On the ground

[JustinRyan215]

Saturday night saw the 20th annual moonlight memories car show in my hometown, Hatboro, Pa, and this was one of my favorites from the show...


on the ground by Justin Ryan sr, on Flickr

[Matt K.]

Gorgeous ... love the processing as well.

[AcadieLibre]

Like the angle this was shot from.

[AntZ]

Like the angle this was shot from.

Sure give a great perspective.

[Hillbillygirl]

Really like the perspective here JR, and the processing is spot on. Nice work.

[theantiquetiger]

Great shot Justin!!!

There are a few items that distract me, the 7/11 sign, the parking sign, and the guys in background.

You state you don't mind your images being edited.

This is just a demo, my work can easily be done better. This is just to give you an idea.

Luckily the store facade is not perfect, so the clone doesn't have to be perfect. The brick was very easy to match up, and I just cloned out the guys. The white lines behind where the guys were and the lines on the facade could have been done straighter, I just did a rush job.

[Marko]

Very cool image Justin, i like the angle, tones and the sense of story.


Nice PP work AT but the image has now forever changed, it's meaning has changed - its feeling has changed. Therefore I do not see this pp work as a 'distraction solver'.
I'm nearly 100% sure that the majority of elements that you cloned out were put there on purpose....The 7 - 11 part imo is an essential part of this image.
Your cloning work makes this image all about the car instead of the 'the scene'.

That said, we all interpret differently....

[AntZ]

I quite like the 7/11 sign(I don't know why). The other not so much. I think the removal of the guys make for a better image, but does take away from the fact that it was a car show. The PP work was well done though and good for the practice I'm sure.

[theantiquetiger]

To me (as a viewer), the 7/11 sign is very distracting because of it's placement right above the grill. The removal of the sign makes it look like it is sitting at a race track because of the stripes of the facade. I still get the feeling of a car show because of the car in the background and the truck in the reflection in the hubcap.

I am not sure if you know what a 7/11 is up in Canada (not sure if yall have them). It is a convienient store and to me, this car deserves better than 7/11 (IMO)

[JustinRyan215]

I do like the edit, tiger. The pp on my end was don't with my iPad, using the snapseed app, which doesn't have any kind of clone option.
...and about the car being in front of the 7-11, there was a group of these rat rod guys, maybe five or six cars all in the sev's parking lot. I totally agree with the statement "this car deserves better than 7-11" ...of today. The seven elevens of yesteryear would be more fitting, as I feel that it is a major piece of Americana....

Thanks for all the comments, guys!