GSX1400 Owners .org

General => Member's Bikes => Topic started by: mikesaa309 on Friday, 03 November 2017, 11:56 PM

Title: Light painting my GSX 14
Post by: mikesaa309 on Friday, 03 November 2017, 11:56 PM
One rather cold night I decided to grab my dslr camera and a tripod, ride to a local ww2 memorial in Grafton Underwood and try a photography technique called light painting. By setting shutter speed to be slow then under exposing the shot so it's pitch black, U can then press the shutter button and shine a light (my phones flash light in this case) and light up the different areas of the bike. I took several pictures lighting up different parts then combined the images in photoshop afterwards to get the different lighting depending on what shots I combined. Didn't turn out too bad as my first attempt.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/1OZ6hRjiURaQefhJ3





Title: Re: Light painting my GSX 14
Post by: Notty on Saturday, 04 November 2017, 12:11 AM
Welcome - very impressive good job it isn't one of those very slow BLACK 1400's ! :smile2:
Title: Re: Light painting my GSX 14
Post by: KiwiCol on Saturday, 04 November 2017, 01:25 AM
Giday mate & welcome along. Yes, very nice effect is that. Well done. 
Title: Re: Light painting my GSX 14
Post by: Mrg on Saturday, 04 November 2017, 01:36 AM
lol a pic paints a thousands words  but id love to see what it looked like
and welcome  :cheers: 
Title: Re: Light painting my GSX 14
Post by: mikesaa309 on Saturday, 04 November 2017, 02:00 AM
Quote from: Mrg on Saturday, 04 November  2017, 01:36 AM
lol a pic paints a thousands words  but id love to see what it looked like
and welcome  :cheers:

Not sure why they're no longer showing  :whatever: Instead I've put a link to the photos via google photos.
Title: Re: Light painting my GSX 14
Post by: Del on Saturday, 04 November 2017, 04:46 AM
nice photos and welcome to the forum  :onya:

Del
Title: Re: Light painting my GSX 14
Post by: VladTepes on Sunday, 05 November 2017, 11:05 PM
(https://gsx1400owners.org/forum_test/gallery/0/1-290517235220.png)


Light painting pics are good mate.


I always reckon the headlight on is the better look but sometimes just needs the brightness on the light toned down a bit in post, so that the contrast isn;t so great it distracts from the rest of the pic.


I light painted a local shipwreck once.... not easy.. :)
Title: Re: Light painting my GSX 14
Post by: Kiwifruit on Monday, 06 November 2017, 12:09 AM
Great photos Mike, nice work  :onya:

My brother has been a news cameraman / photographer all his life. On quite a number of occaisions early in his career he was told to bugger off by the emergency services. At night to get his shot light painting was how he did it.
Years later he became well respected by the fire, police and ambo staff, alway giving them his footage. This they then used for training.
Eg , How far should you park a brand new and very expensive fire appliance from the warehouse fire you are fighting?
The importance of the answer was demonstrated by the firefighters seen playing water on their own appliance as the plastic drooped and fell off. Fireys told him it cost $150,000 to fix it.
For the Police.....how to use Road Spikes. Footage showed coppers spiking one of their own cars.
Photography in all its forms is so interesting. As has been said " a picture paints a thousand words".