First go at low light pictures.....

[jenic]

Had my first go at low light pics tonight, after putting the other thread up the other day.

Took them with a combination of a speedlight and a torch. Problems that i can immediately see are reflections and the car being wet, apart from that i'm quite pleased with them for a first go

Comments welcome!

Clio by mjenic, on Flickr

Clio by mjenic, on Flickr

Clio by mjenic, on Flickr

Clio by mjenic, on Flickr

Clio by mjenic, on Flickr

 

[Tunst]

Very nice mate.

 

[Paul.M]

Im no photography expert, but to me they look awesome! especially for a first go.

Very nice looking car aswell

 

[JackJack]

Looks great! First 2 are the best, low light pics ftw.

 

[Spee]

Yep first 2 are great, good effort. Did you light them at all or was it a long shutter and tripod jobbie?

G

 

[jenic]

Yep first 2 are great, good effort. Did you light them at all or was it a long shutter and tripod jobbie?

G

First 2 are speedlite lit, the other 3 are torch lit.

Cheers for the comments

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Not bad for a first go!

What aperture/shutter speed were you using? It seems the torch is struggling to light the car enough, which might be down to the settings you chose on the camera.

 

[jenic]

Not bad for a first go!

What aperture/shutter speed were you using? It seems the torch is struggling to light the car enough, which might be down to the settings you chose on the camera.

Off the top of my head, those torch lit ones are 15s shutter, f11, iso100. Could also be down to the torch i was using, only led one i have is the CS one I nearly bought a big LED one the other day too!

 

[Nisi]

very nice mate. what stickers have you got down the rear of your car?

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Off the top of my head, those torch lit ones are 15s shutter, f11, iso100. Could also be down to the torch i was using, only led one i have is the CS one I nearly bought a big LED one the other day too!

Ah right, there's the issue then. You need more powah!!!!!!

 

[jenic]

very nice mate. what stickers have you got down the rear of your car?

Track stickers, not sure about them atm, may come off

RB182 by mjenic, on Flickr

Ah right, there's the issue then. You need more powah!!!!!!

Definitely! Will be purchasing a better torch next time i see one.

 

[Leeshez]

Stunning.

 

[Jordi17]

amazing pics

 

[Edd]

Really good pics Mike, I might give it a go. I'd leave the stickers on aswell.

 

[Addicted]

awesome top pics, make some high res for wallpapers!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Not bad !

If you need more light, try a longer shutter time .. also, white balance needs to be cooooooooled right off, to take that wonderful orange glow out of the pic.

My first attempts were shoooooite. You dun good :approve:

 

[Matthew]

Looking really good Mike, I'm impressed! When I've got the arctic upto par we shall have to get a shoot arranged!

Obviously with your camera lol

 

[tommys]

Really good pics. I agree that the first two are the best.

 

[Jane]

Theyve come out really well, not bad for an amatuer job
I like the last one, looks like it's come out the hanger for some serious business! lol

 

[leeds_182]

Good effort.

 

[Harpham]

I absolutely love the 3rd pic... Looks amazing!1!!

 

[jenic]

Cheers for the comments

Not bad !

If you need more light, try a longer shutter time .. also, white balance needs to be cooooooooled right off, to take that wonderful orange glow out of the pic.

My first attempts were shoooooite. You dun good :approve:

There were loads of orange light about in that location, but i do have raw copies of the images so will have a play with them tonight.

Looking really good Mike, I'm impressed! When I've got the arctic upto par we shall have to get a shoot arranged!

Obviously with your camera lol

Definitely!

 

[Crumpy172]

nice mate might have to have ago at that myself

 

[Davis]

Photos look great to me!

 

[jesus]

Would look better with a set of red F1's!

 

[pitufo182]

very very nice look !!!!

 

[JamesBryan]

Looking good! :approve:

As Dan says 'Need moar power'. Those cheap 1-2 million candlepower torches should do the job

 

[jenic]

Looking good! :approve:

As Dan says 'Need moar power'. Those cheap 1-2 million candlepower torches should do the job

Saw one at the range the other day, was 98 LED i think, 2D. Tried it out and it was really powerfull, about £16 iirc. Will pick one of them up

I have always found the 'power of a million candles' ones pretty rubbish

 

[JamesBryan]

I saw one on the net before which was 25,000,000 candlepower!! HID too

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Full moon at the moment, clear-ish skys too, helpful when trying shots like this !