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Cycling in the Dark
Cycling in the Dark
dpeden182


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Challenge: Image Grain VII (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art for Canon
Location: Milan, Italy
Date: Mar 31, 2016
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 5000
Shutter: 1/80
Date Uploaded: Mar 31, 2016

 I took this photo in Milan. While in Europe, I saw many people use bicycles and mopeds instead of cars, so I wanted a photo of that to showcase how Eco-friendly the citizens of Europe are. I took the shot with the monochrome feature on the camera and then increased contrast, shadows, and took away some on the highlights.

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 04/08/2016 08:59:22 AM
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge well

As a fellow cyclist I find your image interesting and appealing, it works well in mono. In terms of the composition it could be improved, tilting the camera down to exclude some of the top in preference for the lower half would have helped and although I like the curve of the pavement, to keep it means including the very distracting person in the background. She stands out quite dominantly but has a very unorthodox pose that is not in feeling with the rest of the image. Your timing could have been better a fraction later to hide the motor-cyclist behind her.

I would always advocate shooting in colour and doing your mono conversion on the laptop for total control of the end result which is more often better than anything the in-camera processing is capable of.

It̢۪s great to see you taking up this wonderful pastime at such a young age, keep at it Peter and good luck with your future entires.
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04/07/2016 06:41:00 PM
enigmatic. will her headlight come on? has she left a very puzzled person behind?


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