Harley Davidson - Live Free
by hopper

Comment by TooCool:
Very nicely done!
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Harley Davidson - Live Free
by hopper

Comment by Elvis_L:
nice capture. his expression is nice and the focus is spot on. his hand looks like it may have some sort of neat image issue or maybe he was just moving it a little, either way i don't mind it.

Harley Davidson - Live Free
by hopper

Comment by pineapple:
Sharp where it counts and bokeh'd where it doesn't. Nicely done. 8.

stacking rocks
by hopper

Comment by CassieDoodle:
this is a really cool shot, but i don't really see how it meets the challenge

Harley Davidson - Live Free
by hopper

Comment by smurfguy:
Crisp detail - very nice!

Harley Davidson - Live Free
by hopper

Comment by Judi:
Awesome!! 8

Harley Davidson - Live Free
by hopper

Comment by posthumous:
weird processing detracts from the candid feeling.

Harley Davidson - Live Free
by hopper

Comment by shalrath:
Perfect capture of this man's world... is that a hospital wrist band?

Harley Davidson - Live Free
by hopper

Comment by purpleflutterby13:
What an amazing shot. I love the way he's captured in mid-movement, the picture looks really alive. 10

And, ok, this is more for my sake than yours: the post-processing looks gorgeous, I'd love to know exactly what you did. As far as I can tell, along with standard adjustments, you burnt the shadows and dodged the highlights to bring out the the texture of his skin, used Neat Image to make the skin look smoother, and had a soft light layer with black and white painted to shift the light (with slightly reduced opacity + Gaussian to make the lines less obvious?).

But anyway, well done, that is very cool.

Harley Davidson - Live Free
by hopper

Comment by faery:
Ah he's great: this is so crisp and yet he's caught in animation...love it.