Potter`s Mill VFD...call at dawn

For a volunteer fire department, they do a fine job!  Yeah, and the photography ain't too shabby either!  

@perrone1 thanks a bunch Tony 😀 .....I got those at 8am.......then I went and got THESE closer to 10am.....as a pro,did you ever keep stats on the best early light specific to wherever you happened to be shooting?

final morning shots 11am.....

Posted by: @john-barry

@perrone1 thanks a bunch Tony 😀 .....I got those at 8am.......then I went and got THESE closer to 10am.....as a pro,did you ever keep stats on the best early light specific to wherever you happened to be shooting?

 

My lighting, John, for model cars is usually all indoors. Ambient light in a dormer window supplemented by camera 'fill-flash'. My previous pro photography was all landscape, mostly Great Smoky Mountains and that generally was between 5 to 8 AM.

Once in a while in early afternoon:

@perrone1 ..........Thanks Tony !!!.....I know from all the documentaries I saw as a child, that the bears in Jellystone park get up around 10:30 or so......your 5 to 8 strategy,while cruel and unusual, probably serves to keep you safe

the first of your three photos is a "religious experience" captured ,,,,BRAVO

on the third,did you employ a stacking technique?

*please let me know when my onslaught of FREE questions has run it`s course *

Questions run out?  NEVER, my friend!

great stuff John, the Dalmatian is a nice touch.

Great discussion guys. John, in that first set of truck images, they seem to be floating above the ground. Curious effect that I don't see with the later images.

Posted by: @geoff-jowett

great stuff John, the Dalmatian is a nice touch.

thanks Geoff.....I`m particularly fond of that dog....he came packed in the bed of a pickup one one of those "theme" trucks from Ertl.....it`s never the cereal we crave,it`s the "free toy" inside 🤨 

Posted by: @david-green

Great discussion guys. John, in that first set of truck images, they seem to be floating above the ground. Curious effect that I don't see with the later images.

LOL......the first set @ 8am was taken in temps of 30°__the sun was at it`s lowest and not creating much,if any,of a shadow....as I misted water onto the acrylic base, it froze,creating a "snow" cover,partially eliminating reflection from below.......the absence of shadow plus the lack of reflection seems to eliminate a reference point for the tires

2 hours later,in warmer temps,the rising sun casts long shadows and water pools around the tires