Hi Colin! A great action shot with a decisive moment frozen in time! It certainly fills the frame with impact. The flying gravel and dust make a wonderful effect. It is so perfectly sharp with just very little motion blur in the wheels. I was wondering how it would have looked with a slightly slower shutter speed that would have kept the wheels turning? I do not know if such a shot would even have been possible or realistic - they were probably braking in the bend? I added crudely some radial blur on the front wheel and some Gaussian blur on the back wheel in Affinity Photo just to test the idea.   Posted: 04/11/2021 11:09:35

What a great action shot Colin! Exceptionally sharp and the blurred wheel and earth spraying everywhere certainly adds to the drama and feeling of speed. A great image in mono, focussing attention to the above. I like how you have darkened the background, especially the top area.

I had occasion to review the January Kotor results just now as I got a HM cert for Nature in the post and saw your name everywhere.......including a Gold Metal. Well done!   Posted: 04/13/2021 09:08:26

This is a marvelous image. I am curious what you8 meant by having changed dthe ddrivers head   Posted: 04/13/2021 20:42:35

Hi all thanks for your comments, in the original the driver is wearing a tinted visor so I took a head from a previous image from earlier in the day with a clear visor and replaced it   Posted: 04/14/2021 03:28:06

You have caught the driver's gaze perfectly, Colin. I really like your black and white rendition, as opposed to the color one, but it is fun to see the view in the original. Thanks for a wonderful image.   Posted: 04/14/2021 18:14:46

Beautifully shot Colin and its a great photo. I have something similar which I will submit for next month. Frankly, i really love all the aspects of the photo and the only bit which I would edit is by reducing the brightness in the foreground a bit. But otherwise, I completely love this image.   Posted: 04/24/2021 05:15:44