Assignment #3: Night Time Action

dandantheadminman · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject: Assignment #3: Night Time Action

Assignment #3: Night Time Action

for january and febuary

For this assignment, you have to try and capture night time action, but still mountain bike related. Feel free to explore kinds of night time related mountain biking, be it street, or forest or whatever.

mikedeere · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject:

This is from a shoot I want to re-do:

That building is a police station! Icepick Slide to Barspin out.

There was one particular photo which was simple as hell, although under exposed due to my weak output flashgun. So that's the main reason I want to re-shoot.

dandantheadminman · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject:

two i took awhile ago you might recognize

i will hopefully be shooting some bmx street of my buddie at some stage one evening so should hoepfully have some better ones then
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Dob_mike · Low User Joined: 29 Oct 2006 Posts: 33

Is that a hop barspin or just flatland?

dandantheadminman · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject:

flatland lol
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Hamish · Forum Veteran Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 1011

Great. We can look forward to lots (more) examples of badly used flash . And I'd probably lose my friends as a result of causing crashes by blinding them.

Could you not have suggested something better than night time MTB photos?
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dandantheadminman · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject:

lol, yeh lots of badly used flash is guarenteeed, hehe

the prob without saying just night time mtb is we wouldnt get many people submittting
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farm boy · Average User Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 88

heres mine

dandantheadminman · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject:

ooo they're nice

such a shame about clipping the fron wheel on 2nd, unlcuky dude
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Hamish · Forum Veteran Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Posts: 1011

AARGH! Too much flash and even red eye... and we've lots more to go Sad

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dandantheadminman · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject:

i dont think its tooooooo much flash, and red eye can only really be avoided in mtb photos by having the flash not mounted on camera right? (not retorical, im just wondering)
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mikedeere · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:58 pm Post subject:

Night-time action need not be a case of badly used flash, I urge everyone to use this oppourtunity to expand on their flash skills and take time to experiment with producing well rounded results.

I want to get back to using multiple flashes again, but in the mean time here's one from the trip using one (broken) flash:

Admittedly it's early night-time... Although the sun had long gone the sky was still lighting the clouds nicely.

dandantheadminman · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:23 pm Post subject:

have any of you got any tips for using flash effectively while shooting, lets say... night street?

thnx
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jetsetdan · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject:

the only thing i ever heard was keep the light low and luminate from below is key Wink

This applies to filming but i have heard it works for togs too.
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