Henry Roberts
About the Image(s)
How I did it: I was in South Dakota (Rapid City, Deadwood, and Sturgis) recently during the time of the Sturgis Harley Davidson annual rally. Thousands of bikers from all over the country converged on South Dakota to enjoy riding and fellowship. In Deadwood I photographed street activities. This image was a hand-held shot with my Canon EOS 5D Mark III and a 14mm wide angle lens. I post processed in PS Camera raw working the sliders to get a good image. Then I used the Topaz Simplify filter to make things more dramatic. Finally, in PS I used the Liquify>bloat filter to slightly enlarge the foreground bike and riders as a center of interest. As usual I wanted something that was abstracted and more dramatic than a straight photo.
What do you think and what would you do differently?
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9 comments posted
(Group 40)
Super job using Topaz Simplify and the bloat tool!
My only suggestion (really just an artistic preference) is to go back and mask out the effect in two places... one place is the background rider who is lost in the blue blob. He can use more detail.
Second is the sun star on the parked motorcycle.. It's so pretty that it's a shame to lose the detail on that one.   Posted: 08/10/2019 12:14:55
(Group 40)
The sky is the only thing that you might paly with, everything else is so smooth, and the sky has so much texture, I want to stay on the bikes, but the sky pulls me away. Well done!   Posted: 08/14/2019 00:57:23
(Group 40)
(Group 40)
Henry   Posted: 08/20/2019 14:45:17