Congratulations, Peter!

Nice! I like unaranged real life compositions. Why don't you add it to 'selective saturation', too?

I've got one real comment: it's a bit pity the giant car disturbes the background. The smaller black car isn't annoying me.

Thanks Tamara :)
I agree about the cars. Bummer.

So odd that the bricks are vertical... I've never seen them like that.

Well lookie there.
Sit and wait on Vazaar!

Wow - stunning photograph in so many ways

Wow this is awesome!

That's a pretty special image. Well done.

good one!

Espectacular fotografia. Enhorabuena. Saludos

:)

Congratulations, Peter!

You've done the old coathanger proud...congrats! :o)

This is a nice shot. The comp. is good, but the subject's face and hat appear to be slightly overexposed. Good use of grayscale.
Best, Jon

I agree with jvgphoto...the pic is great but the subjects face is just too bright

Thanks people. I agree with you both. The face and hat are too bright. I should have tried to correct this in post processing. The rider caught a little sun in the face just at the wrong time. Thanks again.

it's a good comp (i agree for the faceà but it's still a good photo

A GOOD CHOICE OF PICTURE FOR BLACK AND WHITE I LIKE IT I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU ABOUT THE FACE.

nice layering and post prodction image

Thanks again everyone. Much appreciated.

VT - That is the exact look I was going for - "crossed-lomoholganized-artsy-fartsy-something". Couldn't have described it better :)

looks like an old photograph with a lot of history ... normally i don't like heavy editing or added layers, but this is an interesting shot! nice work!

I don't normally go for this sort of thing, but this really works for me. I think it comes down to a couple things:

1. The photo has more interesting details than before.
2. As Lindy said, it fits the subject (LA).

simple...........

and amazing

WTF ???!!
Very disturbing.

Thanks again everyone.

This boat is a bulk carrier called the Pasha Bulker. It ran aground on Nobbys Beach in Newcastle, NSW Australia on 8th June this year. On the 8th & 9th June Newcastle had its worst weather in 35 years. Plenty of damage, some loss of life etc but this was the most talked about event.

Newcastle is a harbour city and we are used to seeing these huge ships off the coast. Just not ON the coast.

Great shot. Have you use HDR rendering ?

Tones are awesome here !
really

personnellement, j'aurais noirci un chouia les tons sombres du ciel
mais ca aurait été moins naturel je pense
félicitations !
tres belle photo !
Shine on

Great photo !

Really powerful.

Great photo - cant believe no one has commented yet! I love the detail and the variety of shades of rust. Very nice capture!

Excelente fotografia. Gran variedad de tonos de herrumbre y texturas, puede pasar por un cuadro abstracto. ¡Felicidades!