The Wall - A Portrait...

[mtbbrian]

I was in Moab last weekend doing some biking and photography.
This guy was part of the group I was riding and camping with.
We were out riding and saw the following image of him..
Does it work?
Brian

[darkrainfall]

I think it works only if you know the significance of "The Wall" and what it means in relation to this person. When I look at it, I just think that it's a decent photo and I wish there was a caption explaining it, or I wish there was just something more.

[mtbbrian]

I think it works only if you know the significance of "The Wall" and what it means in relation to this person. When I look at it, I just think that it's a decent photo and I wish there was a caption explaining it, or I wish there was just something more.

There isn't much to it really, the guy's last name is Wall...

[gahspidy]

I think this would work nicely as part of a series of photos of this particular rider, maybe in a story on his accomplisments or a bio, etc. But not sure if this holds it's own alone.
By the way, he also may be a Pink Floyd fan as the font he chose to write on his helmet resembles the writng on the Pink Floyd album cover titled " The Wall"

[Ronnoco]

Yes, it does. The shapes, patterns and colour direct the eye toward The Wall as the centre of interest and that makes for good composition.

Ronnoco

[dadas115]

This one doesn’t work for me. I don’t find what’s interesting about the back of someone’s helmet. I would much rather see a face. I also am not thrilled with the composition on this one. It might work if I could see the bike or what it is he is doing… This is just a very tight crop of the back of someone’s head that loses my interest very quickly.

Greg

[Norman]

This could be part of a story board of this rider, with other supporting photo's it would work nicely. I like the colours, two things to think about if we are judging this from a graphic perspective which I think works well. Firstly the guy on the left who is out of focus has to go ( think cloning), and a more subjective point which I'm not full convinced about, the crop of the top of the helment is either not enough or you should see the whole helmet.

I really like your riding photo's, you have also inspired me to get going on the wall of photo's at home after seeing your post.

[Norman]

If you crop just above the WALL letters, taking the red cross off totally the colours harmonise incredibly well. ;)