A day at the bowl

[ryan_foley74]

first of sorry about the graffiti i cant really control it and i liked this shot to much not to use it

this photo i took a wee while ago but i just stumbled upon it agian and did a bit of pp

before


Steps
crop
added a subtle unsharp mask
played with contrast and brightness
turned it b&w
did a kind of graduated neutral density filter to darken the concrete and lighten the sky/rider

After


i like it as i feel though it focuses more on the rider and has a grimey hard feel which accentuates the rough graffitied bowl

i would like to hear your thoughts and comments on my effort. please critique and explain what you would do differntly, especially if you have no idea about the subject/genre(i guess) of photography. a differnt perspective is what i need.

feel free to play around with it yourself.

Thanks
Ryan

[MrJulius]

You should try and clone out the penis...

But it is a very very very clear/good shot, the sky in the background lets you see exactly the biker.Good stuff.

[ryan_foley74]

yeah i agree it would be alot better if it wasnt there its a bit distracting

[sk66]

I'd crop to the top of the "penis" and leave a little more room above the rider. I don't think any more of the bowl than the verticals are required to transmit the feeling.

[Quo Fan]

I disagree with cropping out the graffitti. The bowl helps to show the "amplitude" of the trick. If the graffitti is offensive, then just "graffitti" over it, like will happen normally.