Are you crazy? The first two are great!? Convert them to contrasty black and white and you have a couple of shots the equal of many here: <http://www.rouleur.cc/>
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On > Behalf Of David Mann > Sent: 07 December 2009 09:30 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO x2: Out-takes > > Here are a couple of photos that I really wanted to pick for > the galleries but they didn't quite work out. > > Notice the state of the fence in this one. Behind it is a > near-vertical drop of about 200 metres. I was disappointed > about the blurred rider but the background is a bit > overexposed as well. When I first saw it on the camera > screen I though I'd nailed a great shot :( > > <http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/cycling/out-take-1.html> > > Here's the first photo from the first gallery for comparison. > The background turned out a lot better at the expense of the > foreground needing some careful work in Photoshop. I still > had to crop out most of the blown-out sky but I liked the > background so much I left it as a panorama even though I > don't like the riders being in the centre. I also wanted to > show that noone is in front of these guys (they were the race > leaders, by quite a good margin as you can see). > > <http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/cycling/good-1.html> > > Now that I look at it again I could probably lift the curves > a little more. > > I'll also note that due to the roads not being closed, the > safety rules theoretically forbid the riders from crossing > the centre line. Only when the marshals are watching, of > course. But I did make a point of cutting out any photo that > shows a recognisable rider breaching the rule. > > > > Here's another out-take. I think it needed a slightly slower > shutter speed. Warning, it might induce headaches :) I did > play around with doing a B&W version but didn't really have > the time to see it through. > > <http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/cycling/out-take-2.html> > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.