The Checkered Flag
by eaglebeck

Comment by BeingClever:
I'm sure this was a very hard photo to capture - marks for that. However as a stock photo I think it is a little too pixilated and the focus not very sharp. There should have been a sharp focus on the biker and the rest of the image softer or the rest of the image sharp and the biker motion blurred. I think the focus rests somewhere between the two. Were you a distance away and this is a crop of the original photograph?

The Checkered Flag
by eaglebeck

Comment by srbrubaker:
Great action shot

The Checkered Flag
by eaglebeck

Comment by jmoore:
I wish the quality of your file was better, but good capture

The Checkered Flag
by eaglebeck

Comment by scuds:
Looks over-sharpened.

The Checkered Flag
by eaglebeck

Comment by ralph:
over sharpend

The Checkered Flag
by eaglebeck

Comment by alanfreed:
This certainly has a lot of potential, but it looks as though it was blown up quite a bit from the original, or maybe it was oversharpened a little too much. It just looks a little too contrasty. A once-over with NeatImage might help this one out a bit. - 6

The Starting Line
by eaglebeck

Comment by Imagineer:
The line is not a bad subject but the image is too unfocussed and the background is very busy. It means that this looks more like a snapshot.

The Starting Line
by eaglebeck

Comment by michael_p:
lacking in an overall focus as the focal point of all the helmets don't quite seem in focus to me. I would love to see this slightly shaper and the background desaturated to make it a selective colour shot. Still a great shot none the less 8

The Starting Line
by eaglebeck

Comment by Tuckersmom:
Good idea ~but it seems very blurry, I think if it were nice and sharp the colors would reallly pop. The cars and trailer in the upper right do not add anything to the shot and maybe shooting from a different angle would eliminate them

The Starting Line
by eaglebeck

Comment by Beach_mel:
Is this kind of out of focus or are my eyes going wonky?