This bike is an "American Eagle"
To me the Eagle is the ultimate symbol of freedom. I would have called this picture "The American Eagle" but I think the title is a part of the picture. Keeping to the rules of the challenge, I didn't want to include the word America in my title, suggesting a specific country .
Just a link about the freedom riders.
//www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/freeride.html
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This was shot with a fisheye lens, so the distortion is not an edit. I gave this shot more editing than I normally do with my photos, I know I am pushing the gray area with this one, so I hope what I have done will be voted within the rules. I did clone out the distracting detail in the reflection on the gas tank, I also dropped out the color selectively above the bike to hide lights and stuff showing in the store. I removed some of the reflection on the floor and desaturated it. Then I burned everything in the background to a solid black leaving a thin line around the darker areas of the bike.
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Trying out a new lens? :-) I like this shot and love the subject, but I do think it would be better without the fisheye. Still, this is a nice interpretation of the challenge.
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