Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Another Night Shot

Well after the feedback from the last night shoot about the image being too red/pink i thought i would go out for a test shoot to see if shooting on a different colour balance would lessen the effect of the light pollution in the sky on a long exposure.
After quite a few test shots this was the result, which i'm relatively happy with. But i think that it might now be a little bit blue? It certainly looks a lot colder. However the car stands out a little better against the background now. Maybe i need to look into different types of filter? I dont know whats out there?

In terms of the shoot, i still kept with the idea of running round with a flash gun for now, but made more effort to light the car evenly and also added some highlight on the interior by popping a flash inside.

I wasn't entirely happy with the composition of the image, but as it was more of a lighting experiment, i don't think it mattered quite as much.

After this i think i'm going to do some more research into night shots, but also look into some daytime stuff and exciting things to do. I had originally chosen to start with night shots as i felt i had more control over the lighting, but will look into the use of reflectors for daytime stuff..

3 comments:

  1. The lighting looks more even - I like the bluey tone against the graduated colour of the sky.. Maybe the crop should have been a bit tighter but I like the drama in the shot.

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  2. I prefer the composition in this shot more than the other two, and yeah the crop could be a little tighter. I agree the lighting is definitely more even but i think it maybe a little too blue now. I think the day time shots could be quite interesting as well.

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  3. This shot is better in terms of lighting, the other shots were to pinky, which didnt work well with the red car. The car stands out better in this shot.

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