Heart of the Beast…
Posted by macdude on September 20th, 2009 filed in Personal, Photography, Detailing
Click here for a larger resolution peep!
After a frustrating evening spent cleaning up and drying out my equipment, I began thinking out a new concept for the automotive shoot. Something I hadn’t done before. A little idea began brewing for a brochure-type shot with a wide-angle lens. I went back-to-basics for a simple setup that took about 20 minutes to model the lighting and took two final shots with the engine bay opened and closed which I would then combine in post.
Description: Strobist Boot Camp II Assignment #4(Transportation). 2nd attempt at assignment(this time under a roof and away from the daily downpour). First attempt tanked in the previous entry. Simple 2-shots with engine compartment opened and closed, then blended in Photoshop.
Lighting Setup: Single Elinchrom Ranger RX battery-pack powered 1100Ws strobe through Varistar 85cm Brolly on camera left. Reflectors placed on the camera right to provide some bounce on the engine and bumper.
Post-work: Essentially 2-shots processed in Photoshop by masking then brushed away to reveal layered engine bay.
Verification shot right here *hehehe*
Have a great weekend ya’ll!
September 20th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
hehe…good for the official brochure eh
September 25th, 2009 at 10:42 am
great master at work again
i always admire your photograph
u r remaking davinci
September 28th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Where do you find the time honestly…
Looks like a Planet Ocean you’ve got donned on your wrist
September 30th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Great shot and technique. About 11:30 last night I ran out to the garage and gave it a try. You can see my results here: http://blog.rickaustin.net/2009/09/minihero-disappearing-bonnet.html
Just click on the image for a larger view. How did you deal with the specular highlight problem? I was able to tame them because I shot in raw but I had pretty good highlights from the umbrella. You can see the detail in my blog post but it looks like you may have used a larger umbrella?
Thanks for the idea. Last night was just a quick test and I plan to do a better version soon.