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Pic of the week game

Well I decided since I'm back to riding 100 miles a day (give or take) I'd just take a fresh pic for this challenge...
Man what a bluster the last few weeks have been!

Any way went deep into the Green Mountains and grabbed this gem with the TUX, a very cold Vermont stream burbling down the mountain. Still have a foot+ of snow up there.

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Great day for it. I did ride the XR-12 in but ended up switching out for the TUX... I enjoy riding that more than the HD. Bandit is down due to blown wheel bearings. Rode the TUX in today. 23' when I left this AM.
 
I'm going with Sandy's shot of Ellery Lake this week. As usual, many great photos to choose from.

I've been wondering if that's a moose crossing the lake or maybe a raft or something. Beautiful scenery there for sure!
 
I vote for Baatfam! The yellow motorcycle next to yellow daisies, just beautiful 👍
 
For me it was between
Sandy (a truly nice photo)
Trevor ( nice low light photo)
Baatfam (the colours are so vivid and stand out)
All great shots.
My vote goes to Baatfam
 
I like these roadside shots (or path side).
I like mrs Steve for catching the river scene with tugg between the two bikes.
cowboy and jedz for roadside scene. Burque trial side. Trevor scene with sunset over water.
all of you guys stopping to take a picture.


sandy grand scene of road and water and mountain. Not much of a shoulder to stop on, but enough for a bike.

bob baatfam of pond and reflection. Looks like rode on grass to get in position right next to the water. And posed bike so right perpendicular to the sun, so bike well lite and minimal shadows, and bike prominent in the foreground.

i think mine features the water the most, but overall is too much of the same thing, but that expanse is what was trying to show, but yah, does not hold interest for too long.

so having to decide a tiebreaker in my deliberations between sandy and baatfam...... since the topic is Water, I will go with BAATFAM since his features mostly the water.
 
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Well I'm going to give the nod to Bob as well. While my shot is one of my favourites it's easy to take great shots in such a stunning part of the country. It looks like he really put some thought into the location and composition and came up with a fabulous shot. IMO it's almost calendar material. The only thing (only an opinion of course) the would make a bit better would be to use some depth of field, which you can't really do with a point and shoot, to blur the background a bit to make the bike more the focal point. I took the liberty with Photoshop, hope you don't mind. It's your shot so let me know if you want me to delete it.

photo by Baatfam
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Sandy said:
Well I'm going to give the nod to Bob as well. While my shot is one of my favourites it's easy to take great shots in such a stunning part of the country. It looks like he really put some thought into the location and composition and came up with a fabulous shot. IMO it's almost calendar material. The only thing (only an opinion of course) the would make a bit better would be to use some depth of field, which you can't really do with a point and shoot, to blur the background a bit to make the bike more the focal point. I took the liberty with Photoshop, hope you don't mind. It's your shot so let me know if you want me to delete it.

photo by Baatfam
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No, don't delete it. I like it. If I had shot that with one of my current cameras, I probably would have shortened the DOF. But the point and shoot I used was pretty limited, as you said.
These days I know how to do what you did, but just never thought of it, so thank you. I am just a hobbyist, who continues to learn.
 
DLSRs are a pain to lug around all the time. The camera in your pocket takes much better pictures than the one you leave at home doesn't it. LOL.
 
Sandy said:
DLSRs are a pain to lug around all the time. The camera in your pocket takes much better pictures than the one you leave at home doesn't it. LOL.
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Yup....I don't mess with big, old DLSRs. These days, all my cameras are Panasonic Micro Four Thirds. I feel it is a really good compromise.
 
My vote is going with Baatfam. The scenery is nice, but that bright yellow bike REALLY sets it off.
 
Plenty of interesting shots, but the two that held my interest were the same two that held everyone's interest. :-k

Baatfam's picture along the river brought back some memories. I crossed that river a couple times a month during my high school years, but never got down that close, and never had a bike back then.

Sandy's picture was one that said "come visit me". If things go well, we WILL come visit that lake on our "little ride".

But that bright yellow was the icing on the cake, my vote goes to Baatfam. :encouragement:

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Saturday. Tally.

My complements to Steve for selection of a topic-theme that got 11 good entries.

12 votes, all for two entries.

Sandy 4, Bob Baatfam 8

Bob, what other fine picture have you from the Baatfam archive....?
(..or... could be same picture, but other topic-subject-theme)

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Thank you all for the compliments...

I will do my best to come up with something fun today...
 
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