Dimensional Space
by seebrown

Comment by shoelessaj:
Great capture.

IMotoBike
by seebrown

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

The things we do for a picture!!! :)

Compositionally, I like how the rider fills the left side of the frame. This gives the shot strength and stability, and allows the eyes to have somewhere to "start" when looking at the picture. Also, the arm and leg, while not obvious leading lines, also give good motion through the picture, pulling the eyes up to the mirror where there is a splash of red to "rest" the eyes. Good work. *If* you could have gotten more of the road, it might have been interesting as a facet that would pull the eyes even more through the picture.

Technically, this is well done as well. The exposure is good and the focus is good. Having the background out of focus helps to eliminate distractions. BUT, it is not blurred beyond obscurity, so the context of the shot is perserved. The color seems a little bland to me. There is a lot of blue tones, yet the sun looks like it might be late afternoon. It's difficult to articulate, and maybe it is the bike jacket you have on, but the shot feels "cold" to me.

Let's delve into the minds of the dpc voter. Your score was not a bad one. I suspect that this appealed to those that like to ride, and the angle gave it the interest needed to gain a couple of more seconds of view time. However, since it was a "portrait" challenge, there were probably a lot of voters who wanted to see full face or something. *In my opinion,* you have met the challenge well, and in a creative fashion.

Best to you in future challenges.

karmat

CommentEditor.JPG
by seebrown

Comment by seebrown:
Thought this might be a good place to note that the comment editor has been released and can be found at www.chadbrown.ca under downloads!

Portrait of a Rider
by seebrown

Comment by kari1:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
Fellow riders UNITE!! ... great shot .. when I looked through the challenge I was wondering how the hell this was done .... congrats.

Composition:
I like this the speed feeling the clarity that the focus is true on the bike .. and that people are truely led to look at where you are going. My only question would have been could there have been more on the right side of the pic ... to have a person drawn in a taken with the journey so to say.

Subject:
Meets the challenge .. to some it didn't and this hurt your score .. there is nothing in portraits that says you have to include the face .. and I am very extremely proud that your wore your helmit .. to have seen the face in the mirror would mean sacrificing safety and this should not be done.

Technical (Colour and light):
Great .. natural .. good levels.

To grow its vote?:
play it safe .. put in a face and make sure you don't challenge yourself.

Summary:
Well done .. great shot .. truely an environmental portrait.!

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Cheers

Kari

IMotoBike
by seebrown

Comment by arsenal:
cool shot, how was this done?

IMotoBike
by seebrown

Comment by drake217:
Would sure like to know how you did this. Cool.

IMotoBike
by seebrown

Comment by Emianne:
cool

IMotoBike
by seebrown

Comment by MWitt:
It will be interesting to see how you took this! Very original.

IMotoBike
by seebrown

Comment by kari1:
Must have been interesting ... taking this picture as you rode ... way to go.

IMotoBike
by seebrown

Comment by mattmac:
This looks like it could be an ad. Nice self portrait!