Mitsubishi Evo 5

Shadowness · 21 Sep 2009 at 13:24

Hey guys,

Did a shoot on a MINT evo 5 yesterday. The hardest part was finding good locations to do the shoot, hopefully I did ok with what I had

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I am still learning, so I open to comments and criticism (as long as it's contrustive!!

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Shadowness · 21 Sep 2009 at 13:34

^Thanks.

Yeh 7 was cropped a bit. I was in a bit of a rush when I took it and I didnt frame the shot perfectly, so I had to fix it by resizing it and cropping it in photoshop

Shadowness · 21 Sep 2009 at 13:38

Two 500W flashes

Here's an out-take shot

Out of 1 and 10...which do you prefer? I can't decide!

Shadowness · 21 Sep 2009 at 16:04

^ Thanks.
I actually do use the cheap ebay triggers lol! They work a treat! Considering the 'proper' ones cost hundreds, these are a bargain, havent had a problems so far

I did bring my umbrellas along, I would never use them for the normal static shots, as they would diffuse the light too much, and weaken the flash effectively. I was going to use them for the detail shots, but I was happy with what I got using them bare.

Shadowness · 21 Sep 2009 at 16:31

Thanks again all

Rob200sx said:
Are those the RF602 Triggers? I picked up a set (including 3 receivers) for about £40 They work a treat!

Mines a RF604

Cant remember how much I paid for mine. I had to buy two sets (a set is one trigger and one receiver), I think it came to about £15

Shadowness · 22 Sep 2009 at 10:40

Thanks for the comments

This is another shot similar to 10, I think I prefer this one, as the alloys are a bit lighter, and it's tad sharper

Shadowness · 22 Sep 2009 at 17:05

Yeh that edited image is way over saturated. My monitor is calibrated too, I admit some of the shots are a tad under saturated, but that was deliberate to avoid the yellow overexposing or looking odd.

Nalla - Which shot would you like? And widescreen or normal aspect?

Shadowness · 24 Sep 2009 at 21:03

3dcandy said:
How do you achieve the effect in no. 1 for example...I have a few ideas, but I still would like to know!

Its called a rig shot

This should tell you more

http://danfreemanphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/rig-baby.html

Shadowness · 25 Sep 2009 at 10:59

Yep, you photoshop it out

That's how you create the illusion of speed.

Shadowness · 12 Oct 2009 at 17:19

olv said:
I've got a couple of questions if you don't mind. Which battery packs do you use to power your lights? I can see the one on the floor on the right, presumably you power both lights from that? Also, with 500W flashes, do you find yourself edging towards full power outside in daylight or have you got power to spare?

They came with the flashes as a kit. Two flash units, and a battery for each.

I tend to always use full power, unless it's really dark. I then use the camera controls to balance the flash power and the background lighting.

Thanks

martinturner said:
The first shot is superb! A touch more saturation though.

Thanks, yeh I fixed the saturation, but I never uploaded the edited pics