June Photo Comp!

[falc]

Another competition and another topic this time chosen by last months winner b_1_rd!

The subject is...Water!

b_1_rd is going to get an example picture but to quote b_1_rd "Basically the idea behind it is to have water in the picture, whether that be a rain soaked bike, a landscape with water behind (or in front for the adventurous types) a bike. Even a wet road or puddle would do. In keeping with the forum, the bike should be included.

Not much more I can add to that really, following on from last competition it should be fairly easy to keep it on topic esp. judging by todays weather!

Good hunting

[fizzwheel]

I know I know, you've seen it before, but I really do like this photo, its also proof you dont need hundreds of pounds worth of DSLR camera to get a good picture as I took this on my Nikon CoolPix4600 which at the time cost £100 you can get better compacts for that money now

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e344/fizzwheel/CDSCN1262.jpg

[Bluepete]

Now THAT's a winner Mr Fizz!

[Stingo]

Went to Bideford...

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/tirelessboy/BIDEFORD1.jpg

Fujifilm finepix 2600Zoom

[YoungMan]

Hmmm - so that's what my bike would look like without its undercarriage - Nice.

Intrigued by the gadget on the pillion. Is it hooked up to the battery? :smt090

I'll get me coat ...

[Stingo]

Hmmm - so that's what my bike would look like without its undercarriage - Nice.

Intrigued by the gadget on the pillion. Is it hooked up to the battery? :smt090

I'll get me coat ...


Lol! It's the pillion ejection device...:smt042

[b_1_rd]

Excellent starters guys, I don't need to send an example now, the rest have some beating to do already.

Fizzwheel is right, a good picture is not good because of the camera. Sure it helps in the picture's final quality and that only really matters if your blowing the picture up to poster size, the content has to be good in the first place and that's what counts.

Good luck all.

[Rhiwbina_Squirrel]

Damn it! I rode past the lake near where I live earlier and the sunset was incredible - Would've been an amazing photo opp! Too bad I didn't have my camera. I guess that's what I'm doing tomorrow, now!

Alex

[Lissa]

Taken on our Euro trip last year. The lake below Neuschwanstein castle.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/curvey.jpg

[falc]

I think this is going to be a tough competition :D

A very cool pic Fizz, always liked that one :cool:

Awesome pic Lissa, worthy of framing that one

[Grinch]

Well here is my entry...
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t155/lgmdaniel/P300508_1317.jpg

Bandit 650 @ Hayling Beach, with the Isle of Wight in the background.

[Luckypants]

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/luckypants_photos/Bike%20Ride%2028th%20April/DSCF0145.jpg

My curvy before her demise, Bala lake 28/04/07.

[Alpinestarhero]

woo!!!! one i can enter!!!!!!!!!

how many entries? just the one right...?

[falc]

woo!!!! one i can enter!!!!!!!!!

how many entries? just the one right...?

Yup just the one entry per user

[rob13]

excellent I may be able to get involved with this one. Might try and think outside the box for it

[Alpinestarhero]

Yup just the one entry per user

right, in that case, I am going to try really really hard. I have an idea

[b_1_rd]

excellent I may be able to get involved with this one. Might try and think outside the box for it

That's the style rob. :D

Dan (Grinch) you should have put that in last month......second thought's no you shouldn't, you might have beat me. ;)

[vfrcauv]

My idea this morning was to take a photo of the SV with Lake Norman in the background. On the way to take the shot, remembered there is a fountain in the center of Birkdale Village, Huntersville, NC on the way for the Lake shot. The children were playing in the fountain to cool off, since it will be in the 90s here this afternoon:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh104/vfrcauv/th_RSCN0359.jpg (http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh104/vfrcauv/RSCN0359.jpg)

[Warthog]

Cool I like that one Bill, and Fizz's one too so far. I shall have to take a new trip for this assignment.

[vfrcauv]

Cool I like that one Bill, and Fizz's one too so far. I shall have to take a new trip for this assignment.

Thanks! Seems like when I have a plan for a photo, always see something that works out better on the way. Guess I should plan to take shots without planning? :scratch:

[fizzwheel]

Guess I should plan to take shots without planning? :scratch:

I think those are the best sort of shots, where you havent planned its just a case of point and click. It seems more natural that way.

[gettin2dizzy]

Took the SV to Pembroke and managed to drive it right on the pebble beach :) SUch a a stunning place!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/2550943723_61e0d1c21d_b.jpg

[Stingo]

That's red hot G2D...niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

[mattSV]

Newquay, a couple of years ago

http://lh6.ggpht.com/Mattsv1000/SEcK2lhcrHI/AAAAAAAABSA/yXb12xaWOIE/s640/IMG_1328.JPG

[StreetHawk]

Took the SV to Pembroke and managed to drive it right on the pebble beach :) SUch a a stunning place!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/2550943723_61e0d1c21d_b.jpg

:notworthy:

[DarrenSV650S]

My SV beside the beautifully calm Loch Peallach on the Isle of Mull

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k164/DarrenStewartTait/31-03-07%20-%20Isle%20Of%20Mull/S2010044.jpg

[markmoto]

FIZZ and G2D have certainly set the bar high this month :cool: will defo have a go enter for my first time this month might be with the fazer1000 though ;)

[dizzyblonde]

Thats a swwwwweeeeeet pic G2D....absolutley gorgeous. This June ones brought out some stunners

[b_1_rd]

Geez, I'm glad I can't take part now. lol

[Binky]

Everyone is a sucker for a good sunset. Unless a better sunset comes along i think its game over.;)

[Hank]

Took the SV to Pembroke and managed to drive it right on the pebble beach :) SUch a a stunning place!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/2550943723_61e0d1c21d_b.jpg
Absultely Fab photo. Colours are really good.

Interesting to see that you are suffering from the really, really irritating compact digital camera problem of dust spots on the image sensor (which show as the two round grey dots on the left side of the photo). I have this problem with my Sony DSC P200. There's loads about this issue on photo forums. There are a number of options: You can send your camera back to the manufacturer to get it sorted. You can open up the camera yourself and clean it - looks scarily complex to me! Or, I saw one fix which suggested placing a vaccum cleaner hose over the lense and in effect sucking the dust out. I read a lot about this and then tried it (very carefully!) and amzingly it did remove the worst of the dust and the camera is fine!! Not necessarily recommending this, and strictly no liability for damage to .org members cameras accepted!! The less drastic option is to use Photoshop or something similar to digitally erase the marks......

Still love the photo.

Hank

[vfrcauv]

Great Photos! :smt023

[Binky]

It'd be a piece of **** to touch that up using Photoshop. You'd be done in about twenty seconds. And that includes opening the programme first.

[rob13]

Am I right in thinking we are ok to enter without the presence of a bike in shot?

[Warthog]

Am I right in thinking we are ok to enter without the presence of a bike in shot?

No its pretty much gotta have a bike in the shot I think!

[Luckypants]

Am I right in thinking we are ok to enter without the presence of a bike in shot?

b_1_rd is going to get an example picture but to quote b_1_rd "Basically the idea behind it is to have water in the picture, whether that be a rain soaked bike, a landscape with water behind (or in front for the adventurous types) a bike. Even a wet road or puddle would do. In keeping with the forum, the bike should be included.

Not much more I can add to that really, following on from last competition it should be fairly easy to keep it on topic esp. judging by todays weather!

Good hunting

The above quote is from the OP of this thread, it needs a bike in it.

[melody]

Took the SV to Pembroke and managed to drive it right on the pebble beach :) SUch a a stunning place!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/2550943723_61e0d1c21d_b.jpg

Fabulous!

The top front half of the bike looks like a lions head to me.:)

[melody]

And my contribution.

Nowhere near as stunning as G2D, but as competitions are all about participating, :cool:

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm23/tsitsim/LAKEDISTRICT009.jpg

Ullswater, Lake District, taken yesterday.

[Grinch]

Looks lovely to me as its got a curvy in it.

[gettin2dizzy]

Cheers everyone :) I've rather fond of it too ;) It sums up entirely what touring is about; you can just notice the outline of my tankbag/luggage
Absultely Fab photo. Colours are really good.

Interesting to see that you are suffering from the really, really irritating compact digital camera problem of dust spots on the image sensor (which show as the two round grey dots on the left side of the photo)

It's a Canon 400D which has an sensor cleaner, I'll check the lens tonight to look for spots though :thumbsup:

[ocr_sv]

whens the closing date?

[Shellywoozle]

Well here is my entry...
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t155/lgmdaniel/P300508_1317.jpg

Bandit 650 @ Hayling Beach, with the Isle of Wight in the background.

Nice .... like the effect of this !! :)

[silent11]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/phild11/P6060008.jpg

heres my attempt :D

[fizzwheel]

Thats a great Photo G2D, stunning.

[amarko5]

Cheers everyone :) I've rather fond of it too ;) It sums up entirely what touring is about; you can just notice the outline of my tankbag/luggage


It's a Canon 400D which has an sensor cleaner, I'll check the lens tonight to look for spots though :thumbsup:

they wont be on your lens they are on the sensor :p trust me i know it happened on my 20d. i figured out a way to clean it all off though. got a straw and taped it to the hoovers smallest nozle and then hovered about 1mm over the sensor (careful not to touch it) and keep the hoover well away. it worked for me :eek:

[amarko5]

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t238/amarko5/water.jpg

OK ive changed my picture here's a recent one ashness bridge road near keswick in the lake district :salut:

[falc]

whens the closing date?

Ah yes thats a good point, generally we close it 5 days before the end of the month. That allows 5 days of voting for the winner, lets say the 25th, nice number to end on.

Awesome pictures so far, G2D that is a stunning pic, where was it taken?

[gettin2dizzy]

Ah yes thats a good point, generally we close it 5 days before the end of the month. That allows 5 days of voting for the winner, lets say the 25th, nice number to end on.

Awesome pictures so far, G2D that is a stunning pic, where was it taken?
Cheers :) it's just Here. (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=51.780931,+-5.104866&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr)
Halfway between Pembroke and St Davids.

[Richie]

Took the SV to Pembroke and managed to drive it right on the pebble beach :) SUch a a stunning place!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/2550943723_61e0d1c21d_b.jpg

Simply Stunning...

[Alpinestarhero]

Ok, my official entry:

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u54/alpinestarhero/DSC_0054.jpg

But I will be voting for getting2dizzy's pic, that is just awesome

Matt

[BanannaMan]

Not a winning pic but here's a shot of my bike on the Blue Ridge Parkway (VA, USA) on Saturday 7.6.08

http://www.allenschevron.com/h2oSV.jpg

[Lissa]

Fabulous!

The top front half of the bike looks like a lions head to me.:)

I think it looks more like a wildebeast:D

It will get my vote, anyway. Totally stunning pic.

[Rhiwbina_Squirrel]

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x263/rhiwbina_squirrel/DSCF0263.jpg

That's my entry complete with slightly wonky tank pad! Taken at Ogmore yesturday

Alex

[Warthog]

Oooh Amarko's new picture is awesome!

[Bluepete]

By popular demand, My bike on Warburton Bridge yesterday morning. There is some water in the background!

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0024.jpg

[Woz]

I know it's not worth trying to compete with gettin2dizzy's entry, which is amazing, but here's my little effort from today's rideout to Studley Deer Park (Yerkshire does have it's plus points)


A slightly different perspective...

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u285/woz70/Comppic.jpg

[Jester666]

K800i phone and no photoshopping.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s95/jesterSV650S/My%20Bike/005.jpg

[blueto]

Looks lovely to me as its got a curvy in it.


do you need your :smt101 testing mr grinch?

[Jester666]

do you need your :smt101 testing mr grinch?

:smt021 :lol:

[plowsie]

Paul, is your name on the back of that helmet, written on or sticker?

[Jester666]

Painted by my own fair hand Badly!! :lol:

Seen what I did to your old fairing? :cool:

[plowsie]

Yes I very much like it mate. Got any other pics mate?

[Jester666]

I'll PM you.

[plowsie]

I'll PM you.
Thank-you xxx

[Grinch]

do you need your :smt101 testing mr grinch?

Nope, and I own 2 curvys...

[yanto]

taken will a camera phone over llanelli steelworks spot the ladies face
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8500/l00a8d46b8ea48da075d959nt8.th.jpg (http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l00a8d46b8ea48da075d959nt8.jpg)

[trickywoos]

G2D, I had the same with my 400d - (see attached)

http://i25.tinypic.com/330srqo.jpg

But some TLC from my Dad made it go away- although I like the vacuum idea.
And I'm gutted that we were not on bikes when i took this pic!! LOL!


Top pic of yours tho- abs amazing.

[mister c]

I have a couple that I took early this morning on the way to work. Not very good, but it involves water :)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/croozenooze/New%20SV/DSC00220.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/croozenooze/New%20SV/DSC00219.jpg

[JamesMio]

This is no more than 40mins (at a very leisurely pace) away from my front door.

And yes, that is the road ahead winding and wiggling away down there... After the descent the road runs right the way alongside the loch, it's stunning it really is! Oh, and this road eventually brought me out about mid-way along the famous A701 (Edinburgh to Moffat 'Beeftub' road), just to doubly re-enforce exactly why I took up this wonderful new hobby!!

Taken with a camera phone so apologies for the grainy image quality!

Seeing as I'd completely missed the Photo of the Month competition, butchered from my original thread (Mods, feel free to delete that other one, thanks).

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee87/JMio/DSC00524.jpg

[amarko5]

Seeing as I'd completely missed the Photo of the Month competition, butchered from my original thread (Mods, feel free to delete that other one, thanks).



is that meggetts water ?

[b_1_rd]

Oh a panoramic! Nice pic JamesMio. Voting is going to be hard in this one, some awesome pics. And we're only half way through the month!

[JamesMio]

is that meggetts water ?

Sure is, past the cafe at St Mary's Loch, left up the side of the reservoir and eventually you find that. It's times like that I wish I had a decent camera, mine does it no justice at all!

[falc]

Oh a panoramic! Nice pic JamesMio. Voting is going to be hard in this one, some awesome pics. And we're only half way through the month!

Yer its a tough month this one, but everyones a winner...in a roundabout kind of way :D

[markmoto]

Heres my effort just a random pic when i was out and i noticed it had some water in it :-)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/mototech/pentax010m.jpg

[chris8886]

http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v96/1/30/505055908/n505055908_77439_9178.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=77439&id=505055908)

a little dubious in terms of water, but thought i wouls share this beautiful piece of machinery i found in the US last year!! :D

[BanannaMan]

Looks like we're getting less and less water....:lol:

So.... even though I already have a pic in....
Just for the fun of it...
Here's a pic from 2003 taken at "Bridal Veil Falls" in western North Carolina, USA.

Later that year part of the rock shelf collapsed onto the roadway.
It wasn't reopened until sometime in the fall of 2007.
Hope to make it down this year for some "new" pics!

http://www.allenschevron.com/h20.jpg

[Warthog]

Oh my dear god that is the winner! How cool is that!!?

[amarko5]

Oh my dear god that is the winner! How cool is that!!?

Probably very cool, if you step into the waterfall :D

[falc]

Awesome pic, will be putting up the poll sometime tomorrow

[zunkus]

Guys, I thought of competing but I'm out of my league with you lot. Stunning pictures here. Well done to all. You guys are taking this thing seriously!

[Quiff Wichard]

never seen such a load of drivel- have you lot any idea which end of a camera is which?













;)

[MR UKI (1)]

never seen such a load of drivel- have you lot any idea which end of a camera is which?













;)

U shud put your avator pic in the comp Quiff.

[Lissa]

U shud put your avator pic in the comp Quiff.


You saying Quiff is wet?

:D:D:D

[zunkus]

OK Quiff, post your best effort and then we'll use it as a benchmark

[haggis]

Wouldnt want to ride under that waterfall on a frosty morning. 8)


OK, here is my entry. I've not managed to get out on the bike with the camera this month, so it's one from ages ago.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u220/madmud75/svview.jpg

[Bluepete]

U shud put your avator pic in the comp Quiff.

I'm going to start putting copyright marks on my pics from now on ;)


Cheque please!

[Warthog]

never seen such a load of drivel- have you lot any idea which end of a camera is which?













;)

hehe
http://raena.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/fail.jpg

[falc]

Polls are up, so get voting.

Had to make three threads this time, very good turnout from all.

BanannaMan I submitted your first picture since you said the one above with the waterfall was for fun.

[b_1_rd]

hehe
http://raena.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/fail.jpg

LMAO that's awesome! :thumbsup:

[Warthog]

Oh no, I wanted to vote for the waterfall one!! Bananaman, you shot yourself in the foot!

[falc]

Oh no, I wanted to vote for the waterfall one!! Bananaman, you shot yourself in the foot!

There there Warthog, it will be ok ;)

[BanannaMan]

Oh no, I wanted to vote for the waterfall one!! Bananaman, you shot yourself in the foot!


Wouldn't be the first time! ;)

Actually.. when I posted it I wasn't aware I could change pics.....but no matter....really..
I don't either are the best pic in this bunch...
And is my bad for not knowing.

Do they make motorcycle boots with steel toes??? :confused:


Won't be the last!

[amarko5]

I allways seem to find a better shot right at the end of the month LOL

heres another place i discovered today

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t238/amarko5/Image00001-2.jpg

[plowsie]

Coooooool

[ThEGr33k]

What is July's comp going to be?

[falc]

June's winner decides it.

[ThEGr33k]

June's winner decides it.

I think we know who that is.... :rolleyes:

[gettin2dizzy]

I think we know who that is.... :rolleyes:
:-dd

[ThEGr33k]

:-dd

So whats the next comp big lad?