Exhaustion
by Phocal

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge well.

Congratulations on the ribbon, very well deserved. A great image that captures both the strength and the fatigue. I like to do cycle racing shots myself and end up with no end of 'head down no eyes shots' so this challenge would have been a welcome relief to such as myself! Your focus and DOF is accurate and appropriate and coincidentally echoed by the name of the bike too. I have to make comment about the background which I do find a rather unfortunate distraction and wonder, contrary to my previous comment, if a smaller aperture to bring out enough detail to recognise it better may have improved it.

Well done for submitting such a strong shot that has been justifiably well received

Exhaustion
by Phocal

Comment by PennyStreet:
Great balance of subject with bg. Congrats on the deserved ribbon!

Exhaustion
by Phocal

Comment by snaffles:
Great shot, very deserving of third. FWIW I barely even noticed the very oof competitor and they're certainly not a distraction.

Exhaustion
by Phocal

Comment by Neat:
Excellent capture, accept for the tatts :P

Exhaustion
by Phocal

Comment by jomari:
Congrats on the yellow. This was one of my ribbon picks, too.

Exhaustion
by Phocal

Comment by clickodak:
Very nice sport portrait Give 8

Exhaustion
by Phocal

Comment by Tiny:
I would have waved had you said.

Exhaustion
by Phocal

Comment by doctabrez:
Nice pic but the athlete in the background is a real distraction

Exhaustion
by Phocal

Comment by mariuca:
So tired that got the hives on his arms!

Exhaustion
by Phocal

Comment by snaffles:
great shot of a worn-out cyclocross competitor.