NYC: Cyclist in Da Hood

Literally. Somewhere in Brooklyn.

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Hey nice shot. Good dynamic composition and I think the flare adds to a sense of depth.
Only thing I'd recommend is cropping the end of the car on the left for a slight cleaner composition.

very nice shot... amazing composition. :]
i second cropping the car

That car didn't bother me at all, I'm not caring for the lens flare. I think I woulda titled it "Pizza"

Nice job Pio.

Pio, don't cut the car- because then you'd have to cut KARA from the wall and I like that.

rockin flare!

Thanks for looking and for the comments! I agree that the car is somewhat of a nuisance, but it is part of the scene. Cropping it out would mess the 3:2 aspect ratio though, something that I wish to avoid unless absolutely necessary. I may clone the car out of the photo though Yiskah, sharp eye for noticing that Kara graffiti!

I like flare, and sometimes I purposely angle the camera to capture a good one. This was taken by the way with my G6.

Thanks all!

Nice work as usual Pio.
Im liking the crop as well

Man your G6 rocks!!! ALways look forward to your shots!!

Cool shot and awesome processing. Care to share the that old desaturated processing technique??

Al, Izzy, thanks!

Antz, thanks for the kind comment. I use Photoshop CS with my workflow, which is basically desaturating, dodging and burning, sharpening and adding a vignetted edge. The key is dodging and burning in strategic areas - for this I use a Wacom tablet for precise work. I do have some explanations on some of my threads, such as this.