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Pic of the week game

Had nothing to submit on the subject, on viewing all the photos there are some good ones.

My vote goes to Redman
 
Tough crowd... gs forum and Wes Cooley himself looking up at something you see how often? Doesn?t even get a mention...lol 🙂
 
Saturday, Vote Tally.
10 votes.

2 votes for Glen Dorkburger's Coaster Structure and Flags photo.
8 votes for that goofy guy Redman's Sunset Beach Gulls photo.
And some mentions for Burque, Lurch, Steve, Trevor and Jedz.


I have some photos in mind, but need to decide which and what theme-topic will be of the most interest to more folks.
Will be back later today.
 
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Outstanding In Field (or at least field in view)

Outstanding In Field (or at least field in view)

For this week:
Outstanding In Field (or at least some field in field of view, do not need to be IN the field)
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This from Brown County rally some years ago. Was seeing these rolls out in the fields all over, then saw one field where was a way to get into the field (that is; not a big ditch not big tractor ruts).
I imagine lots of folks have pics with, I don't know, corn fields, or fields with cows, or other such scenic, ah, er, um, pastoral settings.
 
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Okay, how about this one from back when I first got the bike and really started riding it in 2011. This was back home in Colorado next to my neighbor's place who had a couple of old horse drawn plows in their property. Yes, this is the front side of their 40 acres and you can see my old place in the upper right corner

Antique by Scott Baker, on Flickr
 
Sandy, you?re photos are always incredibly sharp. I?m assuming you are using some sort of Digital SLR camera?
 
Sandy, you?re photos are always incredibly sharp. I?m assuming you are using some sort of Digital SLR camera?

I did use a DSLR with a couple of lenses for a few years but because of it's size it spent too much time at home. Otherwise I shoot with what you could call an advanced point and shoot. This is an older photo that was taken with my first digital camera, an Olympus C750 UltraZoom, and it took amazing sharp photos. I went with a Pentax DLSR system for several years and the last 2 years have been using a Panasonic ZS50. The trick I find with point and shoots, for me anyway, is to take the thing off Auto and shoot in Aperture priority in around the middle of it's range, pay attention to your shutter speed and adjust the ISO as required so the shutter speed doesn't drop below 1/100 sec. The Panasonic will shoot raw files which I do as JPGs soften the pictures somewhat and then do some minor tweaking for colour and sharpness in Adobe Lightroom.
 
Turns out I have only a handful of pictures for this challenge, (and most weren't very good).

Picked this one from the Red River Rally in 2012. Not my sharpest picture, but it fit the theme best.


 
An open New England field set behind an ancient stone wall obstructed by a Beautiful English bike...
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