Converging Light
by MadMan2k

Comment by Falc:
Strong, classic night shot. Good use of camera angle too. Will be close to a ribbon

Wind
by MadMan2k

Comment by Artyste:
The only thing I can say about this photo is that it scares the heck out of me to see a child riding a bike on a road.. even a quiet country one :/

Wind
by MadMan2k

Comment by melismatica:
I think a little motion blur would have helped this, especially taking the title into consideration. This appears rather static to me. I'm torn regarding the composition. Part of me likes the expanse of open road ahead of her but part of me wants that motion blur with her leaving the road behind her. The difference is emotional. In this composition, the smallness of her bike, the expanse of open road before her, and the frozen capture of the action, she appears hesitant.The wind blowing her hair is barely discernable and isn't working hard to convey a sense of motion. If you had waitied until she was further away and used a slower shutter speed to create some blur this would (possibly) have created more of a mood of freedom and the idea that she is 'riding like the wind'. This mood seems more appropriate for a portrait of childhood.

Converging Light
by MadMan2k

Comment by riccardino:
I do not really like the photo pespective.

Bubbles
by MadMan2k

Comment by MacDonald:
I am a fan of patterns... I love to find them in nature, in people, in inanimate objects... so of course I really enjoy your photo (the color green is one of my fav colors too - color of my granddaughters hair he he)

Speeding Color
by MadMan2k

Comment by ubique:
Hello from the Critique Club.
I don't know much about taking long exposure night shots (I've only ever taken one), so I'm not really able to say much about the technical aspects of this image. Not such a bad thing, because I don't much care for such tedious nonsense anyway. More interesting to me is "what does this image mean?" Well, it's your view of a Burst of Color, and a pretty good one, too. The black of the night obviously accentuates the bright colors, and I especially like your idea of interpreting the "Burst" part of the challenge title so well by making your colors explode across the canvas. There's another level on which I like the photograph as well ... the shape of it suggests a partial view space craft, in the classical flying saucer style. The rotation you've applied adds to that illusion. And of course so does the black-as-space night surrounding your saucer. It's an interesting (although presumably unintended) suggestion ... that bars, gas stations and roadhouses can, with their startling colours against the night, often appear to the traveller as exotic space stations, isolated oases in the blackness. Of course, in the morning they just look like grimy gas stations again.

Wind
by MadMan2k

Comment by Kelli:
A girl and her bike... those were the days! Good job.

Wind
by MadMan2k

Comment by Skip:
for me, this is borderline between a boring snapshot and the start of something good. compositionally, it's good, but there's something missing that keeps me from going 'wow'. but hey, that's just my opinion; as long as you love it, that's what matters.

Wind
by MadMan2k

Comment by angela_packard:
10 from me...good luck!

Converging Light
by MadMan2k

Comment by chloe1:
great photo