High contrast B&W photo

I made this for a B&W photography competition, but later decided that it's not good enough. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.

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The important part, his face, is sharp. I like it. Might like it more if it wasn't quite as contrasty, but it's good as it is.

I like it, contrast and all... I would either crop a bit off the top or burn the highlights up there to remove two white streaks (above his head and above the middle of his back) that are distracting.

Cheers,

Don

What was your own reasoning for not entering it or thinking it was not good enough. For me the high contrast is not a problem. However it could be that a B/W photo competition may not consider the use of motion blur filters to be in the spirit of the comp. It may be worth checking on the rules regarding photo manipulation. If it isn't a problem then I'd have gone for it

So is his knee, which gives imo an unnatural look to the image. I do not believe there is any filter that can enhance an image. Most filters are used to cover up mistakes.
I do not know about the rules of your competition, but if I where in the jury of a general competition I would not give my points to this image.

I like the shot

Doesn't bother me at all. In-camera blurs can be unpredictable like that. Plus, we don’t know that ecobo blurred it post processing – he only mentions high contrast.
Either way, I like it, some don’t, & life goes on…

I used a motion blur filter in Photoshop to produce the motion effect. I think there is no way to produce a photo like this without post-processing. Lower speed would blur almost the entire photo, even if you follow the object. And I wanted some details to be sharp. The original photo was with a blurred background, but with a sharp objects in the foreground.
Thank for the comments, guys! That's why I post photos in this forum!