One up for c and c

[Steve Stein]

Wandered around the paddock at Sebring and this vintage was up on a lift (way up high) and I took a quick shot. I grunged it up in Lightroom and cropped the crap out of it to get a lot of the lift and bits out of the frame. One day I like it, the next day not so much.

Thumbs up, thumbs down, suggestions? The original was shot in RAW with my 5D, so I have some room to play here. Right above the right front fender I can fix in PS, but I'm not sure I want to spend a lot of time on it.

http://sastein.zenfolio.com/img/v8/p744247866-4.jpg

[Daniel Buck]

I would fix the halo around the car, looks like quick/poor blending or filtering. I would clean that up! :-) Interesting composition though, I like it :-) The treatment of the photo doesn't do a lot for me however :-)

[John Thawley]

Doesn't do much for me.

[Steve Stein]

Doesn't do much for me.

After looking at it some more, it doesn't do anything for me either. After a third pass through the files from Sebring, I should have stopped after the second pass. Trying to make something out of nothing is a crapshoot.

Thanks for the honest opinions. Sometimes another set of eyes (or many) helps get you back on the path.

[Darren Pierson]

My 2¢:

There is too much luminance in the blue of the car and I think the one blue opening in the cloud is distracting. Maybe clone out that hole? Did you try cropping out the edge of the loader? Just the wheels and sky might be more visually appealing.

[Steve Stein]

I might try some things in PS instead of Lightroom with it if I get bored someday. My general rule of thumb is no more than 15 minutes on an image to make it work and this one would probably go over that and not really be that special.

I must have ADD. I'd rather shoot than Photoshop. :)

[Chris Kelly]

I'd like a better look at the car itself, the sky is fine for me.