Please Explain This Effect

[Luckypants]

I really love the 'look' of the colour of my bike in this photo

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/luckypants_photos/France%20Trip%202007/2007_0718FranceTrip0001.jpg

My bike looks a lot more silver and less 'metallic gray' in daylight. The photo was taken using the Auto mode of my camera and used flash (I think). Can anyone explain how I can reproduce the photo clour with a 'set up shot' so my bike can look all sexy without the luggage and tie down straps?

NB 'Book it on the ferry' type answers will get this :smt065 or this :smt070

[Bear]

Probably either to do with what it's reflecting, or colour temperature of light.

In the sunlight, the bike will mainly be reflecting a well-lit sky, therefore looking shinier (and more silver) than on the dark boat, which probably has lots of matte surfaces.

White light has a variety of colours, called colour temperature: you don't need to know the theory, suffice to say that lights usually look yellow to an electronic eye, and sunlight looks blue. This colour shift could explain why the bike looks different colours.

To fix it, either light the bike or get a filter for your camera.

HTH

[Sideshow#36]

That looks like the similar sort of effect that you get on a petrol forcourt. It looks like the boat has the same sort of white strip lighting as them and It really lights up the bike. Looks nice mate.

[ScottishRawker]

when i looked at it, i saw there was "noise" from the iso being very high, thats my advice try and take a photo in daker light then raise the iso and it might come out the same!

[Luckypants]

Thanks fellas, I thought it might be to do with the flourescent lighting. Gonna go out and experiment with artificial lighting one night then.

[Jelster]

Take a "normal" digital image, and play with the "White Balance". This controls the "temperature" of the light.

Photoshop, or if you have a copy, Adobe Lightroom.

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[amarko5]

you have also picked up colour from the painted floor refelcting on the bike the grey has probably toned down the bikes colour and you can also see the yellow line reflected, add that lot to the white balance and the use of the flash has more than likely contributed.

i think you would have a lot of truble repeating it in daylight to be honest, maybe in a studio lighting conditions. or play on photoshop with hue etc.etc.

[kwak zzr]

Thanks fellas, I thought it might be to do with the flourescent lighting. Gonna go out and experiment with artificial lighting one night then.


you just want your viffer to look sv sonic silver dont you LP:rolleyes:

[Luckypants]

you just want your viffer to look sv sonic silver dont you LP:rolleyes:Already does maye, that's the problem!

[kwak zzr]

:smt073

[Richie]

I really love the 'look' of the colour of my bike.
my bike can look all sexy without the luggage and tie down straps?


Okay....

I call the effect, intoxicating... :smt030

[philipMac]

I think... its the light. I mean, that reminds me of when I left my bike near a building site, and when I went to drive home it was dark and the site was still running using Arc Lights I suppose.
I actually walked past my bike, because it looked so weird. Shexy, but the colour was so different I didn't recognise it for a second. Once I drove off, it looked the usual colour.

[therealvw]

Adobe photoshop can do all sorts of stuff like changing the overall colour to you manually icking out colours and changing them.
I did a slight alteration to , i think, M65's bike a year back. Changed his frame to titanium and coloured his bubble screen etc...
But, for your photo above I concur with most of the guys here, it has picked up the surrounding light, strip lights, etc and reflection off of the flooring.
V nice bike too I hasten to add. Once I get the wife into biking with me, I think we'll go for one of those for touring around NZ.