Attempt at BIF.....

[davidedric]

Fooled you! That's Bikes In Flight

No claims for photo greatness, but it does show they are not all locked up yet

[Mike Buckley]

This is much nicer than you're apparently willing to give yourself credit for. It's so nice that it deserves a little more post-processing to bring out the pop.

For the record, it wasn't that I wanted to see birds in flight. It was that I was so surprised to see that you had taken photos of birds in flight that I just had to open the thread. In a nutshell, you got me!

[JamesScott86]

Beautiful shot - so pretty too.

[DanK]

Great shot, and an orthopedist's dream.

[John 2]

Good capture Dave and I like Dan's comment. Also agree with Mike particularly since this is a good candidate for mono.

[davidedric]

Thanks for the comments, gentlemen:

It's so nice that it deserves a little more post-processing to bring out the pop.

Mike, could you make some suggestions. It's 16mp cropped down to about 10mp. Basically, I did a little overall pp
till I though the background looked OK, then I used Lightroom's radial filter on each bike in turn, and tried to bring out the detail with a mix of contrast, clarity and sharpness.

an orthopedist's dream.

Too true Dan. They've all broken various bits, and the guy in the lead broke his neck a year or two ago. Crazy doesn't do it justice.

this is a good candidate for mono.

Thanks for the idea, John, I'll give it a try.

Dave

EDIT: Just noticed that the Exif has gone - no idea why!

[Shadowman]

Nicely done, on the ruse as well as the photo.

[IzzieK]

Dave I saw the EXIF...this was shot yesterday 24/06/2015 at SS 1/800 and F 9, Shutter Priority, amongst other stuffs. I was just about to ask if this is one shot or a composite but that answered my question already...Nicely executed...

[deetheturk]

Great capture Dave, well done mate!

[Mike Buckley]

Dave,

My suggestions are to brighten the sky overall and saturate its blue tones. Regarding the flags, darken the black tones and saturate the red tones. Nothing major; just subtle tweaks.

If you want to proceed with a monochrome version, use a red filter that produces the signs' "Bold" and "Dog" in distinctly different tones.

[bnnrcn]

Great capture