On the road

[Beaky]

A trip I did down through the Karri forests to Two peoples bay here in the South west.

EOS 550d, 24mm, Iso 200, F6.3, 1/100

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Hi Beaky, I like this image. I cannot see what can be changed in this image except including more of the trees on the right and left edges 🙂

[Beaky]

@dahliaambrose Thank you!

 

[Bruce Gordon]

Hey ya Beaky!

I like the image.

Maybe park the bike in the road, at about a 45 degree angle, shoot with a wide angle, so we can see what kind it is, and all your cool gear packed on it, with the open road passing into the distance? Maybe a fill-in flash to make the bike pop? Then hop in PS, HDR tone it for just a hint of surrealism or hyper-realism? I’d try that with this image; it would amp it up a bit. The dappled light sure presents an exposure challenge, doesn’t it? Hope you had a great trip!

Just out of curiosity, how many people can fit in Two People’s Bay? 😉

[Peter]

I really like the composition of this pic.  The  pic for me is not about a bike in a setting but about  the bike and the road combining to tell the story of a journey. Yes you could have angled the bike a bit more  for extra detail but that would  risk making the bike too dominant, as it is you have a nice balance between the bike and the road traveled. That said I do have concerns about the over exposed areas. I see you have tried to pull  them back but if you look at the branches in the really bright area you can see that parts of them have been lost in the light and you have not been able recover them. The chromatic aberration is also particularly  marked in the bright sky areas and in the very bright patches on the tree trunks. Fill flash may have worked but I would suggest five exposure bracketed shots blended in PP would have been another solution.

Peter

[Beaky]

@bgordon806 @nonacaremac Thanks Bruce and Peter, appreciate your input. A flash is my next purchase, been meaning to buy one for awhile. I am just getting into stacking, starting to play with it a bit, so see how I go. Maybe an ND filter would have helped with the over exposed areas. I do have slightly better shot, only the front tyre and headlight are out of focus.

[Dave Watkins]

I think you were onto something here Beaky. Here’s my two cents of CC. The washed out sky doesn’t help. So you’re right. A filter of some kind probably would have helped.

Like Bruce mentioned I’d like to see more of that beautiful machine. Park it at more of an angle and get closer to it.

Difficult to do at our age 🙂 but this might have been a good time to lay on your belly for an extreme low angle point of view. And I’m not a fan of minor distractions in my image if I can help it. Next time toss any sticks off to the side. That one in front of the motorcycle bothers me. I know. Kind of picky but sometimes it’s the little things that can make or break a good image. If you haven’t been already I’d keep playing with it.

[Lenny Wollitz]

Hi Beaky,  I hate to admit it but I don’t understand half of the techno talk above but I like this the way it is.  Nice flow from front to back.  ST=I would remove the big stick on the edge of the photo in front of the bike.

[Beaky]

@pentaxfan @el-dub Thanks Fella’s for the input, much appreciated. I might take little more time next time, I had just pulled over for a slash and thought I’ll pull the camera out.

[Rob Eyers]

I think I might try a little different approach Beaky. The two dark trees would make a good frame. The bike and road are the stars me thinks. Maybe something like this with some tweaks on color/contrast and vignetting.

[Beaky]

Thanks Rob, I like that.

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

Yeah I like this framing from @reyers

[Falxy]

I like the idea but what is the main subject……..the bike(not dominant enough) or the lovely wooded road(dominated by the bike)

would love to ride my bike through there!! 🙂

[Beaky]

Thanks Falxy, I didn’t really think to much about when I took the shot, but certainly will next time. Is a great ride down that way, totally love it.

[Frank]

First I agreed with Bruce wanting ti see more of the bike, but then Peter pointed out that the intent was more on the open road and the journey and not on bike details.  That would be a different photo.  Remember that our eyes are drawn to the brightest area of photos which is why the sky does not work here.  The brightness catches our attention, but there is not much there for us to see, no dramatic clouds or color. So, best option is to crop out the sky as Rob suggests.

I like the painterly look of the leaves.  Experiment with the shifts in color found in the photo filter adjustment layers if you use Photoshop.  I added a “strong contrast” with Curves, and cropped a bit more.   Plus, Burn the foreground and light streaks and dodge down the end of the road to pull our eyes there.   I like the tunnel look you have captured.  (Did not have much luck trying to darken the sky with gradients in ACR, so best just to crop it away)

PS I notice that my version has the bike too dark.  Note how Rob has it brighter and, therefore we see it better)

 

[Beaky]

@rambler Thanks Frank, thanks for the tips, I will certainly look a bit closer next time and play with post a bit more. I do like Robs version.

[bucweeet]

I like Rob’s approach with the two trees framing the picture.

[Beaky]

@paul-3 Totally agree!

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