Thursday, April 28, 2011

A White 125i

So, i'm a bit overdue for a post, so here goes. This is is another BMW shoot, featuring a white 125i 'Christine' (also featured in the 1Addicts/E90Post Cruise to Wisemans Ferry post). I'm pretty happy with the way these photos turned out, minimal PP required, just a bit of white balance and saturation/contrast. Those orange lights from the industrial area in the background really threw the color off. There was a bit off off-camera flash used too.

Not too happy with this pic, the front end doesn't quite look right, and the background is a bit distracting
Nikon D90, 80-200 mm f/2.8 @ 80mm | 1.3 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 200
Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 26mm | 1/13 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 1600
Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 22mm | 1/6 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 1600

Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 55mm | 1.3 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 200
Of the next two, I can't decide which I prefer. The second one has a bit better lighting (caused by the lights of a passing car), but the color seems a bit off.
Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 44mm | 0.8 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 200

Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 44mm | 2.5 sec @ f/4.0, ISO 100
And last but not least, a black 325i. Black cars waay to difficult to photograph at night, its impossible to light them up properly without a large softbox. Here's a few pics I could get, no external flash used. 

No detail on the front bumper, and crazy reflections of everything.
Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 44mm | 1.6 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 160
Slight blur due to me standing on a floating (and moving) dock
Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 30mm | 1.0 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 400

Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 34mm | 5.0 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 100