Ghost Bike at Double Eagle
by rajron

Comment by kaiser_chief:
Great subject........something different and thats a good thing. The processing you have done on this does work really well, but maybe a little darker (make the bike stand out a little more against the scrub) could have worked.
The crop and angle though is interesting, and I wonder why you chose it. I understand that you wish to keep the road in the image (and I would as well) but moving around a little more (to the right if possible) could have improved this.........The crop is way too close to the edge of the bike, so moving around could have kept the road in the image, and the bike away from the image edge........also, a lower view could have made the bike larger against the rest of the photo, really emphasising the bike, making it large..........
But still, one of the better images in the challenge, an interesting subject and some good processing

Ghost Bike at Double Eagle
by rajron

Comment by DCNUTTER:
I researched this bike and Heather online. You did a great job capturing the solemn, almost desolate and eerie feel to this ghost bike monument and the processing definitely helps here. Well done. I do question some of the composition choices though as the horizon is dead center and I would also normally like to have a little more room on the right side of the frame so the bike wasn't so closed in. Then again I'm a little on the fence there because I think it being a little jammed up against the right part of the frame helps give it that off kilter "somethings wrong here" feel which sadly fits the situation with the death of a 42 year old woman. Terrible loss, but you do her memory justice with your photo.

Back to the horizon line. I feel a slightly different angle would have made this even more effective. You angle of view places the bike seat at the horizon and blocks some of the mountains in the background. I would have liked to have seen an unobstructed view of that great shrub/tree above the handle bars. With that said...the photo is about the bike and I'm still giving you a 9 because it's a truly compelling image despite the MINOR compositional preferences I've listed. Good luck!

Horse
by rajron

Comment by mainer:
The divided face doesn't translate well in negative for me.

Horse
by rajron

Comment by Luci11e:
I like this and the more I look the more I like it!

Horse
by rajron

Comment by jblaylockrayner:
Nice tones and colours but the composition is a tad boring

Jogging Down the Levee
by rajron

Comment by eye4beauty:
i like the colors, and the photo is awesome, but maybe for this particular challenge it was the wrong shot...

Jogging Down the Levee
by rajron

Comment by bob350:
Probably would be stronger for this challenge if camera were positioned much closer to the flowers. Red skin of jogger and hyper cyan sky give this an unreal quality that might not have been intentional.

Jogging Down the Levee
by rajron

Comment by vickio:
Maybe a little over-saturated. The blue sky is very strong and overtakes the yellow in this shot.

Jogging Down the Levee
by rajron

Comment by acg83:
massively oversaturated.

rajron
by rajron

Comment by graphicfunk:
The outcome does not move an audience. Consider it a nice experiment.