Very very nice

great show, with lovely DOF

great angle and dof...such a great entry

lovely..nice angle

Thanks for all the great compliments

Congrats for your second place, Donh!

Congrats!!!

Sorry so late but WOW!!! That's a fabulous picture!! Honestly should have taken 1st. Instant fave!!!

ha ha ha what a personality

Lance Armstrong's future re-incarnation?

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Congrats!

You could be more careful with the foreground & background selection.This is a cross bike(minature)...So this should be placed on dirt to be more realistic.Now...for the sunset you would use the same poster you used in this photo with the difference that you would place it far from the bike(it would be blured in the background & i would look like real).I don't know what are you shooting with but don't place your object THAT close to your camera lens because some spot's (of the bike) are out of focus(OOF).Try to find your camera's focus range.

The hyperfocal distance is the closest distance at which a lens can be focused while keeping objects at infinity acceptably sharp; that is, the focus distance with the maximum depth of field.You can do this on a table.Take some paper & put some dirt(from your garden)on it.Then place your bike on the dirt & your poster in the background.Then see from your camera how does it looks (the whole set up) & make the corections that you like.At least thats how i would shoot this photo!This is only my opinion author & i hope i helped.I wish you good luck!!!

Great attempt

agree about the dof

My hobby too, when I can get away

My hobby is blasting the horn when coming up behind three or more riding abreast on a narrow road with no visibility of oncoming traffic. No doubt relaxing for the cyclists but it's a good way to incite high blood pressure and road rage in many mototists. Nice shadows and an interesting take on the theme author.

Very well done! Lovely shot!