Pretty Eyes

Allan FG

I was at the start of the Desert 100 Motorcycle race this weekend and I saw these eyes looking my way.

rhondavid

Caught ya!!! Nice grab and I agree nice eyes. Not what I was expecting at a motorcycle race.

Might be me but I would like to see it cropped tighter to eliminate all the background of other riders etc. Not saying all of it as that give you the history of the shot but seem to be a lot on the left side of the picture that could be taken out of the shot and maintain the setting. Just me.

Thanks for sharing.

Allan FG

Thanks

I played with the crop and I settled on this one mostly for the rule of thirds.

divamum

Allan FG wrote:

Thanks

I played with the crop and I settled on this one mostly for the rule of thirds.

Do you have enough resolution to crop it to just her, portrait orientation? That would really draw the attention to those peepers (which are indeed gorgeous )

Caspian

I like divamum's idea of a portrait crop. I also agree with your decision to use the rule of thirds in the landscape crop you posted. What is to her right (your left) in the picture? Part of the distraction is that the rider to her right in the picture is also in pretty sharp focus. If you placed her on the right side of the picture, you might lose most of the rider on her right and have the out of focus riders on her left. You could also mask her out and add blur in PS, but that would take some time. It is a great shot and worth some time to work it up.

Allan FG

I guess you are talking about her pink grips, I will look at separating both of the women riders from the background. I wish I had grabbed more than one shot, one thing about shooting these races it is teaching me to get the shot the first time because there are no do-overs.

Allan FG

Here is another version.

I gave it a tighter crop.
I selected the girls using Topaz Remask which is an awesome tool.
I adjusted the blacks on the girls
I used a Gaussian blur on everything else

Mr. Quiet

The end result is very nice!

rhondavid

I like the redone version a lot!! Nicely done

Mitchell

Great catch. The second crop really works.

adbsgicom

Nicely done! I really like the rework.

Allan FG

Thanks for all the comments

Caspian

I like the second crop better too. Also, the second post is a little larger and that makes her eyes stand out even more. This is a good lesson to me how a couple minor changes in a picture can have a big impact.
Thanks,
David

ront

Oh ya, the second one is great Allan!! I really like what you did and also checked out Topaz Remask. It looks to be a pretty cool product!

Where was this race at? I think I may have had some friends there. I looked at your photos at your site. I enjoyed them. I am sure that some of my friends were there now as I see it was in Odessa.

Ron

Allan FG

I bought the topaz bundle it seems like a lot of software for the price.

The race was the Desert 100 and it was a zoo.

ront

I just talked with one of my friends that was there, but it was on Saturday for the Iron Man Poker Run. Do you know of anyone that took pics for that? Mike would like to know if you do.

Thanks, Ron

Allan FG wrote:

I bought the topaz bundle it seems like a lot of software for the price.

The race was the Desert 100 and it was a zoo.

Allan FG

This thread has a list of some of the people taking pics

http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/thread/896395/2010-desert-100-photo-links

ront

Thanks Allan, I forwarded this info on to Mike.

Ron

Allan FG wrote:

This thread has a list of some of the people taking pics

http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/thread/896395/2010-desert-100-photo-links

PhilM

Hi Allan,

Which photoshop are you using with the Topaz plugins?

Thanks,
phil

Allan FG

I'm using both photoshop elements and LightRoom Beta 3.

PhilM

Thanks Allan.