My first thought too!!


Awesome pic! I envy your ability and patience.

 

Badass!

 

Thanks, and good question. The bike is my main subject and the sign is just my background. I really wanted the tail of the Coke's "C" to lead to and frame the back of the bike, as you see in the shot. I could have gotten the entire sign but then the bike becomes much smaller and less dominant. As part of the shoot, I took those shots but they just didn't look better than this one.

Now if I was a Coca-Cola fanatic the approach would have been the complete opposite. The sign would be the main subject and the bike would basically be a prop. In that case the entire sign would be appropriate.

I really want to shoot this again but next time adding my wife as a model and then shoot at a different angle to get the entire sign. But the big problem is access to this area as I mentioned before.

LOL! Hmmm, that probably wouldn't have gone over too well with the officer who stopped by to check out what I was doing.

 

OK, please allow me to brag a little; it's not my style but I can't help it this time!

I belong to a photography guild sponsored by the Booth Western Museum in Cartersville, GA. "The Booth" is a Smithsonian Institution affiliate. The Booth also owns The Downtown Gallery, and 3 times a year our photography guild has juried photography exhibitions at the gallery. Well I found out the other day that my image was selected for the Fall Show! Last summer I worked on creating a photograph of my bike against a backdrop of an old Coke wall advertisement. The link below is to the thread where I posted how the photo came to be.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...oke-photo.html

I've had other images selected for past exhibitions, and while I'm very proud of those as well, I can't tell you how excited I am to have this one displayed. Being able to combine 2 things I love and turn it into a gallery piece is beyond words.

I've titled the image "Classics". I'm humbled and honored to have my photograph chosen. I hope you like it too.

 

Very cool

 

Congratulations and I guess it is some kind of photography trick getting that lean to the front?

 

Grats, very nice to see your work being displayed for others to appreciate. Good Luck

 

Nice pic, but should thrown a Stratocaster in there for a great representation of American Classics.

 

or a Martin D-35. Or a Les Paul. or... all good ideas

 

Nice pic and understand your explanation on not seeing the whole sign. But my eyes see the sign as the dominant draw visually still and it not having all the wording takes away IMO. Somehow the magic of the bike and the sign working together has to happen there. Keep working at it that's what its all about.