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Yesterday's attempt at lighting a car was aimed at balancing ambient (back lit) light with the strobes to create as natural effect as possible. I set off early to go down to the cliffs so that I could capture the sunrise. A nice fall of rain had added some sparkle to the car and would hide any dirt
The 'dog walkers' car park was virtually empty so I was able to park very badly and commandeer a large portion of it to get the angle I wanted. The 'Photographers Ephemeris' app told me exactly when and where the sun would appear.
This picture shows the general arrangement:
I was using 3 Godox RS600Ps. There was one mounted on a light stand, at eye level to the rear of the car just off the left hand side of the picture. The two tall ones were fitted with standard reflectors and the ground level one fitted with an ungrided snoot. The power levels were varied as the sun slowly appeared from 1/16 to full power.
Unfortunately in my sleep deprived haze I forgot to take the radio trigger and so had the use the strobes in slave mode triggering them with the pop up flash on the camera. This was less than desirable and soon stopped working altogether as the sun grew in intensity.
Note to self; write a bl**dy list next time
However I was fairly happy with the end result. The file was tweaked in LR5 with a bit of selective cloning to remove a couple of hot spots. The clarity, shadows, contrast and overall exposure were boosted slightly and I used a local adjustment brush to bring out the lights and badge. In addition I 'warmed up' the strobe lighting to match the sun temp. It was then imported into Photoshop CC where I cloned out the lampposts.
Your comments and critique are welcome. These are very early days and I still have a lot of practicing to do, especially with my cloning skills.
All taken with a Pentax K3, Pentax DA* 16-50, ISO 100, f8, 1/180.
The 'dog walkers' car park was virtually empty so I was able to park very badly and commandeer a large portion of it to get the angle I wanted. The 'Photographers Ephemeris' app told me exactly when and where the sun would appear.
This picture shows the general arrangement:
I was using 3 Godox RS600Ps. There was one mounted on a light stand, at eye level to the rear of the car just off the left hand side of the picture. The two tall ones were fitted with standard reflectors and the ground level one fitted with an ungrided snoot. The power levels were varied as the sun slowly appeared from 1/16 to full power.
Unfortunately in my sleep deprived haze I forgot to take the radio trigger and so had the use the strobes in slave mode triggering them with the pop up flash on the camera. This was less than desirable and soon stopped working altogether as the sun grew in intensity.
Note to self; write a bl**dy list next time
However I was fairly happy with the end result. The file was tweaked in LR5 with a bit of selective cloning to remove a couple of hot spots. The clarity, shadows, contrast and overall exposure were boosted slightly and I used a local adjustment brush to bring out the lights and badge. In addition I 'warmed up' the strobe lighting to match the sun temp. It was then imported into Photoshop CC where I cloned out the lampposts.
Your comments and critique are welcome. These are very early days and I still have a lot of practicing to do, especially with my cloning skills.
All taken with a Pentax K3, Pentax DA* 16-50, ISO 100, f8, 1/180.
