First night shoot - motorcycle - C&C please

Went out to the parking lot at work with my camera and tripod - it was last nice day till April so we rode to work:
I did a little PP in Lightroom - some images seemed flat to me and I tried to add some texture and light effects in 2 and 5 and 6
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They all belong in the bikes' brochures. Nice job.

 

DITTO!

 

Nice shots...........................I just realized now I should have parked my house with the freeway on the background.

Great shots.

I think the second picture looks a little blurry though.

 

#4 is the best imo. # 2 would be if it were in focus.

 

Thanks for the CC, yes, the second pic, while the best by composition came out blurry and no amount of PP could fix it, so I cheated and added contrast to make it look textured a bit - I was using manual focus since I could not get good enough AF for some reason - the lens would seek forever or just plane refuse to focus - I was using a fifty. Then I changed to my 18-200 for some wider angle shots and was able to focus better

 

Nice Triumph bro. They all came out pretty nicely except for #2 being out of focus. If you are using autofocus, try using manual focus. For low light conditions, sometimes I find it a little tough and a little out of focus using AF.

 

What kinds of settings did you use?

I notice the long exposure on #1

 

I think they are all long exposure photos. If not, I don't think he might have been able to expose much of the sky and clouds.

 

I like this series a lot, great work. 5# is my fave, great tones. 2# probably shouldn't be in here as it is very motion blurred, though.

 

Yes, these are all long exposure shots - 20-30 sec, some at f/8, some f/16 and ISO 200. it was a windy night and the neckstrap was wiggling the camera on a tripod. I did use manual focus on most of the pictures, but it was my first time doing it.

Thanks for all comments

 

amazing shots man, sick bike too. I like number 2 the best