Wheels in Motion

Well Done, Len! I like the way you left space in front of the boy so he is driving in to the scene. You also kept some branch tips at the top to frame it. The blurred image makes the speed unquestionable. I suspect this was taken a while ago?

Yesterday, actually.  B&W conversion in PS.  Thanks for taking the time to comment.  Much appreciated.  Best, LM.

Greg said it so well that I have to agree. I like the stable BG and in fact all the elements aside from the bike rider, which are stable. In this case the "cut" bike driver is reasonable and justified, because of the movement and yes, he enters the frame.I like the composition, and the umbrella that looks as if ! it is shading him, but it well depart FG from BG. I think you can selectively sort out more details in the tree behind the fence(I think details are present and a bit more light will enhace it. Well executed , Len.

Luck is good!  I was testing a street scene composition of the static elements here when my peripheral vision caught the oncoming cyclist.  I decided to trip the shutter to see the result.  You have it here.  His position in the frame is as recorded, no cropping. The 1\30 sec. shutter speed was chosen by the P&S camera which was in Aperture priority mode. (f5.6)   As I said, luck is good.  I'll experiment with digging more detail from the darker elements. Thanks for the suggestion and for your always welcome visit.  Best, LM.

your instinct served you well! a little more of the road would have been ideal but you have enough to make this work... good conversion... the plants can certainly be lightened/brightened and got to yield some more detail... if you're so inclined you could also go in for a little bit of selective lightening and darkening -- the tyres of the bicycle, the rim of the pavement, the umbrellas could be darkened a little... the plaques could be lightened... but what i would really do is go in for 16:10 panoramic crop ratio (anchor at bottom) as the top third of the composition is meaningless -- we want a forward momentum

Thanks for your thoughtful & helpful critique.  Can't argue with your suggestions and may well implement them if I decide to print this one.  I'm just not sure if I am enough in love with this image to do all that work. Hmmmm,  9:16 ratio.  You might be on to something there.   Let me ponder it a while.  I've already experimented with increasing the details in the darker areas & concur,  much improvement.  Best, LM.

Here's a rather quickly adjusted file with which I am trying to meet your suggestions.  Any further refinements you think would improve this one?  I don't think I can burn the brightest umbrella any more without it LOOKING manipulated.  'Blooming' is one of the drawbacks of these small sensor P&S cameras.  Best, LM.