Bike Race

[jorgemonkey]

I showed this one in the sports forum, but I'd like to get some critiques on it

[Greg McCary]

Did you used a flash? It looks as though you did, it seperates him from a busy background. The focus is sharp and the colors are great and well framed. NIce picture..
Greg

[Tyson L. Sparks]

Did you used a flash? It looks as though you did, it seperates him from a busy background. The focus is sharp and the colors are great and well framed. NIce picture..
Greg

I agree, great color!

[trog100]

exceptional.. very nice..

trog

[ravenmore]

Tour of CA? Sweet. My first race is tomorrow. I'm thinking of bringing my camera to photograph some of the heats after mine. The flash is a good idea.

[J-Dogg Productions]

flash really brought out the color and alot of detail i like it alot (Only real bike riders wear pink helmets lol)

Jay

[ZL4life]

i was thinking a little less flash would be nice. i don't know. maybe if he was a LITTLE grayer, he would blend into the mood of the land and clouds behind him.
i honistly like the coulds more than the rider for whatever reason.
it's a very good image the way it is though, so nice job.

[jorgemonkey]

What I ended up doing with this photo, was I set my exposure comp to -.3 or -.7 (I don't have the original right now) to underexpose the background, and I set the flash to fill. I liked that setup because it really makes the rider pop out of the photo. Except for the cropping this photo is pretty much straight out of the camera.