN0767.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/Ireland2006/DSCN1278.jpg

[K]

Fizz's shot of the black SV on the quay is a perfect example. Even though the bike isn't centrally placed in the image every thing just draws the eye along to it. The reeds to the left form a nice subtle arrow pointing to the bike, which itself is nicely framed to the lower corner. The rest of the shot gives it space that is simple and uncluttered - and the overall proportion is complimentary to that of the bike itself.

:oops: blimey K did you swallow an art appreciation book :lol:

:oops: Kinda.

Did my Fine Art A level a year early, studied graphic design at college and spent 10 odd years working as a graphic designer in stuff ranging from fine art/illustration through packaging design to architectural drafting.

So I know the theory of a good picture - doesn't mean I can put it into practice most of the time though. :wink:

I really ought to make time to get back to doing a bit of drawing again... a friend keeps nagging me to illustrate a book on theatrical superstitions that she's writing. :?

[Quiff Wichard]

I LOOOVEEE that pic of Liz's bike... wen i saw it originally I thght it was awesome/.. andrecall fizz saying wot apin it was to get the bike back off that long strip of concrete !!..

its ace fizz.. it may even be my desktop for a while.. (replacing a gsxr1000! )



isnt there smething in photograph composure about structur of the piccy in L shapes or H's??

[fizzwheel]

its ace fizz.. it may even be my desktop for a while.. (replacing a gsxr1000! )

It was worth the effort... I've got the original pic still so I'll email you the orginal as I resized that one for uploading.

[fizzwheel]

oopsy reposted...

[K]

This is one of the ones that didnt work so well

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/Ireland2006/DSCN1268.jpg

This could work better if it was cropped to a tall, narrow shot - concentrating at the bike towards the top and following the reflection down the length of the picture.
The only problems being that there is a bit too much of the quay exposed - the water level needed to be higher so there's not as much break between the bike and its reflection.
What would let it down though is the upper background - unfortunately it's too busy with little or no conformity.
The reeds are pale and plentyful on the left, but green and petering out on the right - it really needs to be one or the other.
Above the tank the skyline is good, but unfortunately doesn't continue that was towards the back of the bike - the trees on the left need to be absent.


With regards to L or H framing - the very basic version is for the eye to either have a line to follow, or to be forced to concentrate on the subject as it's boxed in. But to my mind some or the 'rules' on composition are too strict and mathmatical when compared with the reality of what your brain translates.
In reality the Last Supper is technically appalling. It has about three vanishing points - but it still looks right and so you can throw maths and technicality out of the window.
It also is far to bottom heavy in its composition - until you remember that it was painted on a high wall and so the correct viewing angle foreshortens the foreground - making it more balanced.


At the end of the day people will pay thousands for a Jackson Pollack - which looks like it was painted by a handcuffed chimpanzee having some kind of seizure. So go figure. :?

[northwind]

I find that chosing your shot well, ie location and position, is the most important thing. That's how I took this work of genius:

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/ratbike/IMG_0350.jpg

What raises it above the rest is the artistic position of the garden hose, and the horrendous harshness caused by having the flash set too high.

[on yer bike]

I find that chosing your shot well, ie location and position, is the most important thing. That's how I took this work of genius:

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/ratbike/IMG_0350.jpg

I especially like the way you've positioned the hose, really brings out the colour in the photo :roll:

[northwind]

A man of taste :)

I've had some success with "Press the button and hope", on the other hand

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/wheelie.jpg

I even like the OTT contrasts in that one, I've got a slightly touched up version with the foreground lightened but it's not as dramatic- though technically a better photo.

[Filipe M.]

Here's my shot at it (pun intended! :lol: )

Ingredients:

1 minging bike (albeit in the best shape and colour, with the right amount of plastics);
1 hazy day;
2 miles of roadworks;
1 crappy photographer + bridge camera.

Mix all together, and out comes this:


http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7012/dscf42453kl.jpg

[suzsv650]

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3949/p10205582py.th.jpg (http://img248.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10205582py.jpg)



i like this 1 its my desktop atm ( i had to resize for puttin on er )


but ima goan wash my bike again might try n tidy up the down pipes n change the background but keep the same angle theres a place called toghill which looks over the wole of my area so if i have that as a back drop i recon itl look awsome pic was taken on a 5.0 mega pixles cam but i recon its a kick ass angle

[Quiff Wichard]

I find that chosing your shot well, ie location and position, is the most important thing. That's how I took this work of genius:

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/ratbike/IMG_0350.jpg

What raises it above the rest is the artistic position of the garden hose, and the horrendous harshness caused by having the flash set too high.



I thought that was TSM's bike for a minute !!

[falc]

Ah pics, A nice background is the key and also something that makes it a little unique...

http://www.btinternet.com/~wayne.hooper/ShadowSV_1024.JPG

http://www.btinternet.com/~wayne.hooper/Sunset_1024.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~wayne.hooper/SV_001.JPG

[Quiff Wichard]

This is one of the ones that didnt work so well

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/Ireland2006/DSCN1268.jpg

This could work better if it was cropped to a tall, narrow shot - concentrating at the bike towards the top and following the reflection down the length of the picture.
The only problems being that there is a bit too much of the quay exposed - the water level needed to be higher so there's not as much break between the bike and its reflection.
What would let it down though is the upper background - unfortunately it's too busy with little or no conformity.
The reeds are pale and plentyful on the left, but green and petering out on the right - it really needs to be one or the other.
Above the tank the skyline is good, but unfortunately doesn't continue that was towards the back of the bike - the trees on the left need to be absent.


maybe like this- sorta??

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/edit.jpg


With regards to L or H framing - the very basic version is for the eye to either have a line to follow, or to be forced to concentrate on the subject as it's boxed in. But to my mind some or the 'rules' on composition are too strict and mathmatical when compared with the reality of what your brain translates.
In reality the Last Supper is technically appalling. It has about three vanishing points - but it still looks right and so you can throw maths and technicality out of the window.
It also is far to bottom heavy in its composition - until you remember that it was painted on a high wall and so the correct viewing angle foreshortens the foreground - making it more balanced.


At the end of the day people will pay thousands for a Jackson Pollack - which looks like it was painted by a handcuffed chimpanzee having some kind of seizure. So go figure. :?

[northwind]

I thought that was TSM's bike for a minute !!

This is not the greatest bike in the world... No, it's just a tribute :) Purely a temporary measure.

[mattSV]

A few of my faves for your critique/advice - all done with a point & press.

I really fancy getting a digital SLR but can't really afford it at the moment

Super retards at Beaulieu - passing v.quick so hard to get the focus right - tried panning the camera but still a bit blurred

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/71232163_e106752b56_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/366318286_ec2e241db5_o.jpg

Sunset in Majorca - like the light effects on these

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/366318318_1be9907a9c_b.jpg

5 mins later

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/366318319_aebe1a8ced_b.jpg

Ribblehead on the Norf/Sarf last year - couldn't quite get the shot without the other bikes in it

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/366318309_a65c4e04a2_b.jpg

Newquay, on a tour of Devon/Cornwall last year

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/114/366318302_dfb65a4cb8_b.jpg

[Quiff Wichard]

ooo look at u all colour matched luggage !... u sure u aint gay ??

the headland hotel that is!!.... I had a wonderful night in there in my youth with 2 lovely ladies.. .....

I like the sun coming through the clouds there- its like god shinin on ya !>.


the ribblehead one- u cud cut it thin and het the bikes out via photoshop cudnt ya?

[Quiff Wichard]

et voila >>>>


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/sigourneysbeaver/mattscropped.jpg

[Cloggsy]

A photo thread isn't a photo thread without Amarko5 :!: :!: :!:

:wink:

[amarko5]

you could allways use some borders


http://upload5.postimage.org/325471/nature.jpg (http://upload5.postimage.org/325471/photo_hosting.html)

[Quiff Wichard]

woweee seee---

perfection!



apart from the TDM. :D

[Peter Henry]

Quiffy..I hear that Kim caught you salivating on your computer screen after downloading the Suzuki girl pic? A swift jab to the ribs was avoided by you telling her the camera must have gone off when you were putting it away in your bag? (Yeah,yeah)

This is still one of my fave pics, memory of the long hot summer of 2005. 8)

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8420/copyofholiday1149xe.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Italian scrap yard.

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/359/bage49cy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



I make no apologies, I actually love this picture of my Italian seductress. :)


http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3059/hpim1684a0ws.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Biker Biggles]

That's a great pic of the Duke parked in the cafe.
Shame about those two wierdos sitting at the table though.Wasn't there any security there to throw them out? :lol:

[Peter Henry]

:D :D :D BB I can take the insults,(which I have had a lifetime to get used to) however Mrs.Quiff might not take too kindly to your terms of endearment. :D :D :D

[kwak zzr]

nice pics PH :wink: is that Quiffs work?

[Quiff Wichard]

no Biggles

u r ok

she IS wierd!!

[kwak zzr]

if she reads that your history mate :lol:

[Jelster]

Here's a different angle of my K4 GSXR....

http://upload5.postimage.org/337532/cleaned1.jpg (http://upload5.postimage.org/337532/photo_hosting.html)

And a couple of my Falco:

http://upload5.postimage.org/337546/falco2.jpg (http://upload5.postimage.org/337546/photo_hosting.html) http://upload5.postimage.org/337552/falco4.jpg (http://upload5.postimage.org/337552/photo_hosting.html)

And as much trouble as it gave me, I did like that Falco....

.

[MitchC]

Hey,

My biggest advice to myself and others is to be unique. Because your subject, the bike, can only be taken from the side, for example, so many times before it gets old. You must be creative in making each picture unique and distinctive in it's own way.

These, most of you have probably seen, were already hosted online so I decided to share again: ;)

http://www.sv650.org/gallery/pic41/mitch1.jpg

http://www.sv650.org/gallery/pic41/mitch2.jpg

http://www.sv650.org/gallery/pic41/mitch3.jpg

http://www.sv650.org/gallery/pic41/mitch5.jpg

http://www.sv650.org/gallery/pic41/mitch6.jpg

http://www.sv650.org/gallery/pic41/mitch8.jpg

Check out more of my photography at www.MITCHCAVE.com. Also keep an eye on the website for more photographs and other goodies on the site in the upcoming riding season... **HINT** **HINT** ;) :lol:

Thanks,

Mitch

[Steve H]

Mitch, Superb photos, even if they do contain a pointy SV! :wink:

[Quiff Wichard]

Mitch they are ace


that first one- with he sun through the gap in the frame-

its like summer solstace at stonehenge !!

[kwak zzr]

nice pics mitchc and the best colour bike to photograph :wink:

[Peter Henry]

nice pics PH :wink: is that Quiffs work?

Kwak the first pic with the rather camp looking gent-Ducati and glamorous wife of Quiff. Was taken by the ORG's resident serial snapper himself.

The other two were taken by me.

That Mitch guy takes photographs that are in an altogther different class though. :wink:

[Jdubya]

The other option is to take moving images at trackdays or your local unadopted and highly unused roundabout :wink:

Like these...

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Jdubyasv650/JC5.jpg


http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Jdubyasv650/JC6.jpg

[kwak zzr]

nice jdubya :thumbsup:

[Jdubya]

nice jdubya :thumbsup:

Thanks matey...what I want next is some decent L-glass that stays nice and sharp even at the longest focal lengths...my current telephoto tends to be very soft at the longer ranges and for the type of photos I am venturing into I find myself wanting. The trouble is that they cost maney...and lots of it(even on fleabay :oops: )

[Quiff Wichard]

ooo now I likeeee that bike!

[Jdubya]

ooo now I likeeee that bike!

Which bike would that be then?

[Spiderman]

Hey,

.....

Check out more of my photography at www.MITCHCAVE.com. Also keep an eye on the website for more photographs and other goodies on the site in the upcoming riding season... **HINT** **HINT** ;) :lol:

Thanks,

Mitch

Ah i was hoping Mitch would show up in this thread and show some of his classy pics. And now he has.
Good advice too :thumleft:

[falc]

Hey,

.....

Check out more of my photography at www.MITCHCAVE.com. Also keep an eye on the website for more photographs and other goodies on the site in the upcoming riding season... **HINT** **HINT** ;) :lol:

Thanks,

Mitch

Ah i was hoping Mitch would show up in this thread and show some of his classy pics. And now he has.
Good advice too :thumleft:

Yer Mitch is a bit of a legend with the camera, nice work Mitch :D

[Jdubya]

Another way to make your photos stand out is by choosing a good location...like the example below.



http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Jdubyasv650/DSC01627.jpg

[Law]

Another way to make your photos stand out is by choosing a good location...like the example below.



http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Jdubyasv650/DSC01627.jpg

wow, where is that?

[kwak zzr]

great background :thumbsup:

[Jdubya]

Law,
That is table mountain in Cape Town. The bloke who took the photo was too close to the east side of the mountain so could not get the whole mountain in the shot... :(

[freakin it]

my very weak attempt!!

http://upload6.postimage.org/187153/bw92.jpg (http://upload6.postimage.org/187153/photo_hosting.html)

[K]

my very weak attempt!!

http://upload6.postimage.org/187153/bw92.jpg (http://upload6.postimage.org/187153/photo_hosting.html)

That's got some nice contrasts in there.

What colour is your bike? I'm guessing red or blue because of the grey midtone.

B & W images can be difficult with bikes as many of the more exotic paint jobs simply don't contrast well in greyscale. Likewise even a 'solid' colour bike can be lost against a background that doesn't have the contrast you have with that shot.
8)