Let's take a ride
by Rodert

Comment by cpanaioti:
Greetings from the CC
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First impressions: Love the light on the skyline

Composition: Seems balanced with the train in the lower third and the city taking up the rest of the picture. Enough space left in front of the train for movement. Including the S curve of the track helps lead the viewer through the photo.

Exposure: The sky and skyline are exposed well however the foreground is a bit dark and the whitebalance could use a bit of warming up. Shooting with it set to shade or cloudy (rather than auto) sometimes helps.

Impact: I think the darkness of the foreground has taken away from the impact of the image. Brightening up and possibly warming up the image would improve it.

The dynamic range in these types of images can be quite challenging to capture.

Keep shooting.

Colette

Justification of a Higher Education
by Rodert

Comment by BobsterLobster:
Haha, not because you love learning, or want to make the world a better place, or want to reach your potential. Just a flash car. Man, I hate materialism. Anyway, your model needs more light... offboard carefully bounced flash is badly needed here. You don't have great reflections on the car, this needed more thought. Were you trying to light your model with the lights from another car? This hasn't worked, as the light isn't high enough. The sky is very poor, and really makes the shoot look amateur. You needed a little more dof so the background skyline would be in focus. It doesn't look good here. Or far more blurred. The model's clothes don't work well for this concept, not classy or thought out at all. Not a compelling expression either. He almost has a tower growing from his head... I don't feel that you were aware of the composition of how his head blends with the background. A far more inventive shot may have been to bring a very high stepladder so you could get the same shot with the same background but looking down on him.

Justification of a Higher Education
by Rodert

Comment by nicoledee:
dont get the title but i really like this picture. like out of a magazine

Justification of a Higher Education
by Rodert

Comment by CalliopeKel:
Great shot. Love the perspective and mood.

Justification of a Higher Education
by Rodert

Comment by Melethia:
Sweet car! Nicely composed shot.

Justification of a Higher Education
by Rodert

Comment by Mighty_Mouse:
A fellow Calgarian I see....
Great shot, luv the cityscape in the background.

Justification of a Higher Education
by Rodert

Comment by Tammer:
Good image for a car advertisement. The city adds a nice backdrop. Good colors and lighting.

Justification of a Higher Education
by Rodert

Comment by LanceW:
Crime pays better! ;-)

Justification of a Higher Education
by Rodert

Comment by vtruan:
so he won the lottery...cool

Let's take a ride
by Rodert

Comment by Gonzchris:
I like the composition but the blue is a little over done in terms of reflections on the buildings. Great focus though.