LPS #11 critique please, thanks!

Jzazzi

My first entry in the contest, this looks like a lot of fun!

After two other concepts that didn't quite work, this photo is exactly what I had in mind. I think the foreground may be a bit dark, but there is a lot of vegetation I'm trying to hide, and the mountainside is bleak and boring. The sunset was not very good on this evening, the colors are mostly brought out using LAB curves.

I'm looking for comments on the sunset colors, the relative darkness of the foreground and background. What "works", and doesn't work would also be helpful. Thank you for your time everyone!

Zazzi


Self Portrait

Debboggy

I like what you're going for with this shot, but you need to clean up your editing. It looks as though you cut and pasted yourself, repositioning your silhouette higher in the frame, which is fine, but your lower body is still easily visible in the lower position. (If you play with the levels, you'll be able to see it more clearly. I could see that you were wearing shorts and sandals. ) If you darken up the lower section that might help hide it. You could then use the dodge tool to bring some detail back into your face or where ever you'd like.

BistiArt

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What She said...

With good PP, you can get this image into great shape. When done, the judges would argue between themselves on the quality w/o working the issue of seeing a dupe image, sorta.

I tried to explain this in a post to hamster...

Jzazzi

Thank you both for your comments, I didn't expect to get flack about the lower half of the image. Yes, I did move the silhouette up a bit. On my screen though, I can't see any detail whatsoever in the lower half without cheating and using curves. But the average observer can't do that, so I didn't think it an issue. Unless I'm calibrated terribly wrong, and I don't think I'm off by that much.

It is very difficult to get the silhouette to appear real. Perhaps a little motion blur is needed? I can't wrap my head around that aspect of the photo. More practice indeed.

Zazzi

Debboggy

Without adjusting your picture at all, just glancing at what you have posted, I can see that your front tire is only half of a tire (the bottom is missing) and I can still see the front fork of the bike frame and the brake/gear cable hanging down in your original position. I'd really suggest a re-edit or re-shoot.

Tentacion

Actually with my monitor, I can see 2.25 tires, and I can see 1.5 bike frames...and I actually see your leg/foot on the lower frame...and a line separates them.