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Runmonty
12-10-2012, 07:29 AM
Further to my post http://www.photography.ca/Forums/people-photography-portraits-sports-etc/19506-mra-toy-run.html here are a couple of B & W shots from the same event

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8204/8259831401_ed4ccc45a9_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56001877@N04/8259831401/)
Toy-Run-43 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56001877@N04/8259831401/) by runmonty (http://www.flickr.com/people/56001877@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8260824426_d337f5dabe_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56001877@N04/8260824426/)
Toy-Run-3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56001877@N04/8260824426/) by runmonty (http://www.flickr.com/people/56001877@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8212/8256293205_379bc14514_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56001877@N04/8256293205/)
Toy-Run-20 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56001877@N04/8256293205/) by runmonty (http://www.flickr.com/people/56001877@N04/), on Flickr
Realist
12-10-2012, 10:16 AM
Cool shots, BW works really good for these.
Iguanasan
12-11-2012, 08:30 AM
B&W totally works for these shots as it gives the bikers a more tough feel. I'm a bit curious though about what's causing the halo around the biker in the second shot.
thoughton
12-11-2012, 08:52 AM
Very nice, the third one in particular. Oh, perhaps a tiny bit more space abvoe his head wouldn't go amiss, but it's a minor niggle.

@iguanasan That sort of haloing is often a side-effect of Topaz which would be my guess here. You can also see some evidence around the trees in the top right of the first picture.
Runmonty
12-11-2012, 04:21 PM
Thanks for the feedback guys.

The haloing is due to it being a 3 image HDR being processed in hdr efex pro. I left it there as I kind of liked the effect giving seperation of his head from the sky. I did remove the halo from the tree but if you look closely you will see I didnt do a very good job. Out of interest in the 3rd shot I experimented with an infrared recipe from silver efex pro.

I know I am working with a lot of different effects but I like to try and experiment and learn as I go. Please bear with me.