My Picture Thread

RedStar · 04-16-2010, 10:16 PM

Hey guys, I decided to start a picture thread of photos I take and any of yours. I am still learning and improving slowly with every time I attempt at it, but here is what I got so far. I would be more than happy to attempt at shooting one of your bikes if you would like, free of charge. I just would love to get more pictures of different bikes and just to meet you guys in person.

RedStar · 04-16-2010, 10:18 PM

I also got two pictures of liltribute's bike. They arn't that great because we didn't go out anywhere just in front of his house, but hopefully soon we can get something more sexy of his "boner" bike =)

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 10:22 PM

the first one is tight
i love pics of traffic lights like then when you leave the shutter open for a few seconds. works wonders for firework pics too.
we should both take pics and edit them. what software do you use?
i only have photoshop cs3 extended

RedStar · 04-16-2010, 10:29 PM

Hey Steve, That sounds like a plan man. That photo I actually photoshoped lol. The bike was in the back of my subdivision, then I googled New York images and found that shot lol.

I actually use several programs. First I combine the HDR inside of Photoshop CS3 extended, then I throw the hdr into Dynamic-Photo HDR and do all the hdr stuff in there. Then I throw it back into photoshop and do any final touches, color modifications etc.

Yeah the shutter is a badass thing to play around with.

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 10:35 PM

haha thats funny.
but ya we should ride to some cool spots and take some shots.

RedStar · 04-16-2010, 10:37 PM

Do you know of any nice shots? I like the idea of night shots more than day, but the trick is to get some beautiful light play going on?
Let me know if you want to go out sometime, I cannot really do anything during weekends due to my wife wanting to spend quality time, but during weekdays any day/anytime goes. I am self employed so I can move my schedule around very fast.

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 10:39 PM

i honestly dont know of a lot of photo shoot places, just moved here last august and just got my bike last feb. but im sure we can find somewhere.
what do you shoot with?

RedStar · 04-16-2010, 10:41 PM

I use a Canon EOS Rebel XT. My camera is a tad old, but it does the trick. I had issues with noise when I would do 3 shots for HDR, but I noticed if I do like 8 shots, its perfect lol. Yourself?

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 10:44 PM

im rollin with a canon 50D

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 10:44 PM

dont led Zed6E in this thread...he has it out for canons.....haha

RedStar · 04-16-2010, 10:50 PM

Okay, your camera seriously rapes my camera haha!
Thats amazing man, you should get some really badass images!

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 10:52 PM

thanks, i try. i will post a couple of stuff, prolly not bike related, and mostly just lazy edits

RedStar · 04-16-2010, 10:53 PM

THROW THAT SHIT IN HERE! I don't care if you steal my thread, Hell, we can just make this a picture thread haha

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 11:03 PM

ok nothin too fancy tho haha just a sec

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 11:11 PM

here goes nothin....

here are a few shots from my fellow paintball friends at one of our practices:

here are some randoms:

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 11:12 PM

here are some 4th of july:

and my ride:

RedStar · 04-16-2010, 11:13 PM

Wow, your camera is amazing on action shots, I really like the movements. Also like that blue helmet part

Your focus on the camera is also a lot better than on mine lol. Nice pix amigo

Your bike is beautiful also, btw, on those firework shots. Did you just take a picture with the shutter open and while its taking thats when the firework flew up and blew? Because it seems like you captured the whole process lol.

Also question, on the bike shot, how did you photoshop out the background so clean? Is there a trick to doing it or did you go by hand and select the bike only?

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 11:18 PM

ya on a tripod, shutter speed was about 2.5 seconds i think, and i just snapped it right before the firework went off, so basically yeah it got the whole blooming process.

thanks btw.
i have lots of actions shots that could prolly be made into one long sequence lol
action is my fav. thing to shoot.

RedStar · 04-16-2010, 11:21 PM

What would be cool is to grab like 10 shots of a bike going around a cornor, and assembling them as if its a animation only in one image.

Here is an example.

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 11:23 PM

i could do that.
i can do 6.5 frames per second, so i can capture a lot of action

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 11:24 PM

hopefully i get some good pics of this weekends track day

RedStar · 04-16-2010, 11:26 PM

Ooo you are going to that? Definitely take a lotta pictures and post them here, I would love to see how they turn out. By the way, have you ever tried to take hdr photos involving people? The outcome is awesome but the concept of not moving really makes things tricky

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 11:28 PM

havent really gotten a chance. i want this one hdr software that 100 bucks, but im broke.

RedStar · 04-16-2010, 11:29 PM

What's the name of it?

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 11:29 PM

but yeah, hopefully i can get some good shots

steven32 · 04-16-2010, 11:30 PM

photomatix

IDAHOBALLER · 04-17-2010, 12:32 AM

Nice pictures guys!

I am totally digging the paintball pics. I cant wait to get out there and ball it up again! It has been a lil while...

Linker33 · 04-17-2010, 12:57 AM

Nice pics.....Looks like we got some decent photographers up in here. We should get out to a good corner, and get some action shots.

steven32 · 04-17-2010, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linker33

Nice pics.....Looks like we got some decent photographers up in here. We should get out to a good corner, and get some action shots.

i wanna do that

turbolq4 · 04-17-2010, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedStar

Hey guys, I decided to start a picture thread of photos I take and any of yours. I am still learning and improving slowly with every time I attempt at it, but here is what I got so far. I would be more than happy to attempt at shooting one of your bikes if you would like, free of charge. I just would love to get more pictures of different bikes and just to meet you guys in person.

Were you goin down the freeway last week? riding with a blue Z1000?

RedStar · 04-17-2010, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turbolq4

Were you goin down the freeway last week? riding with a blue Z1000?

Yeap!

Zed6E · 04-17-2010, 01:22 PM

AHem!!!!

Action:

By jsamuels, shot with NIKON D700 at 2010-03-22

Zed6E · 04-17-2010, 01:28 PM

Posed:

RedStar · 04-17-2010, 01:37 PM

Zed the 2nd pic of the red gsxr is lovely man! I did notice however you like to cut out the front tire on your pictures lol. Is that just one of my style marks? Also, how the hell did you manage to get such soft shadows on a sunny day like that? :/

Ohh, and Zed, You have one badass camera my friend!

Zed6E · 04-17-2010, 01:51 PM

LOL...yes...it could be part of my style. If i shot the way everyone else shoots I could not make a living at this. Its about the artist eye. 3 of us could shoot the same subject and come up with 3 completely different takes on the subject.

here a Different take on the same bike(after paint)

and another bike shot the same day

I would like to get together with you guys and bounce some ideas around. Let me know when you both are free and I can open up some time.

Zed6E · 04-17-2010, 02:06 PM

[QUOTE=RedStar;138051] Also, how the hell did you manage to get such soft shadows on a sunny day like that? :/QUOTE]

magic hour my friend. 1 Hour before sunset or 1 hour after sunrise. Anthing else and you are wasting time. Shooting digital is like shooting slide film, the exp latitude is very small. in bright sunlight you blow highlights so i wait for the right light to shoot

My motorcycle stuff can be seen here on my website: http://murdercycle.zenfolio.com/

Right now I am working on perfecting a technique taught by Zach Arias called one light. Really nice stuff. since you are into HDR check out Calvin hollywood.
http://www.calvinhollywood-blog.com/ ( he does the HDR to people thing alot)

turbolq4 · 04-17-2010, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedStar

Yeap!

is he on here too?

RedStar · 04-17-2010, 05:26 PM

[QUOTE=Zed6E;138053]

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedStar

Also, how the hell did you manage to get such soft shadows on a sunny day like that? :/QUOTE]

magic hour my friend. 1 Hour before sunset or 1 hour after sunrise. Anthing else and you are wasting time. Shooting digital is like shooting slide film, the exp latitude is very small. in bright sunlight you blow highlights so i wait for the right light to shoot

My motorcycle stuff can be seen here on my website: http://murdercycle.zenfolio.com/

Right now I am working on perfecting a technique taught by Zach Arias called one light. Really nice stuff. since you are into HDR check out Calvin hollywood.
http://www.calvinhollywood-blog.com/ ( he does the HDR to people thing alot)

Wow, that guy is amazing with his photos. Do you know if he takes several shots with different shutter speeds of people? I ask because That would be a pain in the ass for them to stay in one stop lol.
Ohh and yeah, I remember people telling me about the magic hour stuff, where the shadows are soft. I guess its just your shutter that made the day a lot brighter

Turbolq4 - Yeah he is here man, he is Poltart.

Zed6E · 04-17-2010, 05:38 PM

[QUOTE=RedStar;138071]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zed6E

Wow, that guy is amazing with his photos. Do you know if he takes several shots with different shutter speeds of people? I ask because That would be a pain in the ass for them to stay in one stop lol.
Ohh and yeah, I remember people telling me about the magic hour stuff, where the shadows are soft. I guess its just your shutter that made the day a lot brighter

Turbolq4 - Yeah he is here man, he is Poltart.

Actually I think I shot that with a 1.7 50mm, and fill flashed, so that also softened them somewhat.

I can show you guys that area...actually a nice local curvy road to run without leaving Boise. Prob not cleaned after the winter yet so definately sketchy

Pimpit · 04-18-2010, 02:29 AM

Ihave a friend that can get just about any software for you steven and without the hefty price tag. He is an internet artist. In more than one way. Simply put genius with the computer
BTW great work out at the track. I would definately like to get with you about getting some of those

04-16-2010, 11:13 PM	#17
RedStar Senior Member Joined: Apr 2010 From: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,109 I Ride: 3 Stunt Bikes	Wow, your camera is amazing on action shots, I really like the movements. Also like that blue helmet part Your focus on the camera is also a lot better than on mine lol. Nice pix amigo Your bike is beautiful also, btw, on those firework shots. Did you just take a picture with the shutter open and while its taking thats when the firework flew up and blew? Because it seems like you captured the whole process lol. Also question, on the bike shot, how did you photoshop out the background so clean? Is there a trick to doing it or did you go by hand and select the bike only? Last edited by RedStar; 04-16-2010 at 11:17 PM.

04-17-2010, 01:22 PM	#32
Zed6E Senior Member Joined: Aug 2008 From: Boise Posts: 672 I Ride: ELINCHROM, NIKONs and Alien Bees also a purple kawi...see name above	I am here!!! AHem!!!! Action: By jsamuels, shot with NIKON D700 at 2010-03-22 Last edited by Zed6E; 04-17-2010 at 01:26 PM.

04-17-2010, 01:37 PM	#34
RedStar Senior Member Joined: Apr 2010 From: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,109 I Ride: 3 Stunt Bikes	Zed the 2nd pic of the red gsxr is lovely man! I did notice however you like to cut out the front tire on your pictures lol. Is that just one of my style marks? Also, how the hell did you manage to get such soft shadows on a sunny day like that? :/ Ohh, and Zed, You have one badass camera my friend! Last edited by RedStar; 04-17-2010 at 01:40 PM.

04-17-2010, 02:06 PM	#36
Zed6E Senior Member Joined: Aug 2008 From: Boise Posts: 672 I Ride: ELINCHROM, NIKONs and Alien Bees also a purple kawi...see name above	[QUOTE=RedStar;138051] Also, how the hell did you manage to get such soft shadows on a sunny day like that? :/QUOTE] magic hour my friend. 1 Hour before sunset or 1 hour after sunrise. Anthing else and you are wasting time. Shooting digital is like shooting slide film, the exp latitude is very small. in bright sunlight you blow highlights so i wait for the right light to shoot My motorcycle stuff can be seen here on my website: http://murdercycle.zenfolio.com/ Right now I am working on perfecting a technique taught by Zach Arias called one light. Really nice stuff. since you are into HDR check out Calvin hollywood. http://www.calvinhollywood-blog.com/ ( he does the HDR to people thing alot) Last edited by Zed6E; 04-17-2010 at 02:17 PM.

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04-16-2010, 10:22 PM	#3
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	the first one is tight i love pics of traffic lights like then when you leave the shutter open for a few seconds. works wonders for firework pics too. we should both take pics and edit them. what software do you use? i only have photoshop cs3 extended

04-16-2010, 10:29 PM	#4
RedStar Senior Member Joined: Apr 2010 From: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,109 I Ride: 3 Stunt Bikes	Hey Steve, That sounds like a plan man. That photo I actually photoshoped lol. The bike was in the back of my subdivision, then I googled New York images and found that shot lol. I actually use several programs. First I combine the HDR inside of Photoshop CS3 extended, then I throw the hdr into Dynamic-Photo HDR and do all the hdr stuff in there. Then I throw it back into photoshop and do any final touches, color modifications etc. Yeah the shutter is a badass thing to play around with.

04-16-2010, 10:35 PM	#5
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	haha thats funny. but ya we should ride to some cool spots and take some shots.

04-16-2010, 10:37 PM	#6
RedStar Senior Member Joined: Apr 2010 From: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,109 I Ride: 3 Stunt Bikes	Do you know of any nice shots? I like the idea of night shots more than day, but the trick is to get some beautiful light play going on? Let me know if you want to go out sometime, I cannot really do anything during weekends due to my wife wanting to spend quality time, but during weekdays any day/anytime goes. I am self employed so I can move my schedule around very fast.

04-16-2010, 10:39 PM	#7
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	i honestly dont know of a lot of photo shoot places, just moved here last august and just got my bike last feb. but im sure we can find somewhere. what do you shoot with?

04-16-2010, 10:41 PM	#8
RedStar Senior Member Joined: Apr 2010 From: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,109 I Ride: 3 Stunt Bikes	I use a Canon EOS Rebel XT. My camera is a tad old, but it does the trick. I had issues with noise when I would do 3 shots for HDR, but I noticed if I do like 8 shots, its perfect lol. Yourself?

04-16-2010, 10:44 PM	#9
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	im rollin with a canon 50D

04-16-2010, 10:50 PM	#11
RedStar Senior Member Joined: Apr 2010 From: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,109 I Ride: 3 Stunt Bikes	Okay, your camera seriously rapes my camera haha! Thats amazing man, you should get some really badass images!

04-16-2010, 10:52 PM	#12
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	thanks, i try. i will post a couple of stuff, prolly not bike related, and mostly just lazy edits

04-16-2010, 10:53 PM	#13
RedStar Senior Member Joined: Apr 2010 From: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,109 I Ride: 3 Stunt Bikes	THROW THAT SHIT IN HERE! I don't care if you steal my thread, Hell, we can just make this a picture thread haha

04-16-2010, 11:03 PM	#14
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	ok nothin too fancy tho haha just a sec

04-16-2010, 11:11 PM	#15
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	here goes nothin.... here are a few shots from my fellow paintball friends at one of our practices: here are some randoms:

04-16-2010, 11:12 PM	#16
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	here are some 4th of july: and my ride:

04-16-2010, 11:18 PM	#18
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	ya on a tripod, shutter speed was about 2.5 seconds i think, and i just snapped it right before the firework went off, so basically yeah it got the whole blooming process. thanks btw. i have lots of actions shots that could prolly be made into one long sequence lol action is my fav. thing to shoot.

04-16-2010, 11:21 PM	#19
RedStar Senior Member Joined: Apr 2010 From: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,109 I Ride: 3 Stunt Bikes	What would be cool is to grab like 10 shots of a bike going around a cornor, and assembling them as if its a animation only in one image. Here is an example.

04-16-2010, 11:23 PM	#20
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	i could do that. i can do 6.5 frames per second, so i can capture a lot of action

04-16-2010, 11:24 PM	#21
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	hopefully i get some good pics of this weekends track day

04-16-2010, 11:26 PM	#22
RedStar Senior Member Joined: Apr 2010 From: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,109 I Ride: 3 Stunt Bikes	Ooo you are going to that? Definitely take a lotta pictures and post them here, I would love to see how they turn out. By the way, have you ever tried to take hdr photos involving people? The outcome is awesome but the concept of not moving really makes things tricky

04-16-2010, 11:28 PM	#23
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	havent really gotten a chance. i want this one hdr software that 100 bucks, but im broke.

04-16-2010, 11:29 PM	#24
RedStar Senior Member Joined: Apr 2010 From: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,109 I Ride: 3 Stunt Bikes	What's the name of it?

04-16-2010, 11:30 PM	#26
steven32 Joined: Feb 2010 From: K-Town Posts: 2,973 I Ride: '07 GSXR 600	photomatix

04-17-2010, 12:32 AM	#27
IDAHOBALLER Senior Member Joined: Jul 2008 From: Merville, ID Posts: 827 I Ride: As often as possible!	Nice pictures guys! I am totally digging the paintball pics. I cant wait to get out there and ball it up again! It has been a lil while...

04-17-2010, 12:57 AM	#28
Linker33 Senior Member Joined: Jun 2006 From: Boise, ID Posts: 1,428 I Ride: '02 GSXR 600	Nice pics.....Looks like we got some decent photographers up in here. We should get out to a good corner, and get some action shots.

04-17-2010, 01:28 PM	#33
Zed6E Senior Member Joined: Aug 2008 From: Boise Posts: 672 I Ride: ELINCHROM, NIKONs and Alien Bees also a purple kawi...see name above	Posed:

04-17-2010, 01:51 PM	#35
Zed6E Senior Member Joined: Aug 2008 From: Boise Posts: 672 I Ride: ELINCHROM, NIKONs and Alien Bees also a purple kawi...see name above	LOL...yes...it could be part of my style. If i shot the way everyone else shoots I could not make a living at this. Its about the artist eye. 3 of us could shoot the same subject and come up with 3 completely different takes on the subject. here a Different take on the same bike(after paint) and another bike shot the same day I would like to get together with you guys and bounce some ideas around. Let me know when you both are free and I can open up some time.

04-18-2010, 02:29 AM	#40
Pimpit Senior Member Joined: Jul 2008 From: Nampa, Id Posts: 4,137 I Ride: 06 GSX-R1000, 01 Yammy V-Turd 650, and 1979 Honda CM 185 Twin Star putt putt project	Ihave a friend that can get just about any software for you steven and without the hefty price tag. He is an internet artist. In more than one way. Simply put genius with the computer BTW great work out at the track. I would definately like to get with you about getting some of those