Was covering the Sirius 400 NASCAR Winston Cup race at the Michigan International Speedway for work and brought my digital camera. Shot on the finish line looking into turn 4 before the race began. Auto-evel in Photoshop and adding a border were only alterations.
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Thank you all for the comments. This was one of those goofy "no thought" shots that just seemed to pop. Yes, I plan to put it up on DCPrints as soon as I have a spare moment to do it right.
Congrats on the ribbon! Truely a fine shot. I see that you only performed an autolevel on this pic... if you look into doing it as a print you may want to consider a slight curves adjustment as well. It would really punch up the color and increase the contrast a tad.
Very cool shot. Only thing that would make it better, is a car on the track. That might be impossible or at least dangerous. It was very effective to tilt the camera to increase the dramatic effect.
great shot, but i am n ot sure what is off center, my eye is drawn to the squares on the track, not the stands which i think is the off-center part of this picture?
Excellent job here! Your composition is superb, creating an abstract quality. A straight-forward shot wouldn't have been nearly as succesful. Commendable!!!
Nice work. I like the effect the focus gives here, though an even more indistinct background would also work. The image has the effect of anticipation, as if the cars are about to come tearing around the bend. - Mav
One of the most creative shots of this week's challenge, I think. Fabulous use of wide-angle to add depth to an image, and the tilt is just right to make this really catch your eye and fit in with the challenge. Wonderful! 10
Your title gives the finish line the focus, but my eyes are taken down the track, so there may be some clarity problems here in terms of what your subject actually is. Still, this is such a well done photo that I hardly care if the title gives me a little nudge toward the finish line. Nice work. VERY nice work.
I love the angle! You meet the challenge and you take an everyday place and show it from a totally unusual angle. The finish line adds great interest in the foreground and from there the eyes just wander along the converging lines through the whole photo. Awesome. Makes me feel I'm standing at the start and I'm ready to race.
Composition, perspective, colour and light (the fading tonality toward the distance) are so smoothly integrated. The first and overall impression, to me, is one of an 'easy, casual' shot premissing a fair degree of skill and a very good eye.
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