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mattk
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9th Jan 08 at 00:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Seen this done before so had a play but the rain came

its a long exposeure shot 15 secs at f 3.1

I wanted a sort of dark picture but with a blue light all round the car like neons I suppose but thought it would be nice

This Is The Shot On Auto, No Flash



This Is The Shot As Mentioned Above



getting there but a bit too bright ( and obviously not in the middle )


Do I need a slower shutter speed? the apature was as far down as it would go in M mode ( Fuji S6500fd )
Hoddo
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9th Jan 08 at 00:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
can you explain a little more?

you want an outline of light or just an ambient glow?
mattk
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9th Jan 08 at 00:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just a glow round the bottom of the car,

Cant find the original pic I seen

I was shining my L.E.D torch round the bottom from behind the camera
Hoddo
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you've got the right idea about it, maybe take it to a darker place or somewhere where shadow shapes arn't cast upon the car.

as you can see on the 2nd image the street light has bleached the led light out.

have you got a copy of PS CS3? if so you will be able to edit the raw files to play with exposure settings etc.

you white balance is wrong, Im guessing your L.E.D torch shines nearer white, but that can be tweaked using Photoshop.
mattk
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9th Jan 08 at 00:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ahh rite

Yeah I will go somewere darker and get a better quality pic

I only have Photoshop CS2 is there an upgrade availible?

Thanks for your help mate

Hoddo
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There isn't a plugin for The fuji .raw for cs2, but cs3 is compatible.

You can get CS3 easy, if you know where to look.

and no probs. nice to see people using the forum for its purpose al ot more recently.

[Edited on 09-01-2008 by Hoddo]
mattk
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Il have a look, My bro is a geek he "found" this version of PS last year sometime

Theres too many photoshop requests

I was reading right through Snap Day the other night looking for pointers
Scotty_B
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9th Jan 08 at 19:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Would be easier to take the car under a street light and then add photoshop neoons.

Just had a quick go with this pic:


Had to make it look less daylight.

[Edited on 09-01-2008 by CorSRi_BT]
mattk
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Did you make the car orange??

Lol I had that pic but the car was white as my background for a while
Hoddo
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that shop just feels shopped to me even if I didn't read about it being so,maybe as the blue seems a little bright, that and the shadow of the car is still underneath, I guess if its experimental photography your after then go for it, if not have a play in PS like CorSRi_BT did.
mattk
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yeah im not after picturing neons on my car lol

just having a play with my new cam in the drive hence the rubbish quality like shadows all over the place, Il find a nice dark car park

If it ever stops raining
Hoddo
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Good ol' Lancs rain hehe! dry down in Bournemouth hehe.
Hoddo
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I remembered doing this before christmas, not totally what your looking for but, just shows how the reflection from my phone works to create a nice reflection.



was just a mess about, but I plan to do it with sparklers or something hehe.
mattk
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haha thats cool, Bournmouth is nice btw
Hoddo
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
haha thats cool, Bournmouth is nice btw


Im actually from Derby, my bro's at Lancs Uni & my mate moved up there.

The car-park I took this photo in was pretty much pitch black, but because of the long exposure it soaked up all that light and so looks pretty tasty.

 
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