Oh the places you will go
by Melethia

Comment by lensman67:
Good colors here. Good shot.

Simply marvelous
by Melethia

Comment by spiritualspatula:
Ha! I like your choice to enter an amusing shot from all the cycling shots at your disposal.

Another Perfect Day
by Melethia

Comment by insteps:
Deb, I gave you a 6. I like your idea for a silhouette and the sturdy railing is a nice backdrop. I wish there was more detail in the asphalt. My preference on composition would be to crop about 25% off the top and maybe some off the right. If you made these changes it would be nice to see more pavement below so the horizon isn't dead center. I'm a sucker for textures and this has great potential. If I look at this later I might have a different idea ;-) It's really what you like that matters.

Oh the places you will go
by Melethia

Comment by bmartuch:
Deb...Is this you?...Cool shot.

Another Perfect Day
by Melethia

Comment by tnun:
I'm tempted to say it is too dark, but what does that mean? What is marvelous here is the light, and how it rains on the cyclist at the same slant at which the clouds have chosen to arrange themselves. The foreground is interesting/puzzling: tell me you didn't put the mighty lumix down on the wet sand.... Were there more light and detail in the foreground would it lose the drama in the sky and the cyclist?

Message edited by author 2012-08-02 10:58:50.

Another Perfect Day
by Melethia

Comment by tanguera:
I think Peter's comments are on target, Deb. On both my monitors this is much too dark overall.

Another Perfect Day
by Melethia

Comment by bassbone:
Deb - in some ways I think it may be a bit too dark, especially in the sky.

I voted in this challenge and gave it a 6. The 6 score was for a good shot meeting the challenge, but lacking in a couple areas. First, I am not crazy about the near square crop, it takes away from the line that you are almost creating with the road and the barrier. Using a more standard landscape crop would have provided more direction of the photo (try cropping the bottom asphalt to leave the sky?) Second, the foreground asphalt is not adding much to the shot but taking up valuable pixel real estate. Third, I think the silhouette would have been more dramatic (higher scoring) had the sun been more behind the rider rather than off to the side. I think you could have rectified this to some degree with playing with layers to brighten the sky and keep the rider dark, but that is just one approach to do it post snap.

I hope this helps...

Phoenix Rising
by Melethia

Comment by jomari:
Lovely shot. Kites are wonderful.

Phoenix Rising
by Melethia

Comment by Jutilda:
Great title. Love the lens baby!!

Passing By
by Melethia

Comment by bassbone:
I am following Bob around DPC today it seems....

My brother lived right up the street from Manhattan Beach back in the 70s. Are those your footprints or were they found?