Took this shot when shooting for the Environmental Portrait. Yes my camera is hanging off the bike via my camera stand suck in my backpack ... probably not the safest place for my it!
Used a Raynox 0.5 wide angle to capture this one.
Photoshop:
-Removed lens flare by burning and cloning
-Split into three layers (biker, road, trees)
-Applied motion blur to road and trees (at slightly different angles)
-Cropped
-Removed backpack stap marks by burning them out
-level adjust
Statistics
Place: 159 out of 236 Avg (all users): 5.5683 Avg (commenters): 6.0000 Avg (participants): 5.3721 Avg (non-participants): 5.7383 Views since voting: 825 Views during voting: 416 Votes: 278 Comments: 14 Favorites: 0
Compositionally, I like how the rider fills the left side of the frame. This gives the shot strength and stability, and allows the eyes to have somewhere to "start" when looking at the picture. Also, the arm and leg, while not obvious leading lines, also give good motion through the picture, pulling the eyes up to the mirror where there is a splash of red to "rest" the eyes. Good work. *If* you could have gotten more of the road, it might have been interesting as a facet that would pull the eyes even more through the picture.
Technically, this is well done as well. The exposure is good and the focus is good. Having the background out of focus helps to eliminate distractions. BUT, it is not blurred beyond obscurity, so the context of the shot is perserved. The color seems a little bland to me. There is a lot of blue tones, yet the sun looks like it might be late afternoon. It's difficult to articulate, and maybe it is the bike jacket you have on, but the shot feels "cold" to me.
Let's delve into the minds of the dpc voter. Your score was not a bad one. I suspect that this appealed to those that like to ride, and the angle gave it the interest needed to gain a couple of more seconds of view time. However, since it was a "portrait" challenge, there were probably a lot of voters who wanted to see full face or something. *In my opinion,* you have met the challenge well, and in a creative fashion.
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