I did all this by myself and it was not easy. Had to change my cloths twice because it was so hot outside even at night. Me on my motorcycle self portrait. Its magic.
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Revised mirror reflection and right hand/brake position
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Steve U
Wine, Food and Photography Student and Connoisseur
Nicely executed. I still don't know exactly how you did this. My best guess is a studio shot due to the quality of light and possible softbox reflections. Another believable image, well done. I especially like how the image is almost exclusively Yellow and Black which gives it a very clean look.
I can
Steve U
Wine, Food and Photography Student and Connoisseur
so, the wondering begins:
- shift lens, or clone out the reflections from the helmet?
- camera on a tripod welded or gaffa-taped to the rear pillion just out of shot, or merged in blurry floor from another shot? (or well fancy painted floor?) (or camera on a crane following behind, on remote control as you said it was own work?)
-if i squint closely enough, can i see a reflection of a speedlight (or mobile phone?) in the centre of the helmet, or is that a badge on the helmet itself?
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but then, who cares, when the final result is as sweet-looking as that?
An awful lot of electrons were terribly inconvenienced in the making of this post.
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I've figured it out, he's used a toy helicopter controlled by a proximity sensor attached to the bike. The lens image stabilization was definitely switched on. [:P]
Man that's a steep hill!
I've figured it out, he's used a toy helicopter controlled by a proximity sensor attached to the bike. The lens image stabilization was definitely switched on. [:P]
Man that's a steep hill!
Originally Posted by freelanceshots
Awesome shot Bryan!
I'm no expert but I'm gonna' guess that he took this outside and it was very hot out, in his leather and helmet!
I see panning (could of been added after), I'm not sure because it looks like the speedometer or tach needle is moving, and he has his right hand on the brake. It also looks like there is a car behind his helmet.
The photo also looks very centered and very well balanced with no lean into the bike, so it looks stationary. Something is throwing me with the right hand brake. I see him holding the brake with his fingers, but then I don't see the reflection of his fingers in the right side mirror, so this must be a composite of a few shots!
Ok.., I give up!
Rich
My brake lever is set up close to the grip and angled down where there is not a lot of pull needed to put the front binder on. I've got steel braided lines front and rear where they are set up correctly so just a little goes a long way. Mirror has the image right, you just can't see my hand/glove because it's black and behind the brake lever. You can see a hint of the reflection in the full res image. One option would be to just black the mirrors out. Also my right hand in this shot has my RC-6 remote in it as it was very tricky to get the camera to fire unless I raised my head and pointed the remote directly at the camera remote sensor. Did not want to risk tossing the remote in my lap after the camera was tripped in this last shot and possibly having it fall to the ground. With this basic Canon remote there are only two firing options instant and a 2 second delay and the 2 seconds happens very very quickly. If I had an assistant things would have gone very differently but I also like to work alone. I was up very late where at the time when I finished I was worn out. I will continue to fine tune the image for days but I wanted to post it because it was fun to try. I like views from different angles so this is something I wanted to try success or fail.
I may go in and photoshop the glove and grip issue where the viewer would never know otherwise but for now I'm OK with how it turned out. If this would have been a paying gig for a mag or something then I would have had to of hired some help and rented a bigger studio with a tall ceiling and air conditioning. Since it was just for me no harm no foul on the little hiccups.
Ok, so that's the remote in your right hand.
I think you're on to something here. I'm sure Yamaha would love to have a shot like this on their website.
Really great shot!!
Rich
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