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Ron Daniel
Registered: Nov 06, 2006
Total Posts: 199
Country: United States

Mike is the World Masters Time Trial champion and his sponsor wanted some shots for advertising. Thought I would share a few.

Ron



Jonathan Huynh
Registered: May 01, 2003
Total Posts: 3696
Country: United States

I really do like Photo # 1



geofan
Registered: Jul 30, 2008
Total Posts: 1417
Country: Canada

+1 for #1

Good shot but Mike sure has chicken legs huh? >sarcasm<



Ron Daniel
Registered: Nov 06, 2006
Total Posts: 199
Country: United States

geofan wrote:
+1 for #1

Good shot but Mike sure has chicken legs huh? >sarcasm<


Yea, he's a monster on the bike, but one of the nicest guys you would ever meet.



jason martin
Registered: Aug 09, 2007
Total Posts: 94
Country: United States

#1 reminds me of Dustin Snipes lighting.
I like the direction of the divider lines in the second.



Ron Daniel
Registered: Nov 06, 2006
Total Posts: 199
Country: United States

jason martin wrote:
#1 reminds me of Dustin Snipes lighting.
I like the direction of the divider lines in the second.


Actually I used the work of Joel Grimes as inspiration. He has some amazing work.



bartcox
Registered: Nov 20, 2009
Total Posts: 208
Country: United States

Awesome work! I like them all, but 2 is my fav. I get the impression that there is no "quit" in this guy...

-Bart



jojomon11
Registered: Sep 06, 2008
Total Posts: 4630
Country: United States

No. 1 is my pick, def. a stud-ly shot! Those lactic acid filled thighs looked like he just finished sprint intervals , definitely slow twitch muscles. But the blue liquid filled bottle in No. 1 does distract me a little bit. Wonder what No. 3 would look like if it was in color.

Good stuff,

Phil



Aron Goss
Registered: Oct 03, 2006
Total Posts: 1356
Country: Canada

I wish #1 had more light, I prefer #2. Nice work.



Tom K.
Registered: Mar 21, 2005
Total Posts: 5979
Country: United States

The first one reminds me of Joel Grimes work: http://www.joelgrimes.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=12191&Akey=P7FJP8B4



Ralph Thompson
Registered: Jan 02, 2008
Total Posts: 946
Country: United States

If the subject is a TT champion, why not use a TT bike?

Excellent work I like one the best but all three are nice.



Ron Daniel
Registered: Nov 06, 2006
Total Posts: 199
Country: United States

Ralph Thompson wrote:
If the subject is a TT champion, why not use a TT bike?

Excellent work I like one the best but all three are nice.



The sponsor wanted this bike in the photo. He races lots of stage races and crits also.



RianFlynn
Registered: Jan 31, 2008
Total Posts: 1869
Country: United States

i just got a set of zip tires myself!



Ron Daniel
Registered: Nov 06, 2006
Total Posts: 199
Country: United States

jojomon11 wrote:
No. 1 is my pick, def. a stud-ly shot! Those lactic acid filled thighs looked like he just finished sprint intervals , definitely slow twitch muscles. But the blue liquid filled bottle in No. 1 does distract me a little bit. Wonder what No. 3 would look like if it was in color.

Good stuff,

Phil



Here is the color version



Rags Hef
Registered: May 03, 2007
Total Posts: 2513
Country: United States

Super....

Perfect treatment of grit & texture.

You can almost smell the sweat in #1

Very nice work, they must have been pleased

Rags



Mr. Malik
Registered: Sep 13, 2009
Total Posts: 1293
Country: Canada

Excellent work.

I want his bike !



darrenwhitley
Registered: May 17, 2004
Total Posts: 706
Country: United States

The lighting is very cool. However, the photos look too red to me. Can you add some yellow back to them so the skin isn't so magenta? Also, I think some detail shots would be great compliments to the portraits and action.



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