C&C challenge.

EIngerson · Feb 13, 2012

Well, with all the C&C drama going around, I thought I would volunteer a photo of mine to get the works. Do your worst, beginners and pros alike. You're not going to hurt my feelings and if you think you're too new to have thoughts, post them anyway because your thoughts matter too and I want to hear (read) them. Thanks for looking.

Michael1515 by Ingerson"PCD", on Flickr

EIngerson · Feb 13, 2012

BTW, if you don't post your thoughts, you ARE what everyone has been calling you.

Yup, it's like that.

imagemaker46 · Feb 13, 2012

I like the action, you're right on with it, exposure is good. The only element I find distracting is the building and people in the background. It however is not enough to say anything negative about the overall quailty of the image.

Bossy · Feb 13, 2012

I agree with the above. Not that you had a lot of choice I'm sure on where you were, but I sure wish the background was just the mountains instead of the chick with the puffy blue vest.

EIngerson · Feb 13, 2012

Thank you imagemaker and Bossy.

Demers18 · Feb 13, 2012

EIngerson said:
Well, with all the C&C drama going around, I thought I would volunteer a photo of mine to get the works. Do your worst, beginners and pros alike. You're not going to hurt my feelings and if you think you're too new to have thoughts, post them anyway because your thoughts matter too and I want to hear (read) them. Thanks for looking.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingerson/6865862465/
Michael1515 by Ingerson"PCD", on Flickr

I really like how you were able to capture the motion and the detail in the dirt flying behind the wheel.
I would also agree with the others with the people in the background being a little distracting but to really much you can do there. I think one way that would have been avoided is if the stands were full of people and that could have made a difference.
The last thing is that his bike is too orange like seriously it ruins the photo

eddlum25 · Feb 13, 2012

Nice sharp picture and good pp too

. My noob opinion

Sorry about the signature, Click the post button too quick

EIngerson · Feb 13, 2012

Demers18 said:
EIngerson said:

Well, with all the C&C drama going around, I thought I would volunteer a photo of mine to get the works. Do your worst, beginners and pros alike. You're not going to hurt my feelings and if you think you're too new to have thoughts, post them anyway because your thoughts matter too and I want to hear (read) them. Thanks for looking.

Michael1515 by Ingerson"PCD", on Flickr

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I really like how you were able to capture the motion and the detail in the dirt flying behind the wheel.
I would also agree with the others with the people in the background being a little distracting but to really much you can do there. I think one way that would have been avoided is if the stands were full of people and that could have made a difference.
The last thing is that his bike is too orange like seriously it ruins the photo

I'm a honda guy, so I couldn't agree more with it being too orange. :lol:

Thanks for the reply.

EIngerson · Feb 13, 2012

eddlum25 said:
Nice sharp picture and good pp too . My noob opinion

Sorry about the signature, Click the post button too quick

No sweat, thanks for the reply.

The_Traveler · Feb 13, 2012

I think it's a decent shot but there are elements in it that keep it from being better as it is.
How do you think it could be improved starting from what you have here?

Majeed Badizadegan · Feb 13, 2012

Here's a quick and dirty edit to remove background distractions.

I really like the lighting and the shot itself.

thinkricky · Feb 13, 2012

Rotanimod said:
Here's a quick and dirty edit to remove background distractions.

I really like the lighting and the shot itself.

How did you do that so cleanly???

The_Traveler · Feb 13, 2012

Come on, OP.
Let's have your thoughts on why it isn't better and how you would get there.

Demers18 · Feb 13, 2012

EIngerson said:
I'm a honda guy, so I couldn't agree more with it being too orange. Thanks for the reply.

I'm a Kawasaki guy lol

thinkricky said:
How did you do that so cleanly???

I'm wondering the same thing

EIngerson · Feb 13, 2012

The_Traveler said:
I think it's a decent shot but there are elements in it that keep it from being better as it is.
How do you think it could be improved starting from what you have here?

The 1st thing I wish I could improve is the time of day and type of weather we had. Scattered overcast, so I was chasing exposure all day. this one the sun popped out while I was looking through the view finder. Thats what made (his) right side blow out. I can see the background issue that's been mentioned. As a rider myself, it just says "practice day". Very seldom is a background in a motocross photo (at a public facility) going to have an empty background. It's usually full of powerlines, sheds, people, vehicles, water trucks, porta johns and as you see here, bleachers. Quite frankly, I don't have the talent to edit them out and have a believeable end product.

So, as pointed out above, to me the background is the biggest thing I would change.

Thanks for posting. Can you explain what you mean by "elements in it that keep it from being better "?