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Must be my turn to post an image for critique.

Postby Sylvia on Sun Jun 02, 2013 6:50 pm

I was out at a 2 day off road Rally a month ago and grabbed a few images of the action. Here's one and thanks for looking.


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Postby Remorhaz on Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:38 pm

Nice air - and the framing is very nice - how on earth did the rider get so high?
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Postby chrisk on Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:47 pm

That's damn gorgeous. Fabulous as a mono. Perfect lighting and I love now the rider is naturally framed. The little weedy flower at the bottom is the icing on the cake.
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Postby biggerry on Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:01 pm

Great choice for a mono conversion, not the first thing that comes to mind for motox stuff.
I think this is the kinda shot that would have real impact when printed large, however in its small presentation here I think the finer details and the rider get a bit lost in teh relative size of teh frame. The back lit thistle bush is a really nice hook point to compliment the scene.
Maybe look to go to a square frame this would accentuate the rider and that thistle bush and still maintain the majority of the dark framing (which is great).
i would be interested in seeing a warm colour version too.
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Re: Must be my turn to post an image for critique.

Postby Sylvia on Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:27 pm

Remorhaz wrote:Nice air - and the framing is very nice - how on earth did the rider get so high?


Hi Rodney,
He is actually on his way down, he got that high by hitting a table top at speed.
Considering he is on a Rally bike and not an MX, good job or big big gonads. :)

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Postby Sylvia on Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:33 pm

Rooz wrote:That's damn gorgeous. Fabulous as a mono. Perfect lighting and I love now the rider is naturally framed. The little weedy flower at the bottom is the icing on the cake.


Thanks for the kind words Rooz.
It was the only thing I could do with the shot, it was a rescue of a nice composition, that worked. :)
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Postby Sylvia on Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:41 pm

biggerry wrote:Great choice for a mono conversion, not the first thing that comes to mind for motox stuff.
I think this is the kinda shot that would have real impact when printed large, however in its small presentation here I think the finer details and the rider get a bit lost in teh relative size of teh frame. The back lit thistle bush is a really nice hook point to compliment the scene.
Maybe look to go to a square frame this would accentuate the rider and that thistle bush and still maintain the majority of the dark framing (which is great).
i would be interested in seeing a warm colour version too.


Thanks Biggerry for the kind words. Since its not an MX I might get away with it.
Its actually a shot of the winner of the event, who rides for Honda Australia. Honda liked it so much they had an advertisement of it made for POSTERS... yep, it looks good in a larger size for sure, so credos for picking that up. I do believe its coming out in all the off road mags to push a new oil from Honda as well. Its been worked a little differently but it works. I have a mockup some where.....

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Postby Matt. K on Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:53 pm

Perfect capture. You nailed it....your timing was perfect, and the image rocks!
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Postby CraigVTR on Tue Jun 04, 2013 2:22 pm

Great shot. I saw the ad today in the current issue of AMCN, inside back cover.
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Re: Must be my turn to post an image for critique.

Postby Sylvia on Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:11 pm

CraigVTR wrote:Great shot. I saw the ad today in the current issue of AMCN, inside back cover.

Thanks Craig and thanks Matt. Does that mean I was not blowing smoke everywhere? :D
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