I'm so much more into the people than the bike (in terms of the Challenge and I coudn't care less about that) but this is one killer shot. The processing/exposure here reminds me what a chicken-shit I am when it comes to DPC and entering/posting high contrast shots. I need to grow a set and get back to doing what I think is right. Cheers!
So, you will probably get a lot of "wish the bike was in focus" sorta comments. I will say that the bike/rider being out of focus actually makes this image work for me. The sharply focused kissing couple is wonderful, and having my eye drift off the oof bike and find them is a nice surprise.
You might crop out the serious looking woman on the left, even though it means losing a bit of the rider's arm. Keep all of the front tire in, I think it will work even better. She kinda kills the mood created by the rest of the image. Still I like this a lot. 8
This would be a good image if the focus was on the bike instead of the couple kissing. You do have a bike in the image but you wanted the eyes to see the people kissing. I got pinged with a few DNMC idiots because of things like this but clearly I can see a bike in the image so it meets IMO. Just would have been better if the focus was on the bike, we would have still been able to see the couple.
this is one of my favorite shots in the challenge! The tones are just right, crop is perfect, love the unsharpness of the bike. the couple in background is really nice. Very good seen! And a lovely little story
what a lucky shot, reminds me of Cartier-Bresson (I just hope it isn't staged, would still be great, but would have voted lower). Toning and bold frame work very well. 10
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