Day 102 - Putting in the Hard Miles

Cycling's close to my heart - I can't ride like I used to but I've ridden up this hill many times - and it hurts.

Passed this guy putting in the hard miles in the car as he hit the bottom of the hill - don't know if he knew I was shooting him or not! Thought some selective colour was in order.

[Mgreen]

Great shot and I like what you've done to it.

[cheryl]

Really like this one. Pov is great on the corner @ top of hill. Use of selective colour works do well

[Mary Karczynski]

way cool!! a fav!!

[Paul King]

That is superb Kev a fav

[Rachel Withey]

I agree. Great POV and the colour really works

[Laura Thornton]

The selective coloring works very well here. You can see his struggle up that hill perfectly. Great processing.

[April]

Beautiful landscape and great composition. The pov and selective coloring really bring the focus to the challenge of climbing that hill.

[JoeBoo]

Great picture, Snaggy - love it!

[Meg]

great picture...I thought it looked like Spiderman out bicycling! Oh but would I ever like to see the green fields in the background....this leaves me wanting to see more! :)

[Kev]

@megmills Hi Meg, it was a grey day, so the fields didn't come through so well - needed to process it a bit to pull them throuh as much as this. This was the the reason I went b&w and selective.

[Meg]

@snaggy darn....you fooled me :)

[Kev]

@mak2 @joeboo @paul2782 Thanks for the favs, guys, appreciate it! Makes the time doing the processing feel worthwhile!

[Kev]

@aecasey @ptowncook @rachelwithey @chezza @greenpeg Thanks all for the feedback. This was one of those shots I had in mind for a while, so when I saw the cyclist I knew I had to get the shot!

[Padlock]

All I can say is that is dedication

[Chippy Minton]

That's a 'wow' image Kev. Smack of TRON to me for some reason, spot on

[Malc Bird]

Agree with others - looks like a super-hero. You can sense the effort needed to get up this hill

[Gail]

Kev, this is a brilliant shot... the countryside behind the rider looks very 'british'... wet, foggy....just the way I like it. :)

The selective colouring works perfectly too! Fav!

[Corinne]

Cool selective colors !

[Kev]

@gailmmeek Thanks for the fav, Gail! Appreciate it!

[Kev]

@cocobella @malc @ch1ppy_m1nton @padlock Thanks for the comments all. This is one of those shots that took far too long to produce (because I did it in Lightroom and not PS cos I'm not good enough!), but the feedback does make it worthwhile.

[Dem Mie]

wow man this is very creative, great selective colouring....FAV for me too

[Simply Amanda]

Pretty sweet with the coloring. Love this. Fav!

[Kev]

@demmie @amandal Thanks for the kind comments and favs, guys. Like I said earlier, I made a meal of the processing (should have done it in PS not Lightroom) but makes the effort feel worthwhile.