Kathleen McCrary
May 2025 - Paris Commuter
Original
About the Image(s)
Camera: Canon S95
Settings: ISO 400, f 4.5, 1/1000
Description: The traffic in Paris is intense and the cost of parking and gas is what you'd expect, so motorcycles are a popular alternative for some. This guy looks like an executive on his way to the office on a pretty fancy rig, and his commute happens to take him right through the heart of Paris which is the Place de la Concorde. I was shooting from the hip and he just happened to cross in front of me. You can see the original is pretty snotty but with the miracle of modern editing technology I was able to coax something out of it. What do you think?
1 comment posted
Kathleen, your attempt to make the image straight cost you quite a bit of the real state, placing the bike and rider amputated in front of the frame and with no space to ride into. In any case, I prefer the original in color, and using Photoshop Generative fill and adding some light to the subject, this is the end result. Posted: 05/09/2025 00:48:50