My new motorbike

stumac · 28 Apr 2013

Thought Id take the new bike out for a photoshoot rather than a ride for a change, though its not my usual type of subject.
1st shot of camera flash
2nd shot Hdr,something im not a big fan of but I think for this subject it has worked?
open to all crit

KTM 990 Adventure #2 by stuart macrory, on Flickr

KTM 990 Adventure #1 by stuart macrory, on Flickr

Scottish Mike · 28 Apr 2013

I love the colours and composition of the second picture

Johnytuono · 28 Apr 2013

Yep #2 really shows the bike well. +1 on the colours and composition.
JohnyT

Pookeyhead · 29 Apr 2013

I like the second image very much. I like the fact that the bike is almost part of the landscape... which suits that type of bike very well. however....considering it was taken with a 5D MkIII the quality is terrible. What lenses are you using? Looking at your hi res Flickr image, you have some HUGE CA problems, and sharpness is very poor indeed.

Lightroom and ACR both have very effective CA removal.

stumac · 29 Apr 2013

Pookeyhead said:
I like the second image very much. I like the fact that the bike is almost part of the landscape... which suits that type of bike very well. however....considering it was taken with a 5D MkIII the quality is terrible. What lenses are you using? Looking at your hi res Flickr image, you have some HUGE CA problems, and sharpness is very poor indeed.

Lightroom and ACR both have very effective CA removal.

I printed it a3 and sharpness seems good
I took 3 bracketed shots hand held, could that be the cause?

stumac · 29 Apr 2013

stumac said:
I printed it a3 and sharpness seems good
I took 3 bracketed shots hand held, could that be the cause?

You've got me wondering ?? Ill check the original files when I get home from work
Could it also have anything to do with shooting into the sun?

Pookeyhead · 29 Apr 2013

stumac said:
I took 3 bracketed shots hand held, could that be the cause?

If you merged them somehow, then yes.... that could well be the case.

stumac said:
Could it also have anything to do with shooting into the sun?

No.. that looks like chromatic aberration.. which is a lens issue. However, merging multiple shots into some kind of HDR/Tonemapped image can have some weird effects if they were hand held, or there was movement within the scene.

stumac · 29 Apr 2013

Thanks for the reply and both apply

They were hand held and the branches no doubt were moving in the wind

james_death · 29 Apr 2013

Second shot like the most and its an almost spot the bike shot as it blends in well.