for christmas i had no clue what to get my dad. So today while he was out at work, i ninja'd his bike from the garage, washed 'er up, and took it for a lil putz to take some pictures.
planned on going to more locations but with this cold and only having a beanie helmet around the house, my face couldn't last any longer.

sooooo, i'm gonna get one poster print *hopefully* and an 8x10 for him to put on his desk at work since he has no pictures of the bike. what i need from you guys is some advice on which pictures i should pick....

cliff notes: pics two pictures, one for a poster and one for an 8x10 EDIT: Poll is for the poster
also, if you have any input on any more Post Processing that i should do, please let me know h34r: thanks guys

#1 wish i wouldn't have put it in front of the sprouting bush......


#2


#3


#4



and TIA again

PS- sorry for non sportbike related pics you prejudice losers haha


Modified by 9deuce9rr at 12:31 AM 12/19/2006

 

#3 gets my vote
merry xmas

 

i say #2 for the poster and #1 for the 8x10...

EDIT: NICE PICS

 

i voted #2. But def 2 without the sprouting / dying bush.

 

#2

 

#2.. looks like the perfect road to ride...

 

It's hard to focus whether on the bike or up top in #2, eventhough it's a good picture...#3 solves that problem. But I voted #4.

 

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Clone the bush out!

 

#3 with a black frame, maybe white matte.

Just gives that Ansel Adams effect, and im a sucker for great B/W photos.

 

#4

 

2nd one looks best to me....the road in the background has a much better connection with riding than the setting in #4.



DOPE PICS overall though

 

thanks everybody for the response and the opinions. i would clone the bush out in #1 but every time i try, it just comes out looking way too fake

 

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i like #1, the rest have that glare on the exhaust which is distracting.

 

number 2, but give the landscape a little more contrast and maybe some reddish tint to make the picture look warmer

 

thanks again for all the feedback. i think i'm gonna go with #2 for the large print and #4 for his office picture since i think it has the best angle for the bike to fit a fram that would work on his desk

 

No. 4 looks awesome!

 

4 for the poster, 2 for the 8x10

 

#4

 

I think #4 for the poster and #2 for the 8x10... IMO #1 is a bit distracting all over. The bike tends to blend in with the reflection of the waves in the water.

 

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4

 

yet again, thanks all for the opinions.

i ended up running way away from my initial plan since i head out for oregon on friday to do christmas with the family and the poster wouldn't have made it back by then.

i ended up doing an 8x10 for him to put wherever
and then 2 4x6's to go in a folding frame that opens like a book and has a 4x6 on each side on the inside.

anyways, here's two quick snapshots of the photos, haven't picked up frames yet tho





i just had them printed up at fred meyer and they actually came out really good when you see em in person, i guess my picture of a picture skills aren't quite up to parr haha

 

Check my signature for the next poster printing event

 

1 for poster, 4 for 8x10