Non Aviation Photography Thread

[Joe Copalman]

Jeff, this latest salvo of shots is just spectacular.

[Joe Copalman]

LYSERGIC PELICAN

Been on a bit of an aviation sabbatical, recharging my batteries with some reading, writing, making music, and shooting photos of things that aren't airplanes.  Shot this pelican at the Phoenix Zoo recently, and the reflection was more interesting than the bird itself.  Apologies for any flashbacks among you Woodstock generation folks.

[Tower Guy]

Cool shot Joe, very creative and just plain fun shot!

[wingsnstuff]

Nice capture Joe.  The reflection makes it look like this guy had a serious run in with an immovable object.  Very cool.

[Tower Guy]

A view of Phoenix from my back porch. by Harvey Brugger, on Flickr

[scottcolbath]

Back at Wickenburg airport today with my buddy Spanky. He just finished building his latest supermoto. He's sponsored by a local shop and going racing for 2016.

We did the shoot on 23 because it's his number. The light was tough. If anyone has suggestions on how to improve the shots, I'm all ears. I used my flash and it still doesn't seem like it was enough. I played with exposure and such, but I'm just not great at shooting in these conditions.





Then we went down the other end for the good light.



Spanky's dad flew in to hang out.



S.C.

[Jay Beckman]

Jaguar Headlights

[Jay Beckman]

Back at Wickenburg airport today with my buddy Spanky. He just finished building his latest supermoto. He's sponsored by a local shop and going racing for 2016.

We did the shoot on 23 because it's his number. The light was tough. If anyone has suggestions on how to improve the shots, I'm all ears. I used my flash and it still doesn't seem like it was enough. I played with exposure and such, but I'm just not great at shooting in these conditions.

Balancing Vs Direct Sun is why Alien Bee 1600s exist...    A 4x8 sheet of foamcore covered in aluminum foil as a reflector would have also opened him up  a bunch.  It would have blinded him, but hey, do you want the shot or not? 

Lacking that much lighting firepower, I'd open the same file twice in Photoshop as "Smart Objects" (which preserves the RAW adjustment handles) and then tweak the levels for each layer to taste.  Drop a mask over the subject layer and then brush him back in over the correctly exposed background.

[scottcolbath]

Lacking that much lighting firepower, I'd open the same file twice in Photoshop as "Smart Objects" (which preserves the RAW adjustment handles) and then tweak the levels for each layer to taste.  Drop a mask over the subject layer and then brush him back in over the correctly exposed background.

I'm on Aperture 3.0. I don't have layers. 

S.C.

[Jay Beckman]

Do you have any kind of backlight adjustment feature?

[scottcolbath]

Do you have any kind of backlight adjustment feature?

I can pull out stuff using a "shadows" adjustment, but it's sort of lame. The bottom line is that I think I should have spot focused on the subject, which may have blown out the background a bit but at least I'd have another option.

I'm working on getting back out there for a morning shoot, when the light is nice on 23.

S.C.

[Joe Copalman]

HEART OF A KING


LIVING IN THE HERON NOW

[Jay Beckman]

Do you have any kind of backlight adjustment feature?

I can pull out stuff using a "shadows" adjustment, but it's sort of lame. The bottom line is that I think I should have spot focused on the subject, which may have blown out the background a bit but at least I'd have another option.

I'm working on getting back out there for a morning shoot, when the light is nice on 23.

S.C.

Let me know if you'd like an assistant... 

[Jay Beckman]

That's one of the best Lion shots I think I've ever seen from the PHX Zoo...

[scottcolbath]

That's one of the best Lion shots I think I've ever seen from the PHX Zoo...

That and the bird shot are excellent.

Jay, I'll let you know when I'm going back out there.

S.C.