Only thing I will add is this; lots of folks don't realize their cameras have a hard time zeroing in the autofocus on something as narrow as a bike frame tube, thus the focus falls on the background instead of the bike. Wide shots of the whole bike in front of a garage door are usually no problem. As long as what's behind the bike is quite close to the frame. Otherwise you get a nice, sharp pic of the background and the bike is slightly out. Happens in close-ups and detail shots mostly.
I will say, at the slight risk of offending Franswa, which is not my intention, but as an old film shooter, I don't care much for manipulated photos. I hate to say it but I like the original photo better than the doctored one shown above, which I immediately noticed had been "adjusted". I'm just old fashioned, I guess. It's a fine picture.
Last edited by rootboy; 04-27-15 at 03:50 PM.