Jamal's Custom Chopper

[BennyS]

Just a few i took with the D300 C&C is welcome tagged along with a mate was with a 24-120VR shoot in manual at high JPEG
No post processing here straight off the cam








Enjoy

[surenj]

I like this series... Esp the last photo

[Shoot]

1st and 4th are crackers! Love the background that you've chosen to bring out the Motorcycle! The second one IMO is just as good although the streetlight I think does detract from the image. This is a great set of Photos!

[rcg]

Good work. Love the last shot =)

[PiroStitch]

the last one is the strongest out of the lot as there's less clutter in the background to distract from the bike. Well done given the difficulty of correctly exposing for shiny metal.

I understand why you decided on using a scrap heap as the backdrop to give it a more gritty and "man-lier" feel to the image, however with the first three there's too much clutter in the background and it distracts the eye from the main subject, which is the bike. There's not enough seperation between foreground and background. To overcome this, either pick a spot with less clutter, use a wider aperture (but be wary of the depth of field as a selection too wide could cause some of the bike to be softer) or increase the distance between the background and subject.

I don't know what sort of lighting you may have in your kit, so I haven't delved into the wonderful workings of having off camera flash.

You've got the right idea with using a lower angle to accentuate the power and aggresiveness of the bike, but the lighting doesn't contribute to it. The second pic has a good angle, but I feel that had you shot from the other side of the bike where the sun was pouring onto it, the end result would have been more powerful with the bike nicely exposed and the sky being a much darker blue.

[rflower]

The photos are pretty cool.
I agree with pirostitch though.

I would like to see the bike further away from the background, so with a smaller aperture the background is more out of focus.

I like shot #2, but the back wheel is a bit bright.

#4 is my other favourite, but the OOF person distracts me a little. I think that shot may have better without the person.

[chrisk]

love #2, agree with piro about the lighting.
love #4 aswell although personally, i would have preferred the guy to be in focus aswell. funnily enuf this shot has the perfect lighting and background for the composition you used in the 2nd shot.

what a great set. really eye catching stuff with awesome perspectives.

[hrpremier]

Brilliant Series of photos. Again the scenery adds to the bike while not detracting the views interet. A great example of well thought out location and using whats avail around us everyday.

Well Done

Jase
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[miikeboyle]

A beautiful bike. the quarry looks like a great place to shoot the bike but i feel that the tractor is a little large and subtracts the attention away from the bike.
You could always add a nice model wearing not much to the photo but its not really needed

Miike

[seeto.centric]

wow these images are really nice! look forward to seeing more of your photos
and i do agree with a lot of what PiroStitch has had to say.
nice and sharp for out of D300 JPEGs..

-j

[BennyS]

the last one is the strongest out of the lot as there's less clutter in the background to distract from the bike. Well done given the difficulty of correctly exposing for shiny metal.

I understand why you decided on using a scrap heap as the backdrop to give it a more gritty and "man-lier" feel to the image, however with the first three there's too much clutter in the background and it distracts the eye from the main subject, which is the bike. There's not enough seperation between foreground and background. To overcome this, either pick a spot with less clutter, use a wider aperture (but be wary of the depth of field as a selection too wide could cause some of the bike to be softer) or increase the distance between the background and subject.

I don't know what sort of lighting you may have in your kit, so I haven't delved into the wonderful workings of having off camera flash.

You've got the right idea with using a lower angle to accentuate the power and aggresiveness of the bike, but the lighting doesn't contribute to it. The second pic has a good angle, but I feel that had you shot from the other side of the bike where the sun was pouring onto it, the end result would have been more powerful with the bike nicely exposed and the sky being a much darker blue.

Was just a slap together man lighting was seriously fuked its was beaming and hard as to shoot i thought of using the flash but we removed a gate to a construction site and had 10min to get in and out