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RustyBug wrote:
+1 with Kevin and Fred.
I'd look to crop somewhere below the white spot. That could re-balance the location of it (without burning it) to a lesser contrasting (i.e. not a bright spot in the middle of the large dark mass) position and using it for implied lines pointing toward the subject. Also, this gives a re-weighting to the cyclist for two birds, one stone kinda thing. A little burn could then tone it down some to balance it further to where you want it.
Without burn and with burn (I could go either way).
Imo, leaving it just a little brighter than the other "spots" provides for some movement that makes for keeping a bit of tension to refrain the image from going too static. Kinda makes a triangle between the subject, the foreground and the house and joins the "lesser" spots to "point the way" to the main player in the scene. Yet, with it relocated, it doesn't "hold" the draw as strongly as when it was "smack dab in the middle".
Actually, there's "much goodness" in this one with all the really subtle (implied and overt) lines, masses and tones in play. The uncropped OP is nice, just one of those good ones that can go multiple ways ... depending on how much / what you want to say (about the foreground) in your message conveyance.
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Much to think about as usual in your post Kent. I used a sepia conversion in Nik silver effex pro. In retrospect, kind of agree that the conversion is somewhat flat. Much appreciate your illustrations.
Steve
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