Ujeni's iPhone pic looks like it could've been on a poster at the dealership.. it's PERFECT!
In my opinion it is one of the best pictures so far. If I'm allowed to make a little comment, stopping the bike a few feet forward would have left the gutter out of the picture. And maybe leaving a little more space between the tail light and the left margin.
At least he took care to put gloves and helmets out of sight!
I disagree. Leaving the road ahead in the picture suggests that the bike is warm, possibly still running and ready to see what's around the next curve.
It's perfect.
What I meant is that the picture could have been taken just a few feet ahead, with the very same composition and orientation, enough to leave the roadside cover -for watever it is, light, gas or water- out of the picture. The general idea of the picture would have been kept. When I take pictures in the open road I try to avoid electricity posts, traffic signs, armco barriers, and in general any man-made thing except the road. Doing so accentuates the solitude of the road.
Last year my picture was chosen for january. The bike was standing in the middle of the road. You can't do that unless the road is indeed little travelled. That's what I meant about the picture trying to evoque solitude and far-away places where you travel with your bike.
Just trying to put my two cents worth. And no worries about pictures taken with phones! Modern phones have cameras with better quality than 5-year-old compact cameras!
