Serene Dawn
by cycleboy

Comment by Ivo:
Very serene! I think the shot is really well balanced and had the tones of the sky balanced the rest of the image, I'd score higher. Either way, you got a good score from me. Good luck!

Audispeed.jpg
by cycleboy

Comment by baco99:
NICE! I love seeing the glow from the brakes. Your timing is impecable as the car had to have been slowing rapidly for the brakes to have so much energy pass through them. The feeling of speed and power is definitely there.

Audispeed.jpg
by cycleboy

Comment by Azrifel:
Nice capture. I love Le Mans prototypes. I should go to Le Mans again, but last time I suffered from terrible hayfever and got terribly sick at the track. Also when you look on your clock at 4.00 in the morning you think: "Sheesh, they are only halfway". :) We broke into a foodshop's tent to sleep on the tables for a couple of hours and got kicked out again at 6.00. :)
Best time is when the sun comes up, the people are asleep, being sick or silently thinking what the hell happened the night before. Only the raw sound of the engines reverbing around the track, a special time. Soon after that the buzz begins again, the funfair starts up and the speaker starts blasting trough the mike and Le Mans is awake.

Katy-Didnt.jpg
by cycleboy

Comment by astrogeek:
Nice capture. Very decent focus on the spider.

Audispeed.jpg
by cycleboy

Comment by cycleboy:
dwterry - yes, the brakes really do that. These cars run carbon fiber discs and carbon pads and the brakes get well over 1000 degrees F during hard braking.

Sadly, this car (Audi R8) has now been retired and the new one (R10) while very cool has brake vents that actually hide the glowing from the viewer as the car goes by. It is a faster car, but not quite as exciting.

Palm-Trees.jpg
by cycleboy

Comment by Bosborne:
I would have done nicely!!

Audispeed.jpg
by cycleboy

Comment by dwterry:
The brakes really do that?!? AWESOME! Without a capture like this one would never know. Love the panning/motion capture. Very well done.

A full complement
by cycleboy

Comment by kari1:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
Lovely ... flowers normally score well .. so this is a good solid and safe shot.

Composition:
I am not a huge fac of centering an item in the picture ... I like to think about the rule of thirds //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds and also leading lines .. something that can take you further into the picture to explore. This is not to say that you composition does not work .. cos it does.

Subject:
Meets the challenge ... and does it well.

Technical (Colour and light):
Lovely .. I think what you have here is good, sharp with a good DOF.

To grow its vote?:
Play some more and think about how to get the "wow" factor into the shot.

Summary:
Well done ... you are doing great .. can't wait to see more.

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Cheers

Kari

A full complement
by cycleboy

Comment by j1929:
This is a beautiful photo

A full complement
by cycleboy

Comment by aj1621:
This is a gorgeous shot. The color is so vivid and the dew drops really add a lot to the image. I don't think this could have been any better.