Taken at Marcus Dairy In Danbury, CT. Adjusted levels, and brightness/contrast applied USM and selectively desaturated all but the bike and rider. Desaturated the green reflection in parts of the black bike. Cropped and resized, saved for web
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This photo really didn't do much for me. There is nothing that makes me want to give it a second look. It is not a "bad" photo, I just think that you could have spiced it up a little to make it more appealing. It would have been better if He was actually driving the motocycle instead of being parked. He is just sitting there and it looks very posed and staged.
It would have been better if he was driving fast and you captured the motion blurs on the background but the bike and the rider was in focus. It would also have been funny if his mouth was wide open like he was screaming or if he had a hudge smile on his face, or even if you could have shown where the wind was blowing his skin on his face back. I don't know if any of those ideas would have been better but it never hurts to let you imagination flow for a while first and then try to capture that on camera. When you come up with an idea for a challenge, don't shoot it right away. Think about it for a while and elaborate that idea into something bigger.
I don't think that the selective desat worked with this photo. When you use that technique, it should be so the viewer focuses on what you want them to notice. You kept the yellow line? This is not a point of interest. You kept the color in the bike? - It is already black. The only color that really stands out is the riders skin.
I hope this was helpful, if not, I am sorry. I do my best.
I loved this and gave it an 8, a perfect greeting card for either Bon Voyage, Retirement or "Escape with me" (your own theme). Very surprised it didn't do better.
This is a great image. I think that this would make a better retirement card, though. I would get this one if it was a retirement card, but as a bon voyage, I don't think so. I will give you a 7 though for the picture itself.
HEE HEE HEE! This makes me smile. The focus is spot on. I don't like the line in the lower left, although that's showing that he is on the road. Maybe from a different angle with more of it showing would have worked for me. I am not crazy about the desat of green - maybe an entire shot done in black and white would've worked better for me. There is certainly enough contrast to do this effectively. Still a fun shot and good choice of category. 7
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