Single exposure looks too photoshopped?

So i was having some issues where my panning was apparently too damn good! It was taken as a single frame but it looks like the bike has been superimposed onto the background...
I spent some time trying to get it to look right, for some reason the background looked a bit de-saturated.

I'd love some feedback on the original and the final edit.

Thanks in advance.

Original

colors look good to me, although you might have gone a bit far with the blue in the sky.

also, from a design point of view, you might try the superimposed biker on the other side of the frame and a bit smaller. maybe the same size as the original. and maybe a bit more transparent? maybe?

:P

You might also want to tell the bike owner to put some air in his rear tire. That one looks dangerously low.

haha, aparently it was for more grip!?

and i tried moving the superimposed over and thought it looks pants! lol will try reducing the blue. do you think the angle works? it all looks a bit off angle to me. maybe only by 1-2 degrees.

I don't like the superimposed image or the text, it looks gimmicky. I also agree about the sky looking a bit blue too. It's a bit off angle but that's an easy fix with the ruler crop tool in Photoshop as you have tons of horizontal lines to use as guides. Otherwise, your editing is solid and this is a pretty kick-ass shot. Well done.

I'm not a fan of the superimposed image as it covers up part of the bike. Is the superimposed image supposed to make it appear as though two bikes are drag racing to go along with the "Dakota Drag Racing" text?

No it's just to break up the image a little and offer a close up view.
the Dakota Dr was a bit of an after thought so people know where it was taken.

I like the original much better than the edited. I don't think think it looks fake at all. Nice photo!

Thanks for the reply. the more i look at the shot the more i like it

moshmeister wrote in post #17432404
I like the original much better than the edited. I don't think think it looks fake at all. Nice photo!

I agree