Pic of the week game

[Burque73]

Thanks, Justin. It was a funny situation taking that pic. On a not-so-traveled road on a reservation here I noticed the tower and sun in just the right spot so I turned around for a pic. As I was on hands and knees trying to get my phone in the right spot, a tribal police officer stopped and waited at a few carlength's distance. As I stood up he slowly pulled up and asked if I was OK. Um, yeah...just taking a picture! Well don't take too much longer, OK, he says, and drove off. I didn't get things lined up how I wanted but felt sort of silly and split!

[Burque73]

This challenge had me looking thru lots of pics ...... and then got me out for a ride this afternoon (despite being barley 40 degF).

But now that I see these recent entrys .....

Ah, here is my pic anyway (as I was getting sand blown into my face/helmet/ears/neck)

Looks like a fission reactor between the cylinders. Bet that thing's a rocket to ride, LOL.
Nice shot Dave!

[Jedz123]

Thanks, Justin. It was a funny situation taking that pic. On a not-so-traveled road on a reservation here I noticed the tower and sun in just the right spot so I turned around for a pic. As I was on hands and knees trying to get my phone in the right spot, a tribal police officer stopped and waited at a few carlength's distance. As I stood up he slowly pulled up and asked if I was OK. Um, yeah...just taking a picture! Well don't take too much longer, OK, he says, and drove off. I didn't get things lined up how I wanted but felt sort of silly and split!

HAHAHAHA
Wow, Love the story that goes along with that picture!
I can only imagine it in my head.
When i take pics of my bike I have gotten some weird looks... But you take the cake on that capture!

[Redman]

.................................................. ......... so I turned around for a pic. ...................
......................was on hands and knees ................

Photographers are weird.



<<< and just so you know I am joking: For my picture, I was laying on my side in sand, propped up on one elbow. >>>

[Burque73]

Photographers are weird.



<<< and just so you know I am joking: For my picture, I was laying on my side in sand, propped up on one elbow. >>>

Funny. I come home with dirt up my back side like I wiped out or maybe laid down for a nap next to the bike, LOL.

[Burque73]

Ok guys, this is bugging me. I posted a pic that has been enhanced by Google and I feel like an athlete that's been secretly doping or something. Is that cheating, do you think? It's not like I added the tower in the back with a photoshop thing I simply, as Buffalo Bill says, pumped up the colors a bit.

Here's the original photo. If you feel it was deceitful, please speak up.



and the enhanced photo

[storm 64]

I'd say you're good, don't worry about it Roger. It would be like a photographer adjusting a photo with shutter speed/film type... Except for a few, we're just a bunch of amateur picture takers.

Also, we're being graded on the subject, not the quality of the picture.

[dorkburger]

Its all good. I'll use my iphone photo editor to adjust pictures when needed.

I consider it modern dodging / burning - a photo printing technique to lighten / darken local spots on a print to enhance it.

[Steve]

There's not enough difference in those two pictures to even mention it.

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[eddypeck]

personally I like the original better.

[Redman]

................ pics playing with sunlight to make the shot interesting....
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Friday.... Voting.....

Trevor's picture does play with sunlight to add interest to to the shot of bike at restaurant. Quite a dramatic sun flare.
Hey, Trev, Tell us if there was something specific you did for that.

Interesting that most all the submissions that the sun is the major element/subject of the photo (including mine).

I keep coming back to the Glen DB photo with sun thru trees, and the Roger Burque photo of sun thru water tower. I can imagine both of them out for a ride, seeing something of the sun, and then finding a place to pose bike for for a picture. Glen included the shadow of the bike, which adds yet another intersting element to the picture. Roger had the bike fill the foreground, and I was impressed how well exposed (and focused) the bike was with such heavy sun in the background. I like both of of those pics quite a lot, so need to think of something to use as a "tie breaker in my mind" between the two.

Glen DB pic is a great interesting picture that will have great appeal to a wide variety of viewers.
For a tiebreaker of "picture of bike that plays with the sun to add interest"; I give a slight edge to Roger Burque.

[storm 64]

I'll vote for Redman's. I'm going to call it "Nuclear Fission" 👍

[Burque73]

Tough one this week. In no particular order...

DB's dreary fog w/glint of sunlight

Trevor's shot of the sunlight makes even a gixxer look angelic

Bonanzadave's glimpse of the sun's energy beaming from the Excel building

Jedz sunrise over the Street Rod

Steve, maybe a few minutes earlier or something

All great pics, but Redman's sun through the engine does it for me.

[trevor]

Great pics...close for me between DB and Redman

But I'm going to go with DB's pic.

[Jedz123]

My vote goes to Roger!
Great pics by all though!