1914 indian

[va-guy]

at vir bike show

[anvilimage]

Nice capture! There is a slight blue haze over the entire image, though, that can be remedied with a quick curves adjustment. Increase the level of blacks in there, too, while you're at it... just a bit! Looks good!

[1Twist]

Neat image
needs a tight crop (my own two cents)
the background is working against such a great capture
1914 = $$$$$$$$$

[polarbare]

The background is just too much IMO.

[focus.pocus]

The background is just too much IMO.
I agree... background kills the shot... and I am also not a big fan of HDR but it would have worked on this old bike for me...

[Scottes]

Great processing of the bike!

The background is just too much IMO.
Ah, we're back on track, in agreement again.

Yes, toning down the brightness and saturation of the background would make that bike pop something fierce.

[va-guy]

thanks guys yeah i hate the background too wish could got them to roll it out. i wish i took some more raw shots of it. they had had alot old bike in the show i thought i was shooting in raw but most of the others was jpeg. it a little off but thought i would still wanted to put on here. feel free to play with it love to see if someone can get it a little better.

[polarbare]

Just for future reference, a quick background fix is to gain or lose elevation. In this case you might have been able to grab that red chair in the background and stand on it, thus making the floor your background.

[va-guy]

here is some from dynamic photo hdr not same level of tone mapping wish it was a raw file.

[fly my pretties]

It's not a very interesting picture, to be honest. It just looks like a snapshot run through photomatix. The background is very busy and it's in focus enough to cause a distraction. There's no separation between subject and background.

It's very static and flat.

I think you'd have been better off taking the picture from a more extreme angle, or at least composing it in a way that hid as much of the background as possible.