Cruising
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Comment by HeiSch:
for cruising, you don't show much motion.

Cruising
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Comment by jerryc12:
Good composition and exposure but could be a little sharper.

Cruising
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Comment by Blackstarlight0:
perhaps focus more on the shoe

Cruising
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Comment by Dirt_Diver:
To me it looks like the rider is tilted a little bit and resting on his foot so you can take a close up picture. It doesn't really look like he is cruising to me, just my opinion. Looks like you camera focused on the word mongoose instead of the riders foot or the sprocket. With something like this I would have backed up some to get more of the shot.

Cruising
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Comment by awelsh:
Not enough DOF and composition doesnt give me feeling of cruising

bad medicine
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Comment by Rainbow-Coloured-Soul:

Originally posted by OmanOtter: Originally posted by CBalck: I'm sure you received a bunch of does not meet challenge comments - this is another one.... Alternative medicine still follows the premise of "do no harm" obviously what you are portraying isn't following that creed. As for the photo, it is gritty and harsh and definately captures the awful side of drug use. I think the above comment is a ridiculously strict (and politically-motivated) interpretation of the challenge. The term "alternative medicine" leaves very wide room for interpretation -- including doing things that harm you. For an addict, or for a person with emotional trauma of some sort, shooting up may very well seem like medicine for what ails him because it gives him the relief he seeks -- albeit at a cost.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

bad medicine
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Comment by OmanOtter:

Originally posted by CBalck: I'm sure you received a bunch of does not meet challenge comments - this is another one.... Alternative medicine still follows the premise of "do no harm" obviously what you are portraying isn't following that creed. As for the photo, it is gritty and harsh and definately captures the awful side of drug use.

I think the above comment is a ridiculously strict (and politically-motivated) interpretation of the challenge. The term "alternative medicine" leaves very wide room for interpretation -- including doing things that harm you. For an addict, or for a person with emotional trauma of some sort, shooting up may very well seem like medicine for what ails him because it gives him the relief he seeks -- albeit at a cost. And, for someone like me, the term "alternative medicine" conjurs up visions of snake oil merchants and flaky quacks.

bad medicine
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Comment by Abstract:
very convincinv setup/acting and nice out-of-the-box take on the challenge topic.

bad medicine
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Comment by steez6:
lou reed fan, nice tilt it creats a feeling of termoil

bad medicine
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Comment by Dancing620queen:
This image is very powerful, the lighting is okay, but the angle this was shot is very interesting.