I like both of these. I think the blurred lead rider in the first shot adds rather than detracts; it increases the impression of motion. One could probably bring down the sky a stop or so with PS (or LR, if one was in the mood for some tedious work with the brush tool).
Rick http://photo..net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 12/7/09, David Mann <dm...@bluemoon.net.nz> wrote: > From: David Mann <dm...@bluemoon.net.nz> > Subject: PESO x2: Out-takes > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 4:30 AM > 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.
