Honda Civic taking the scenic route

Natural lighting at 7:00 pm PST, one hour before sunset.

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I think this photograph needs more in the foreground to draw the eye to the car, which I suppose is meant to be the main focal point?

When I look at it I am drawn to the mountains and the aura of the colours... when I see the car I'm thinking "who the f**k put that there, it's ruined the picture!"

I'm not sure it's a good candidate for B&W and coming from me, that's saying something because I would make every photo B$W if I could but with it all kind of being the same tone, it doesn't tell me what I'm supposed to be looking at. Like the other poster said, I'm looking at the mountains.

Since you got image editing ok'd, I'm gonna take a stab at it really quick, hope that's cool. I'll post it up in a min.

I will put the original below. I didn't have much to work with as far as the foreground goes. I think it looks better without the small strip of road, but I could be wrong. How would I make the car draw more attention? Tighter crop?

Thank you guys for the help. It is much appreciated it.

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JoshuaaT wrote in post #14647456
I will put the original below. I didn't have much to work with as far as the foreground goes. I think it looks better without the small strip of road, but I could be wrong. How would I make the car draw more attention? Tighter crop?

Thank you guys for the help. It is much appreciated it.

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This is just what I'd do but to draw more attention to the car I crop the mountains right out and leave the background as the "desert"

The mountains are so intimidating and beautiful that I can't really seeing anything else grabbing the point of focus away from them.

RangersForever wrote in post #14647482
This is just what I'd do but to draw more attention to the car I crop the mountains right out and leave the background as the "desert"

The mountains are so intimidating and beautiful that I can't really seeing anything else grabbing the point of focus away from them.

Now that you've put up the original, let me mess with it for a minute. Here are two edits that keep it B$W but I think the car pops a bit more.

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elrey2375 wrote in post #14647485
Now that you've put up the original, let me mess with it for a minute. Here are two edits that keep it B$W but I think the car pops a bit more.

Thank you for taking the time to help me. I like the first one. It has all of the details without blown out spots like the second.

JoshuaaT wrote in post #14647516
Thank you for taking the time to help me. I like the first one. It has all of the details without blown out spots like the second.

Thanks, and I think the car stands out much better. It wasn't a hard fix. If you've got NIK software, that's what I used and as you saw, it didn't take me long.