Scooter Rallies (in colour)
Darran Hurton

Scooter Rallies (in colour)

August 2022

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Love this picture & a very good location. I did want to say one thing because I have been let down over the years for not noticing the small details in my pictures. The black & yellow bollard to the left of the picture doesn't need to be there. The yellow on the bollard draws your eyes to it. If you just cover it with a piece of paper on the screen you will see what I mean. Just crop that out a little & you will have a great looking picture.

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Wow, What a great well taken picture. Love the colours & the details to the whole picture are very well caught. You have chosen a very good angle to this picture where you have got a full scooter in view & also including it's shadow. This scooter speaks volume & doesn't need anything else apart from it's self. The back drop is very nice where you have a small sky with good clouds going on plus the barrier, where if you take your eyes away from the scooter you can see the sea. The back drop just makes the scooter pop with colour. Very well done & very well deserved.

This is a very good picture But if it was me I would of made sure I had the whole bike in the frame. You need to give yourself a bit more room when taking pictures. I would of taken a wider shot & cropped it in a little when I got home. Just by missing that small detail of the wheel which has been cut off at the bottom has made it from been a very good picture to a great picture. You've chosen a great angle & been able to see the chrome mirror like reflections.

Entry 13587545
31st
44

Very nice picture. Using the sky, water & a small area of grass has made this scooter pop with its colours. Pleased these don't have reverse on them, I would of double checked to make sure what gear I was in before I pulled off.... LOL.. Very nice on the detail & very well placed for the picture. Nicely thought out.

Entry 13588707
75th
5
Entry 13591193
22nd
18

Maybe the title for this Scooter should of been, I'm Not Worthy Yet!!! I like this picture in so many ways. It's a picture that tells you a thousand words. For me when I saw this I was thinking, I'll park mine around the corner away from those great looking scooters. The rider talking to his scooter saying 'This time next year baby you'll be the best sexiest ever looking scooter among them all' . Sometimes it's thinking outside the box when taking a picture & you seem to have just got enough in to be able to see that story & not just a scooter that needs a clean or a waiting to be pimped in good old Mod fashion style. Well seen, well taken & for that story telling picture I've given you this rating. Well deserved :)

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Entry 13621011
1st
146

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171 Images entered

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Entry 13598332
11th
4

Great Picture. For me I would of got everything in by which I mean the scooters flags included. You have room all around the picture but no room at the top. I might of even gone to see if cloning out the kids in the back ground might of made this a better picture, I know that's a personal thing but sometimes it does work better to have no other distractions in the picture. If you had giving yourself the same amount of room at the top as you have with the other 3 sides I might of seen the top of those flags & I would of given this a higher rating. Love the colours & I really like the back drop.

Great picture, love the black & white edging with the picture been blurred towards the boarder. My only one thing about this picture is, if you had the original picture where the whole scooter was in frame I would of given the scooter more room at the bottom. You have given room at the top, you just got the mirrors in on the sides but because of the small amount of that front wheel missing I would of marked this a bit higher. Great angle with the colours well balanced & you've made the main focal point right in the centre to where you want people to look.

Entry 13621012
23rd
16
Entry 13621013
17th
10
Entry 13621014
33rd
10
Entry 13630000
13th
3

Very nice picture. If it was me I would of brought down the light level on the white & his face & I'm only talking a little bit. I also would of took out two distraction in this picture. 1 - Next to his right knee, there is a white mark. Your eyes are drawn to it straight away. 2 - Left middle of the picture and it looks like the end of the tunnel I would of cropped that out, it doesn't need to be there. With it been a bright day maybe I would of tried to lower my E.V. by -1. I have had shoots like this before where it's been really bright outside but dark in your case a tunnel. What I do is go straight to my bracketing system on my camera & set it up for 3 shoots, then that will give you -1 EV 0 EV & a +1 EV. Then once I get home put all 3 pictures into my photo program. The difference would of given you a better balance of colour of the bike & rider but also lightened the bricks up a little. I would of given this a better rating if you had got all of the flags in this picture as well & didn't have that distraction near his knee. Well done on trying.

Entry 13646902
38th
14

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This contest is for your colour photos of a scooter rally. Images can show the scooters with the accessories that adorn them, either with or without the riders who want to be noticed and avoid being mainstream. Try to recreate the feel of the 1960s when they rode Vespas and Lambrettas, listened to the music of The Small Faces and The Who and had a distinctive dress style all of their own. Please no close up shots of one item and no nudity. Please only enter colour images. I look forward to seeing your photos.