Our wagon

[BaNaNaMaN]

We were up in auckland a couple of weeks ago and tryed to recreate a photo taken of my civic by a mate. So here is the results.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/Bananaman_666/DSC_2688.jpg

And one without external light so long exposure and lots of flash.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/Bananaman_666/DSC_2692.jpg

We are only using a single SB600 flash

Comments welcomed

[thirdkid]

haha damn that looks just like the civic..even the background looks lit up the same way it was on the civ

[thirdkid]

also whats your shutter, aperture and flash settings??

and did you shoot under the light??

[BaNaNaMaN]

First shot was F8, 25 sec exposure with a little light from the light on the pole and the rest filled in with the external flash.

Second one was exactly the same settings, but no light from the pole so filled in with the flash.

[BaNaNaMaN]

Some older shots of the wagon.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/Bananaman_666/DSC_1747.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/Bananaman_666/DSC_1749.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/Bananaman_666/_DM20065-1.jpg

[Haim]

you should use a colour gel to make the car appear more 'white' when you are shooting something else in the background too. ie orange gel with incandescent white balance which will make both subject and background 'white'

[BaNaNaMaN]

Thats something I would like to know more about, we have not really delved into filters and the likes as yet.

[availablelight]

or you can adjust the white balance to remove the overall blue cast to the photo (can also be done in post)

[BaNaNaMaN]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/Bananaman_666/DSC_2692-1.jpg

You mean warmer like that. The image posted above is straight out of the camera

[availablelight]

well night time photos dont have the reflection from the blue sky affecting the temperature... try the photoshop levels tool, choose grey point eyedropper, and click somewhere on the white,then use curves to brighten up the whites a little, see the difference here:

http://www.difference.co.nz/temp/car.jpg

[Moppie]

or you can adjust the white balance to remove the overall blue cast to the photo (can also be done in post)


Gelling the flash means you can keep a correct w/b for the city.
Otherwise things look odd.


well night time photos dont have the reflection from the blue sky affecting the temperature... try the photoshop levels tool, choose grey point eyedropper, and click somewhere on the white,then use curves to brighten up the whites a little, see the difference here:

http://www.difference.co.nz/temp/car.jpg



You've gone to far into the red.
Last time I looked the road isn't orange and grass isn't red.
On top of that the sky has lost a lot of saturation and is moving towards being green.

The car won't be totally white if shot under a blue sky, trying to make it white, when it isn't, just makes everything else in the photo look bad.

Sometimes your better of shooting with the correct wb to start with (or setting it later if you shoot RAW) and then leaving your brain to do small colour corrections if needed.



The orginal night shoots actually look quite cool with the blue light on the car. Its not "technically" correct, but we all know the car is white, so giving it a blue tint hhelps set it in the scene.

The out door shots look like they were shot with a slightly to cool white balance, and could be warmed up a little. But not to much, or you get the funny colours in the road, grass and sky.