Bike parked by a side door to the Mainz Dom (cathedral) on Easter Sunday. Tonemapped from a single RAW file, cropped, levels, brightness/contrast, sharpen, resize, border. I quite like the way the editing turned out on this one.
I fear it's entirely too quiet for DPC. Ah well.
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Dang!! You did a great job on this! I find it so interesting, and the tone mapping gave it such a rich old look. If I had voted on this challenge, I know I would have voted this photo a 9 or 8 minimum! Probably a 10 because of how interesting it looks and how the more I look at it the more I like it!
Positives: Photography, as an art form, captures the mundane and presents it in a more interesting perspective. That is the strength of this image.
Technicals: You mention the use of tone mapping of a RAW image etc. in the comments. These are things near and dear to my heart and generally contribute greatly to the overall quality of an image, but has NOTHING to do with whether or not an image is 'good'. What looks 'good' is 'good' regardless how it is achieved through technical means. What is 'bad' is 'bad' regardless what technical process was applied.
Generally speaking yours is a well done and technically 'good' image. Center composition works with the crop. Exposure is good, it has no over/under exposed areas. Lighting is OK but nothing special. Tonality is very good, sharpness OK.
The challenge: Obviously meets the challenge. HOW something meets the challenge is more important than meeting it if scoring higher is your goal. You've composed the bike well, but maybe voters want more, like someone on the bike. Who knows?
Suggestions: For me everything about this image, as conceived and composed, is good except sharpness. Sharpening more would be better, but that may be just me. Additions to make this image more interest to the average voter might be a consideration for a higher DPC score.
I knew this could only have been made in Germany. Nice shot, like the quiteness. Though it is not, it kinda looks slightly tilted. Not much to see of tonemapping, looks more like shot on a dull day.
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