The Bicycle Guy

[JAS_Photo]

My first try with my newly downloaded photoshop elements.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/3169131462_6facaed8d2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jas_photos/3169131462)

[tirediron]

Nicely captured. Good panning and nice work on the selective colouration. My only nit is that the image would be stronger if the subject was approaching rather than departing.

[mindforge]

What does the unedited full color one look like. I am not really a fan of the black/white background. But... good panning. The background looks almost like it wasn't panned and maybe motion blurred, can't tell. Good pic though, I do agree - an approach would have been better.

[JAS_Photo]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/3169654048_3d413bf24d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jas_photos/3169654048/)

It was panned albeit not too fast. Maybe shutter speed could have been a bit lower? It was 1/60th of a sec. It was for an assignment for a course I am taking. If we ever get out of this deep freeze we are in here I will go out and practice some more.

[mindforge]

I like the color one much more.

[Marko]

I agree with MF - coloured one works better for me.

In the B/w one the top right corner is too bright, but even aside from that the feeling is totally different.

[Ben H]

Agreed - I also prefer the colour one! But doing these kinds of things are a great way to develop your PP chops, so keep at it!

[Michael Van der Tol]

First off I like the composition, but I'm going to disagree with everyone re: Colour vs B&W. Why? When I look at the colour version my eye immediately jumps to the benches. But when I look at the B&W version my eyes dart over to the rider, then they start to wonder around the image.

I think for the colour version to work for me over the B&W, the background would need to be a bit more blurry (maybe that's accomplished with 1/30s).

Regards,

MikeV