Thanks for the great tips Ken. Here in the SoCal coastal area we often get a "marine layer" in the morning that makes for excellent diffused lighting. I usually time my outdoor shots to that and get good results.
I snapped a few more photos of some of my favorite bikes and was astonished at the results after I ran it through some color-corrrection in my photo editting software. These are just gratuitous bike porn photos but some of you might be interested:
My Hour Record "tribute bike":
http://www.chainedrevolution.com/
its one-of-a-kind drivetrain:
http://www.chainedrevolution.com/
Kessels-built Merckx team bike:
http://www.chainedrevolution.com/
Schwinn Wastyn-built Paramount #1:
http://www.chainedrevolution.com/
Cheers, Tam Pham Huntington Beach, CA - USA
On 5/4/07, Huemax@aol.com <Huemax@aol.com> wrote:
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> In a message dated 5/4/07 1:34:13 PM, terminaut@gmail.com writes:
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> We've all seen Ray's excellent setup for photographing his bikes but
> here's
> an alternative that seems to work pretty decent. I was preparing my
> swimming
> pool for the summer season when it dawned on me that the inside of the
> pool
> has a nice, continuous white backdrop. Hrmmm...
>
> So, I dropped a bike in there and voila!
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> http://www.chainedrevolution.com/
> http://www.chainedrevolution.com/
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> It's not the most practical way to get quality photos but hey if your pool
> is already drained anyways... :-)
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>
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> Hi there,Tam and photographers,
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> The lighting is EXCELLENT, no shadow casting, the reflection of highly
> reflective surface as
> chrome is good.
>
> This can be also acheived by using a TENT, plain wall inside garage etc..
> Never use FLASH,
> or dierct SUN light. OPEN SHADE (sky light) or cloudy day-overcast light
> is good also.
>
> TWO more professional KEY words to improve your photography;
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> 1)PERSPECTIVE DESTORTION-COMPRESSION
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> 2) DEPTAH OF FIELD-FOCUS
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> KEN TODA, High Point, North Carolina, 30' temp drop in 24 hours, feeling
> sick...
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