OK here is the setup. Camera mounted to the ceiling fired remotely with my two Alien bees with wireless triggers front and rear with 60 inch umbrellas with black covers on. Motorcycle on stand with me sitting on the bike and firing the remote on a short delay. The reflections on the side where from reflectors for subtle side fill where at the time I was not aware that they would show up in the helmets glossy paint. They were very low and angled slightly up. I did not remove their reflections because then the helmet would have lost a lot of its depth where the reflections kind of help give the impression that is round. An all black helmet would have gotten lost in all the black. I shot this at night to avoid any additional light. On the concrete floor was a black plastic tarp where I did layers, blending and different blurring to achieve to effect I was looking for.


It was so hot that I could only stay out for a few minutes each time where I could not easily preview the images unless I dismounted from the bike and climbed a latter. Shot this image using the 5DII and the 16-35mm II lens. On a side note In the few second that I would shut my visor to take the shot it would fog up and sweat would start rolling down my face. One thing I could have done differently would have been to start the bike and have the dash lite up but since I was pretty much boiling in my jacket and had such a short delay between pushing the button and the camera firing and that there was just barley enough time to get my hands on the bars and set up right. I only got a couple of pics to make sure focus was right then I just shot it like it was because I was in a big hurry to finish, shut everything down and get inside.The humidity alone this night was awful.


I did modify the RPM's in the final pic if you look closely where its at approx 12,000 rpm. In later images I've added subtle head light beams and done some more work but overall very close to the one I posted here.


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