Pic of the week game

[lurch12_2000]

Nice part of the country on holiday /visiting relatives?

Yup, I have a son who lives further south, but borrowed a car(with steering wheel on wrong/right side!) and my wife and I spent days driving around England, Wales and Ireland. Like to get back there again to venture up to Scotland next time. I happened to met up with a bunch of vintage bike riders meeting outside the castle in Conwy. Nice riding roads everywhere! Visited Norton's Donington Hall factory too.

 

[fastbysuzuki]

Yup, I have a son who lives further south, but borrowed a car(with steering wheel on wrong/right side!) and my wife and I spent days driving around England, Wales and Ireland. Like to get back there again to venture up to Scotland next time. I happened to met up with a bunch of vintage bike riders meeting outside the castle in Conwy. Nice riding roads everywhere! Visited Norton's Donington Hall factory too.

If you come again on the way up to Scotland try a visit to Devilsbridge (Kirby Longsdale Cumbria) big bikers meet
better on a Saturday as not to many there, Sunday is really busy (the local council has made the car park Bikes only on Sundays)
There is another decent meet at Glasson Dock near Lancaster I live in Fleetwood Lancashire only to happy to meet up if you come back.

 

[dorkburger]

Vince, I immediately thought of your picture when the subject for this week was given. I still remember when you posted it a while ago and I still think it?s a wonderful shot. Gonna be a tough week to decide...

 

[Sandy]

View attachment 54881 Here is my entry, took a ride with Sandy and Rich up to the local park look out at sunset.

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Great shot. Was that from when we all went up to the state park for the sunset shots or did you go back and do it again?

 

[gustovh]

Yes Sandy was when we went to the state park, here is the other shot.

 

[Redman]

Entry.
Not any photo-shopping (other than cropping).
This is how the light came thru the lens and tickled the photocells.

Note 1: Yes, THis kind of silhouetting can be done on smartphone camera by selecting which area of the frame to adjust the exposure to, knowing other elements will then be underexposed.

Note 2: I took several shots of this. For more general purpose audience would beter like the shots with wider view (so see more of wheel) and further down so see less pavement and more sky is in view. But I selected this shot for you SuzukiGS heads because you will recognize it is a wheel from the spoke pattern and because I purposely aligned the slots of the dual discs so see them (thru them) so you recognize is brake disc. To align the slots from the two disc required being quite a ways back, have camera in just the right position, so then didnt have many options for composing the view of the beach/pier/sunset.

Note 3: Well, Grumpy ol' guy Crab #1:
To me photography is what one does with a camera, and maybe can include making the print as part of photography.
What someone does with a photofile using some photo editing software, well, to me anyway, that is photo-editing, photo manipulation.
I would not want to say that any photomanipluation should be diss-allowed. SOmetimes I may manipulate a photo to copy over to remove some distracting element (like I concidered copying over that sign/post in this picture, but did not think it was too much of a distraction).
Just stating my opinion (from an old guy whos first camera didn't even have a light meter and had nothing requiring batterys). Not suggesting any changes to this photo game/contest. But judging highly edited/manipulated/produced images (where the editing is the main element, the main object of the photo) is rather difficult next to, well, next to photos.
Garsch... am getting to be an ol' grump.
I suppose is somewhat like stock bike verses cafe-bobber.
Okay, I am over it.
All interesting photos, er, um, ah, images here.

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[Baatfam]

Note 3: Well, Grumpy ol' guy Crab #1:
To me photography is what one does with a camera, and maybe can include making the print as part of photography.
What someone does with a photofile using some photo editing software, well, to me anyway, that is photo-editing, photo manipulation.
I would not want to say that any photomanipluation should be diss-allowed. SOmetimes I may manipulate a photo to copy over to remove some distracting element (like I concidered copying over that sign/post in this picture, but did not think it was too much of a distraction).
Just stating my opinion (from an old guy whos first camera didn't even have a light meter and had nothing requiring batterys). Not suggesting any changes to this photo game/contest. But judging highly edited/manipulated/produced images (where the editing is the main element, the main object of the photo) is rather difficult next to, well, next to photos.
Garsch... am getting to be an ol' grump.
I suppose is somewhat like stock bike verses cafe-bobber.
Okay, I am over it.
All interesting photos, er, um, ah, images here.

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Well Dave, I would counter that with the fact that all digital photos taken by a modern camera or phone have been "developed," (unless you shoot RAW format).

Your camera, or phone, makes adjustments to the RAW file, color, white balance, sharpening, noise reduction, and even special effects if you push the right buttons, and you get a finished JPG, generally.
Now what a lot of us do, is shoot in RAW, and just do the same thing in Lightroom or ON1. That gives us the control, instead of the camera.

DNR/Panoramic photos, changing out the sky, removing unwanted things, changing to black and white, etc., is just taking it to another level. (And it can be fun)

Back in the dark room days, negatives were manipulated to change the final print. Dodging, burning, etc. No difference.

Remember, no matter how we create the image, it is all about composition and light.

Ohhhh....voting tomorrow...

 

[Burque73]

Ok, this has nothing to do with bikes but weird things are happening with my camera phone. You're right Bob, our digital cameras are definitely changing the images we capture. I use the panoramic setting to catch larger images and sometimes it just gets weird. My entry this week is one example, and here's another I took a couple of days ago.

I need to replace this shower door and took a panoramic shot, moving the camere from side to side. The image looks like two separate photos pieced together.

 

[Steve]

It actually stiches MANY pictures together, but evidently you were going vertically, when you should have been going horizontally to get that result. :-k

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[Redman]

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Bob, I have no real argument with you or anybody. My only point is that if the image is more a product of using manipulation techniques, then the image is a good example of the persons manipulation skills. And is kinda hard to have such compared to a photo.
But doesn't really matter here, is just a fun game. People vote for what ever they like for whatever reason.
I enjoy seeing it all.

 

[Redman]

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The image looks like two separate photos pieced together.

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................... but evidently you were going vertically, when you should have been going horizontally to get that result. :-k
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I would think, if going vertically, the Pano function will work if hold phone/camera sideways (horizontal).

Later note: Yah, I just tried it. Worked.
Also: Notice the arrow, may need to start down and go up, or may need to start up and go down.

 

[fastbysuzuki]

All in all my vote goes to redman ​ would have voted for mine but I don't have many photos so picking a new subject would be difficult if I ever win.

 

[Jedz123]

Damn, Sandy your example is just amazing!

My vote goes to Gustovh this week! I love this picture....

 

[cowboyup3371]

I'll say Gustovh as well

 

[Jedz123]

It just encapsulates the solidarity it is to be a motorcyclist...

 

[dorkburger]

Agreed. Voting for Vince (Gustovh) as well.

 

[Baatfam]

Gustovh....Nicely done!

 

[Charlie G]

I'm voting for Sandy this week. I have no idea how he created that shot but it reminds me of the center fold ads for the 850g when it first came out. Vince's is a close second and his bike is a "Jewel in the Rough" that should be a BOTM.

 

[Sandy]

I'm also going with Vince. The composition is both simple and perfect. It shows what can easily.be done with any camera or.smartphone. Well done.

Mine was actually very easy to do. Camera on a tripod, one shot without the gas tank, seat and assorted parts, one shot with. Simply blend the shot with parts attached over the other and adjust transparency to suit.

 

[gustovh]

Now I gotta say Charlie, no one has ever accused the B!itch of being a jewel in the rough. Many other nasty names but not a jewel of any kind. Oh and by the way, the B!tch is an L.

That is my favorite picture and not many close seconds.

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