Same as it ever was, Same as it ever was

It's been some time since I posted any pics of the new bike so here's a couple now. No new mods, but I'm looking for a definitive shot of this bike, and after trying a couple different options, well, I'm still looking for that shot....

What I had in mind was something dark. The bike is black, so I envisioned maybe a night shot. Maybe just removing the color from the background. I had thoughts of the bike sitting out in the open with a full moon rising behind it, but that'll have to wait for another location, another time.

So I'm outside at 01:30 this morning trying to find a certain look, and not having much luck as I could not make my camera do what I saw in my mind. I hate that. Most of what I got was incorrectly exposed and saturated. But, I've tried to work with a couple here.

This shot above is illuminated by one single 60 watt bulb in a yard light, 30' to the left. And way over exposed. But when I cut back on the time, I lost contrast on the black bike... Not that you can tell from this pic, but it was so dark out there I had a tough time telling if the side stand was fully down and I was scared the bike might fall over while I was positioning it.

Okay, moving 180 degrees in the other direction, I'm not happy with the white wall here, but wasn't going to paint graffiti on my fence. I like this shot, but am bummed it doesn't feature the Akra pipe.