This one is a bit of a weird one for me. I don’t usually photograph vehicles but this one really stood out to me mainly because of the license plate but it’s also just a beautiful bike!
Anyways I really like how the light is shining off of different parts on the motorcycle especially the bright highlight on the gas tank and the tops of the engine. I also like the gradient on the rear tire. And I think the depth of field blur of the background is also sufficient and not too much bokeh and not too sharp - I think it looks very natural.
Things I don’t like:
I think the background is too busy with the SUV and the work truck back there. If I were to take the shot again, I’d wait for the traffic to clear for sure. The owner of the motorcycle had seen me out there taking photos by this point and was talking my ear off about different aspects of it which did distract me from the photo and might have led to this mistake. I love meeting new people when doing street photography though!
I agree with you 100%. The lighting on the bike is fantastic. It would be a much better photo if there were no other vehicles in the background.
Don’t you hate that. When you think you got this great photo and realize later that there’s something in it you could have just fixed in the moment and retook the photo. Oh well, that’s photography!
It makes the ones that turn out perfectly even that more exciting.