This was my most successful entry so far, and I was much more pleased with it than my previous shots. The three main issues that everyone seems to be mentioning are:
1 - Focus - Unfortunately, the angle I was taking from meant that I couldn't see the LCD, so I was shooting blind. The shot I chose had the best focus and DOF, but it was a tiny bit too close, hence the bottom foreground blur. I'm now taking many more photos, so that I don't have to use ones with flaws.
2 - Angle - Yes, the tyre was leaning very slightly sideways, as I was trying to keep the bike upright at the same time as shooting, which isn't as easy as it sounds! Rotating then cropping the image didn't really work either, which was annoying. Ah well :o)
3 - Aspect - The original shot was much larger than this, and I cropped it down to the one I submitted. However, I had a huge debate with myself over which aspect to use, and since the portrait shot only gave a more out-of-focus bit of tyre at the top, I decided to go with the landscape, which seemed to have a better impact.
Thanks for your comments everyone - I've been hugely motivated by this one! ;o)
interesting. Nice color contrast with the blue sky. hurts my eyes how the bottom front is out of focus. I think it would have been better for this to be in focus as its in the foreground
At first I thought this waas a toe tum pole. And then a piece of iron. Now I know what it is. A bicycle tire. Cool. If the handle bars weren't showing I don't think I would have got it.
I had a similar thought, but went another direction. You might have gone with a vertical shot since the tire is vertical ... nice job on the depth of field.
At first I thought it was a totem pole, then finallly I figured it out. The idea is more interesting than the photograph which need more depth of field or color or something to focus on.
I have no idea what this picture is of, but that doesn't really matter at all. It's very sharp focus, with great texture detail. The background sky is textureless, but it's a nice colorful blue, so that is fine. I'd have to give this photo one of my highest scores of the week for doing a good job with the framing and focus of the foreground and everything else.
Very nice shot! If you had backed away from the tire a little, you may have been able to provide sharper focus in the bottom of this frame. This photo may have also been more dramatic in a vertical orientation with more tire showing...
I think this is cool but had to look at it for a long time to figure out what it was due to extreme blur. Maybe if it was showing more detail or the top not so cropped:) Nice idea and capture all the same.
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