critique please

[rosco1971]

just looking for some input........i actually wanna know if this would be good enough to actually sell a print to the guy in the photo.......i know it personal opinion.....they guy may like it........but i would like some opinions on them...thanks.....let me know if i could inprove on them.

[rammy]

I think you have done well there, capturing the rider with good sharpness. The guy will certainly like them! Some comments, seeing as you asked ;-)

On both, the light has kind of "flattened" the image. Maybe shooting earlier or much later in the day may produce a better light.

On the first one, not a fan of putting the subject in the middle of the shot. Maybe having him at the bottom of the shot could show where he came from and the dust coming off the back wheel, or further back in the shot, showing where he is riding to.

On the second shot, I think either blurring the background with a large aperture OR panning whilst the rider is in the air so you get a motion blur of the background.

[smittymike19]

I think you have done well there, capturing the rider with good sharpness. The guy will certainly like them! Some comments, seeing as you asked ;-)

On both, the light has kind of "flattened" the image. Maybe shooting earlier or much later in the day may produce a better light.

On the first one, not a fan of putting the subject in the middle of the shot. Maybe having him at the bottom of the shot could show where he came from and the dust coming off the back wheel, or further back in the shot, showing where he is riding to.

On the second shot, I think either blurring the background with a large aperture OR panning whilst the rider is in the air so you get a motion blur of the background.
yeah i agree with all of your suggestions, the other suggestion is to get LOW (lay on the ground) as this makes the bike seem higher in the air (on the jump shot), and everyone wants to see the shot where they seem insanely high in the air, and getting lower will help that effect.:) great shots.