Think i broked it.......got a bit excited

[mark_airey]

Ok so I thought I popped a boost hose off the other night on my way back from a meeting with a mate (who happens to be an awesome automotive photographer) and a Ferrari Mondial Convertible...................

I checked everything over the next morning (as it was 1AM when I got back) and everything looked to be done up tight..........then I spotted this............


think that might have been the problem.....................

Anyway.............onto the reason that this is in the photo section, some of you will have seen this one on Facebook already.............



I have a similar shot from my cam but have massive issues with lens flare from the lighting and yeah its just shit in comparison, this is done in one shot, no photoshop trickery with the bonnet, its one photo..........

I also have this one which is from my own cam (I know Damian has the same shot but I am yet to see it) which is a composite image composed of 2 photos stacked, one for the car lighting and one for the background lighting...........unfortunately my photoshop skills are pretty poor so it could be better but meh............ I think it looks pretty smart!



If anyone is interested the Ferrari was a Convertible Monodial and one of only 89 covertible versions ever made..........



More amazing work by Damian can be found here -
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Automotiv...7240010231

here-
https://www.facebook.com/Automotive.Ligh...DamianHock

and here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/damianhock/

[Curt]

Awesome, this guys work is incredible. I looked through his Flikr when you put the link up the other day . Spent quite a while in there!

[mark_airey]

Awesome, this guys work is incredible. I looked through his Flikr when you put the link up the other day . Spent quite a while in there!

He's an awesome photographer! and has some great light painting skills too, I went for the learning experience and to have a look at his rig for the moving shots getting some shots of my car was a massive bonus

[Jonny b]

The one with the see through bonnet is clearly a shop!!

Engine bay is the wrong colour!!


Ha ha cool pics

[mark_airey]

The one with the see through bonnet is clearly a shop!!

Engine bay is the wrong colour!!


Ha ha cool pics

Clearly isn't! You can have the RAW file off my camera of my original if you like

My flared one from a diff angle looks like this -



literally all I have done is crop it down, and the engine bay is currently lacking in orange although there are a few bits visible still

[c.gerrard]

Absolutely awesome shots there!!

What's your hourly rate to get some of mine? Think the oil feature in my engine bay will give an awesome effect

[mark_airey]

If you want some done properly by the guy who did mine his contact details are on the facebook linky, I have no idea what he charges but drop him a message and ask. I would be happy to do some for you but obviously they would be nowhere near as good!

Maybe see if a few people want to chip in for a shoot with him depending on costs of course!

[Jonny81191]

I need to have a go at that!!

Looks awesome mate, get it printed on canvas and framed!

[4WayDiablo]

The one with the see through bonnet is clearly a shop!!

Engine bay is the wrong colour!!


Ha ha cool pics

Clearly isn't! You can have the RAW file off my camera of my original if you like

My flared one from a diff angle looks like this -



literally all I have done is crop it down, and the engine bay is currently lacking in orange although there are a few bits visible still

Think he means team orange lol

[samass]

one shot? out of pure noobness and interest... how the actual f*ck?? thats awesome!

was gunna hazard a guess, but literally no idea

[Jonny81191]

long exposure, highlight the car and bonnet, then open the bonnet and highlight the engine..

That's what I was going to try anyways...

[mark_airey]

Telling how its done spoils the fun though doesn't it, it makes it nowhere near as impressive when you know how

[THE_Liam]

That looks amazing

Does anyone else find ity strange that there are similar pics of a Ferrari (only a Mondial I know) and yet we're all like...

OMG that 306 is sexy!!!

[Toms306]

Telling how its done spoils the fun though doesn't it, it makes it nowhere near as impressive when you know how

It really doesn't spoil it, I still can't get my head round how the f*ck its done...and I've just read the other post twice!

Does look awesome.

[Ben Jay]

camera on a tripod...two pictures...one with bonnet up.

then time spent on photo shop

[mark_airey]

camera on a tripod...two pictures...one with bonnet up.

then time spent on photo shop

And once again, no photoshop involved.............as stated............twice............and with 2 different angles of the same shot! As said already, you can have the RAW unconverted image off my camera if you don't believe me but (at the risk of repeating myself) the second shot I posted of it off my cam has only been converted to Jpeg and cropped down slightly

[samass]

strange Mark, i swear you posted pretty much that exact same post, just a few posts up? i guess some people cant read...

fine then, dont tell me, off to google!

[cwspellowe]

Long exposure time mean the lens is open for 30 seconds+, the camera records everything that happens during that time. Then they highlighted the bonnet with a lamp, opened the bonet and highlighted the engine too, brighter light sources show up more on long exposures.

If this is all done with the lens open you can shoot the bonnet open AND closed in the same picture as anything that moves quickly ie the person opening the bonnet doesn't show up.

Epic shots though mark

[mark_airey]

Long exposure time mean the lens is open for 30 seconds+, the camera records everything that happens during that time. Then they highlighted the bonnet with a lamp, opened the bonet and highlighted the engine too, brighter light sources show up more on long exposures.

If this is all done with the lens open you can shoot the bonnet open AND closed in the same picture as anything that moves quickly ie the person opening the bonnet doesn't show up.

Epic shots though mark

Yeah cheers for spoiling that!

[Danny2009]

Them pictures are epic!

[c.gerrard]

Its not actually that difficult to get your head around.

Just get a camera, tripod, shutter release cable and go have a play!! That's what Jonny and I did the the night and after a while you figure it all out.

"Then they highlighted the bonnet with a lamp, opened the bonet and highlighted the engine too, brighter light sources show up more on long exposures." - It doesn't work that way round (DON'T HATE ME MARK!!!)

But yeah, just go have a play really

[silverzx]

More importantly, your on a standard inlet manifold... o.O

[Jtrigga]

I see your running the good old adaptor though for the inter cooler setup.

[mark_airey]

Its not actually that difficult to get your head around.

Just get a camera, tripod, shutter release cable and go have a play!! That's what Jonny and I did the the night and after a while you figure it all out.

"Then they highlighted the bonnet with a lamp, opened the bonet and highlighted the engine too, brighter light sources show up more on long exposures." - It doesn't work that way round (DON'T HATE ME MARK!!!)

But yeah, just go have a play really

Figure it all out, not quite.........clearly its easier to get your head around than focusing the camera in the dark...........................which TBH is pretty important IMO

More importantly, your on a standard inlet manifold... o.O

Yes............and?

I see your running the good old adaptor though for the inter cooler setup.

It does the job, could probably do a bit better than that flow wise but that would cost money

[Jonny81191]

Figure it all out, not quite.........clearly its easier to get your head around than focusing the camera in the dark...........................which TBH is pretty important IMO

Yeah, I want to talk to you about that, It's really difficult cos it looked pin sharp on the camera, then I got home and it wasnt

[Pete]

You know I love this car.

[lewisdmz]

For anyone that is wondering this is how I would do it. Get a tripod, take a photo of the car with bonnet open, then take a photo with bonnet closed. Layer the two on photoshop and air brush out the bonnet.

[mark_airey]

For anyone that is wondering this is how I would do it. Get a tripod, take a photo of the car with bonnet open, then take a photo with bonnet closed. Layer the two on photoshop and air brush out the bonnet.

Then you actually bother to read the words in the thread instead of just looking at the pretty pictures and realize that you are totally wrong..............that its not how that is done and you would never get the same effect.......never mind eh! nice try!