Feel The Speed
by lolor275

Comment by cyclingtmb:
good color value and nice composition.

Feel The Speed
by lolor275

Comment by JMart:
The shutter here is fairly fast for feeling the speed. There is slight motion on the background, but this could be much more effective if the exposure were long enough to allow the wheels/spokes to blur.

Feel The Speed
by lolor275

Comment by kleski:
I just don't "feel" it

Feel The Speed
by lolor275

Comment by JoAnna3853:
I think you should have done a bit of dodging and burning on the track (unless it is really pitch black) and your background could have been a bit more blurred to create more of a feeling of speed. I do like the contrasting colors like neon green and orange that really grab my attention though.

Feel The Speed
by lolor275

Comment by brownsm:
would have worked better had the cyclist been coming at you. looks like a good use of panning, though

Feel The Speed
by lolor275

Comment by spencerwood:
Something just doesn't seem right here. The lighting is very harsh and I would have expected to see blurred spinning wheels.

Feel The Speed
by lolor275

Comment by bevilll:
nice

Feel The Speed
by lolor275

Comment by bobonacus:
not much panning ... slower shutter speed would have worked better

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Comment by karmat:
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by karmat

Technically, you have captured some awesome colors here. Also the texture of the feathers is nice.

Also, this is a very common point of view for bird shots, at least of birds like ducks, so I think a low vantage might have made this a bit more interesting.

Compositionally, I think you missed the thirds a bit. The focal point of the shot seems to be the bird's eye. However, the eye is almost dead center of the picture, and even though the body goes through the frame nicely, it still has that static feeling of a centered composition. My suggestion would be to crop some off of the left so that the eye is on the top left third intersection. This composition still would not be great, because it would feel like it was going "out" of the frame, but I think it would be better than it is now.

Also, there is little else here to grab the viewer and make them want to stay and enjoy your shot. Technically, it is pleasing. Subject-wise, it is okay (bird/nature lovers will like, others will likely be ambivalent towards it) and compositionally it feels "off," so most of the voters probably didn't feel inclined to spend a lot of time on it.

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where els to go ?
by lolor275

Comment by BrianR:
The eye which immediatly becomes the focal point is to centered, the tip of the beek is not strong enough for the focal point, IMHO. 5