Nice pictures KKND...

 

My First bike after 33 years, and my first Harley...2016 Iron883 all stock

 

Earlier this year I was ask to feature my Limited in the halls of Ford's world headquarters here Harley meets Henry



Maybe some day in the future

 

Thanks for the tips

 

A lot of great information in this thread. Can't wait for the weather to clear up here in CT.

 

Here's a shot from a couple of years ago at the Auotrama in Detroit

 

I heard/read somewhere that best results when a bike has lots of chrome is an overcast cloudy day. Any truth in this?
I've just got my first 'real' DSLR camera and i'm having a lot of fun playing with it trying to work out how to get different effects.

 

As a photographer many times one has to work with what one has, nice sunny day and lots of chrome, you could find some shade and use a couple of remote triggered flashes to highlight the bike, you could shoot from the shaded side with the sun coming in at about 45*, both of which require the camera to be adjusted in manual mode to get the desired exposure. Lots of chrome (like snow) has a tendency to fool the camera where the chrome may be exposed correctly but the rest of the bike is underexposed. What I would suggest is shoot manual and shoot a few at different settings, say f/8 and f/11 and use the cameras meter to set the shutter speed, exposed at 0, then +1 then +1.5, after you shoot for a while it will become instintive as to what your setting need to be on any given day.

 

 

And just because you get the model, doesn't mean you'll wind up with a shot like this one. Just sayin'...