Motorcycle picture game CHAT Thread [Archive] - SV650.org

-Ralph-

20-06-11, 07:26 PM

I've got no chance of that one, think the nearest is 80 miles away.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=castle+bromwich&ll=52.6654,-1.946554&spn=0.033991,0.104628&gl=uk&t=h&z=14

If you win you owe me a pint!

Alternatively just find your nearest stream and copy the otters, I loved building dams when I was a kid! Nobody said what kind of dam it had to be, if it holds back water...!

MisterTommyH

20-06-11, 07:33 PM

Bugger! I didn't think of Chase Water. It's actually on my way home. I went all the way to Blithfield.

Brettus

20-06-11, 07:43 PM

I've got no chance of that one, think the nearest is 80 miles away.
Think my closest would be a fair ride too but it isn't so bad of a weekend, which is why I really like the idea of this. Will get me to visit places I normally wouldn't. Anyway, looks like TommyH is on the case for this one :)

-Ralph-

20-06-11, 07:43 PM

Bugger! I didn't think of Chase Water. It's actually on my way home. I went all the way to Blithfield.

A lot of reservoirs or even local duck ponds, are man made, which means they must have a dam of sorts. Check out google maps and look for any body of water with one straight or unnaturally curved edge. Sutton Park has a dam.

Now it's just a race to get there, take the photo and post it! Unfortunately I'm stuck in a hotel in Leeds with no bike.

-Ralph-

20-06-11, 07:54 PM

Think my closest would be a fair ride too but it isn't so bad of a weekend, which is why I really like the idea of this. Will get me to visit places I normally wouldn't. Anyway, looks like TommyH is on the case for this one :)

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Malpas&ll=53.09299,-2.564503&spn=0.002104,0.006539&gl=uk&t=h&z=18

:smt031

-Ralph-

20-06-11, 07:58 PM

Now it's just a race to get there, take the photo and post it! Unfortunately I'm stuck in a hotel in Leeds with no bike.

Anyway, looks like TommyH is on the case for this one :)

The bugger posted that whilst I was eating my dinner! Nice one Tommy ;)

mabozzar

20-06-11, 08:14 PM

MisterTommyH

20-06-11, 08:17 PM

.http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=167853

mabozzar

20-06-11, 08:20 PM

naw they wernt....ok cheers...

MisterTommyH

20-06-11, 08:27 PM

Thanks ralph.

Sorry mabozzar, unless they were taken after 8:30 they don't count. Last person gets to SET the challenge with an old or file picture. Someone else can only then win the challenge by taking a NEW photo after challenge was set.

I agree I don't think it would be very fair (or much fun) to take part in your own challenge.

fenjer

20-06-11, 08:29 PM

youve already done it... so wheres the next challenge... personaly, i think the guy giving the challenge CANNOT POST A PIC till the next 3 posts have been made... what dae ye`s think... ???as we could jist keep doin it..as weve all great pics of this an that....see anyone can do that... wheres the next challenge.

The pic is supposed to posted as an example then you have to go out and take a new picture... of their bike in that setting.

First one to post gets to pick the new Tag...

Am I right?

*hides in case she's wrong*

BigBaddad

20-06-11, 08:51 PM

Check out the tax discs in the bike in a field pictures.

-Ralph-

20-06-11, 08:58 PM

Check out the tax discs in the bike in a field pictures.

:confused: Can't read it all. Lenny's says 31 08 1. Brettus says 09, but that's OK because he's setting the challenge.

Brettus

20-06-11, 09:15 PM

:confused: Can't read it all. Lenny's says 31 08 1. Brettus says 09, but that's OK because he's setting the challenge.
Just for the record mine still says 09 ;) the bolts have rusted on the tax disc holder and I can never be bothered to buy a new one. But yes, it was an archive shot for the field.

fenjer

20-06-11, 09:30 PM

Just for the record mine still says 09 ;) the bolts have rusted on the tax disc holder and I can never be bothered to buy a new one. But yes, it was an archive shot for the field.

Same - I dont have my most recent tax disc in the holder.

L3nny

20-06-11, 09:45 PM

Lenny, still haven't fixed the seat ? If you need hand, ride over to mine the weekend and I'll sort it for you.

Only day I have off this week is Thursday so I am gonna try and fix it then. If I struggle (as I probably will cause I am crap) I'll give you a shout.

Specialone

20-06-11, 09:47 PM

Only day I have off this week is Thursday so I am gonna try and fix it then. If I struggle (as I probably will cause I am crap) I'll give you a shout.

Yeah no worries mate, I'm free most nights if you wanna come over Thursday.

Looks a straight forward jobbie, some threadlocker on that bolt as well :)

hongman

20-06-11, 09:51 PM

I dont even have a holder...

L3nny

20-06-11, 11:32 PM

Oh and my tax disc reads 31 08 11 in case anyone was thinking it was 10 years old!!

MisterTommyH

22-06-11, 08:35 PM

If this hasn't gone by the end of the GM I'll be disappointed!

Brettus

27-06-11, 09:29 AM

Posting here as its not a valid entry but I thought it cool for the "TV personality" factor :smile:

Here's my new image for the tag "Bike next to a lake in the mountains"
http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg737/scaled.php?tn=0&server=737&filename=wfig.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640
http://yfrog.com/khwfigj
Sorry if this is considered cheating, I will remove it if so but obviously those aren't my bikes. They are in fact the hire bikes being used by the Hairy Bikers! They took the picture for me this morning \\:D/

-Ralph-

27-06-11, 09:35 AM

Sorry if this is considered cheating, I will remove it if so but obviously those aren't my bikes. They are in fact the hire bikes being used by the Hairy Bikers! They took the picture for me this morning \\:D/

If you are unsure, check the rules

I think a hire bike will probably be acceptable, but if you weren't riding it, or weren't even there when the picture was taken, I'm pretty sure that defeats the object of the game.

andrewsmith

27-06-11, 09:40 AM

I think a hire bike will probably be acceptable, but if you weren't riding it, or weren't even there when the picture was taken, I'm pretty sure that defeats the object of the game.

I think that fair.
I'm tempted say let this one slip and see if it gets the thread going

Brettus

27-06-11, 09:41 AM

Nah tis OK, was being a bit enthusiastic, will stick it in the chat thread for the sake of being fun but someone might be planning their own proper picture for this topic.

L3nny

27-06-11, 09:49 AM

Yer, I think it should be a picture taken by you of your bike. Pics of 2 random fat bloke's hire bikes are really in the spirit of the game.

Worth posting though, just for the celeb factor.

Luckypants

27-06-11, 11:17 AM

I'm tempted say let this one slip and see if it gets the thread goingIf I get my finger out tonight, I'll have something to to take the tag :-)

andrewsmith

27-06-11, 11:20 AM

If I get my finger out tonight, I'll have something to to take the tag :-)

Fair enuf.
Anyways, LP you modding the photo section in Richie's absence? as I think he's away or just about to go

Luckypants

27-06-11, 11:21 AM

Me and Ritchie share the modding duties in the photo section.

Richie

27-06-11, 01:10 PM

Yep ,about to go on exercise down in Castle Martin then away to Canada for a couple O' months.

andrewsmith

27-06-11, 01:22 PM

Yep ,about to go on exercise down in Castle Martin then away to Canada for a couple O' months.

Thought it was immanent. Have fun, stay safe :safe:

hongman

27-06-11, 01:43 PM

Well I could have done this while up norf!

MisterTommyH

27-06-11, 05:54 PM

If this hasn't gone by the end of the GM I'll be disappointed!

Well I could have done this while up norf!

Fail! ;)

TamSV

27-06-11, 09:40 PM

I was listening to you Tommy.

The Idle Biker

27-06-11, 10:15 PM

Yer, I think it should be a picture taken by you of your bike. Pics of 2 random fat bloke's hire bikes are really in the spirit of the game.

Worth posting though, just for the celeb factor.

Come on Brettus you must have got a picture of the Hairy Bikers too, lets see the lovable, huggable Geordie pie eating bumpkins.

Luckypants

28-06-11, 08:14 AM

I think Tam's latest challenge will be a bit tricky to get, given the lack of rain and therefore water in rivers. I have my thinking cap on...

Brettus

28-06-11, 08:30 AM

Come on Brettus you must have got a picture of the Hairy Bikers too, lets see the lovable, huggable Geordie pie eating bumpkins.
http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg738/scaled.php?tn=0&server=738&filename=tl3e.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

Here's their researcher, you can see its a hard life for the lads:
http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg739/scaled.php?tn=0&server=739&filename=4u5mg.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

-Ralph-

28-06-11, 08:44 AM

I think Tam's latest challenge will be a bit tricky to get, given the lack of rain and therefore water in rivers. I have my thinking cap on...

Need to think out the box on these challenges folks!

There's no problem finding a waterfall, there are plenty of small natural falls, and man made falls at wiers, locks and sluice gates, all over the country. Often fed by reservoirs. This one is at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire,

http://www.myfinepix.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/full/blog/217604/dscf4283_800x600.jpg

the trouble is getting a bike anywhere near one to take a photo. They are usually only accessible by foot.

If my XT600 was on the road I'd take this tag no problem without going further than 10 miles from my house, I could go here this afternoon

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Higham+Ferrers,+Rushden&hl=en&ll=52.332038,-0.681683&spn=0.000532,0.001635&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=16.889907,53.569336&t=h&z=20

under that bridge is a 5 ft vertical drop into a plunge pool that my dog loves getting a bath in, but there's no way of getting the Daytona near it.

Alternatively I could get the Daytona here,

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=geddington&ll=52.437004,-0.686676&spn=0.000531,0.001635&gl=uk&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=52.437004,-0.686676&panoid=iw5KpUWmDH_4UoPHKrLd6Q&cbp=12,79.81,,0,22.15

but it's only two small weirs with a 1 ft drop each, not too impressive.

Luckypants

28-06-11, 09:17 AM

Sorry a weir is not a waterfall. Weirs is weirs.

Yes the challenge is to get a bike a near to one, but with the lack of rain recently it may be a issue as most waterfalls near a road are natural, so flow could be limited or ceased altogether, so it's then not really a waterfall, just a cliff? :D

-Ralph-

28-06-11, 09:32 AM

Sorry a weir is not a waterfall. Weirs is weirs.

wa·ter·fall/ˈwôtərˌfôl/
Noun: A cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows over a precipice or steep incline.

If the water runs down a man made slope, I'd agree with you, but if it 'falls' vertically off an edge it's a waterfall, whether or not the edge it falls off is man made, and regardless of how far it falls. I wouldn't try to take the tag with the ford at Geddington (otherwise I'd have done it already), but the 5ft drop at Higham Ferrers, or the Bradgate Park image, absolutely would be valid.

Nothing in the tag said the waterfall had to be naturally occurring, or falling down a cliff face.

Luckypants

28-06-11, 09:38 AM

No agreed it does not have to be naturally occurring and I think we are arguing over semantics. It's the kayaker in me that is being pedantic over the definition of a weir...

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/20510601.jpg

Waterfall in the background, weirs in the foreground, all man made. :D

-Ralph-

28-06-11, 09:52 AM

Waterfall in the background, weirs in the foreground, all man made. :D

Where is that? Taken from a road? Near you? Working from home today? Go get the tag! ;) :D

I'm not trying to be argumentative and don't want to argue over semantics, I'm just saying we need to think a bit more laterally about these challenges and be able to find local solutions to the challenges presented. If the game has to wait weeks for someone to get the opportunity to do a 2 hour ride into Wales, or Scotland, or a national park, because we are trying to get an exact copy of a photo that was taken on somebody's holidays, the game will fizzle out, especially come the winter, it needs to keep moving to keep it interesting.

Luckypants

28-06-11, 10:16 AM

Where is that? Taken from a road? Near you? Working from home today? Go get the tag! ;) :DIt is and I am going to try! :grin: I think it may be tough to get bike and falls in the shot though and the trees are in leaf now....

I'm not trying to be argumentative and don't want to argue over semantics, I'm just saying we need to think a bit more laterally about these challenges and be able to find local solutions to the challenges presented. If the game has to wait weeks for someone to get the opportunity to do a 2 hour ride into Wales, or Scotland, or a national park, because we are trying to get an exact copy of a photo that was taken on somebody's holidays, the game will fizzle out, especially come the winter, it needs to keep moving to keep it interesting.Hmm might have to reconsider my challenge then... :smt084

MisterTommyH

28-06-11, 10:30 AM

Surely this is any kind of falling water? Could even be a decorative item in a shopping centre car-park (?)

TamSV

28-06-11, 10:31 AM

Sewage outlet?

MisterTommyH

28-06-11, 10:32 AM

Stretching the point a bit, but why not.

-Ralph-

28-06-11, 10:55 AM

Well the dictionary definition I posted does say river or stream, but it's up to Tam really, he set the challenge. He could have worded it "your bike next to falling water"

hongman

28-06-11, 10:58 AM

Your bike next to falling water
Bike foreground
Take a p1ss in the background

Challenge done!

andrewsmith

28-06-11, 11:55 AM

Bike foreground
Take a p1ss in the background

Challenge done!

:winner:

Luckypants

28-06-11, 01:12 PM

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/20510601.jpg

I tried to take the tag this lunchtime with a shot of this fall, but with so little water it was hard to see it is a waterfall at the moment...

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/luckypants_photos/2011_0628photo0002.jpg

There is also a new chunkier fence and summer undergrowth preventing the waterfall showing in the photos... Tried several shots..

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/luckypants_photos/2011_0628photo0005.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/luckypants_photos/2011_0628photo0006.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/luckypants_photos/2011_0628photo0001.jpg

Those are the best of them, showing it may be tricky to get a waterfall shot with these dry conditions. i have another in mind for tomorrow night though.. :D

-Ralph-

28-06-11, 04:01 PM

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w111/luckypants_photos/2011_0628photo0005.jpg

I think that's good enough IMO, although there's a fence in the way, it's clearly your VFR in front of a waterfall. The object of the game is to get you out riding your bike to a location that meets the criteria, and you've been out today and done that.

Anyone else think Luckypants should set the next tag?

Luckypants

28-06-11, 04:04 PM

Ta Ralph, but I'm planning a longer trip out tomorrow evening to get a better shot of a different fall, where the waterfall will be clearer. It's a longer ride and fulfills the object of the game!

The fall in the above photos is literally 5 minutes away.

-Ralph-

28-06-11, 04:05 PM

Ta Ralph, but I'm planning a longer trip out tomorrow evening to get a better shot, where the waterfall is clearer.

Might have got the XT running and been to Higham Ferrers by then ;)

L3nny

28-06-11, 06:25 PM

-Ralph-

28-06-11, 06:38 PM

+1 for what Ralph said, the object of the game is to take your bike to a certain location, it's not the photo comp, they don't have to be works of art.

Also I want to go for a ride tomorrow and want LP to put up a new challenge so I can do that. Pref something that exists in the midlands, i.e. not mountains!

New tag hasn't been set...

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=solihull&hl=en&ll=52.266198,-1.773568&spn=0.002131,0.006539&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=16.889907,53.569336&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=52.266198,-1.773568&panoid=D_BLAv50oIjnbmY_0xvTgw&cbp=12,20.41,,0,8.27

;)

(ok, maybe that's a wier)

-Ralph-

28-06-11, 06:44 PM

There's a pub which used to be an old Mill near Solihull somewhere that has a waterfall, but I can't remember what it's called or where it is.

Brettus

29-06-11, 07:53 AM

I'd have said that satisfies the rules, again its not a stunning picture that is sought. either way though its LPs choice if he has already planned the next ride but I'd say the first is sufficient. Whatever is decided a new tag by the weekend would be nice :)

Luckypants

29-06-11, 10:39 PM

Went out to get a better shot tonight and have claimed the tag :D My bike looks a bit pink in the photo, so maybe Brettus or some other photo guru can explain what went wrong...

Next tag should see a race to claim it :geek:

-Ralph-

29-06-11, 10:42 PM

Nice waterfall pic! Damn! Such an easy tag! I could get an ice cream out the freezer, go out to the bike just now, and take a picture. But since the object of the game is to ride the bike that wouldn't be cricket. Anyone who hasn't been drinking tonight currently setting off to their local petrol station for a cornetto maybe?

Luckypants

30-06-11, 08:31 AM

Nice waterfall pic! Damn!

Thanks, nice ride to get there and I visited me mum while out, so the game works for me!

Such an easy tag! I could get an ice cream out the freezer, go out to the bike just now, and take a picture.

Yeah I realised that after I set the tag, but there had been mention of setting a tag more accessible to all (eg no mountains) so I went for something anyone could do. My original choice of tag will take a bit of getting and is kept for another day.
But since the object of the game is to ride the bike that wouldn't be cricket.Is also what I hoped people would think.

Brettus

30-06-11, 09:12 AM

Liking the choice of topic, I've got an idea for it at lunch if it still stands. Re the pink bike, I'd imagine its down to white balance, the camera will pick something it deems to be white and balance all the other colours from it, so other colours end up skewed. I tend to shoot most stuff in RAW now on my camera and that way I can tweak the white balance later in case the camera gets it wrong. You can tweak it with a normal JPG but not to the same degree. Even on point and shoot cameras you can choose the white balance setting, auto will take an educated guess (usually pretty good in fairness) but if you know you are shooting indoors under tungsten lights or outdoors on a cloudy day then you can set it accordingly and it should look closer to reality when you look through the LCD.

I think anyway, I am fully prepared to be told I'm wrong, I don't fully understand the mechanics of photography but have got a grasp of some bits.

L3nny

30-06-11, 12:19 PM

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn187/Aran1991/IMG00106-20110630-1143.jpg]

I think the bike should actually have left ones garage. And the exhaust is obviously cold

MisterTommyH

30-06-11, 12:21 PM

I think the bike should actually have left ones garage. And the exhaust is obviously cold

Might have made a more interesting picture if the exhause was hot!

Luckypants

04-07-11, 10:46 AM

I was up the Elan valley yesterday and almost rode up to the base of Claerwen dam and fake a shot of the road being blocked... but decided it was not in the spirit of the game. :rolleyes:

sv4me

05-07-11, 10:16 PM

This is sort of dying on its *rse now, nice work Ox :thumright: lol

If I manage to get out on the bike tomorrow night i'll make sure to take my chainsaw with!

L3nny

06-07-11, 09:22 AM

What about this one, my bike IS the obstruction in the road lol

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QyGELGr7veU/ThD384lKvJI/AAAAAAAAA9k/fRLnwzfA79I/s800/crash%252520crop.jpg

ImplodedHamster

06-07-11, 09:28 AM

how long do we go before we choose to move on and pick a new tag?

MisterTommyH

06-07-11, 09:48 AM

I don't think we should. I would have thought the idea was to get continuity of the thread.

I could go and do this today, but my computers being fixed so I can't upload pictures.

Doesn't have to be a fallen tree.....could be a road Closed sign, a bollard, roadworks, a lorry turning etc.....

Luckypants

06-07-11, 10:16 AM

I agree, let each tag run until someone claims it. The game is about getting out on your bike to take the photo to claim the tag.

I know if I want to I can ride over to the B4407 which is currently closed to claim the tag... I don't have time at the moment as it's going to take a couple of hours - the point is the tag is achievable if someone wants it.

mabozzar

06-07-11, 10:31 AM

Ive read over the last 4 pages of posts... so whats the latest tag...?? i caNt seem to find it..

andrewsmith

06-07-11, 10:33 AM

What about this one, my bike IS the obstruction in the road lol

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QyGELGr7veU/ThD384lKvJI/AAAAAAAAA9k/fRLnwzfA79I/s800/crash%252520crop.jpg

anyone think this you would qualify for the tag? I'd say so Lenny

Mabozzar
Bike with obstruction in the road

Specialone

06-07-11, 10:35 AM

I know Lenny was only kidding but you're right, that's a valid entry IMO .

andrewsmith

06-07-11, 10:37 AM

I know Lenny was only kidding but you're right, that's a valid entry IMO .

Haha I guessed after a looked again.
Hope your on the mend mate

TamSV

06-07-11, 10:41 AM

anyone think this you would qualify for the tag? I'd say so Lenny

Needs to have been taken today to claim the tag doesn't it?

L3nny

06-07-11, 10:48 AM

Wasn't taken by me so can't really use it.

Specialone

06-07-11, 10:48 AM

Needs to have been taken today to claim the tag doesn't it?

Nope I thought as long as it's taken AFTER tag was set?

TamSV

06-07-11, 10:53 AM

Nope I thought as long as it's taken AFTER tag was set?

Dammit. Just when I thought I understood the rules. :lol:

Specialone

06-07-11, 10:58 AM

Wasn't taken by me so can't really use it.

I thought it had to involve your bike, not be taken by you as well.

MisterTommyH

06-07-11, 11:16 AM

I think as long as you are in the photo or taking it then it's ok. Just can't be someone elses photo from 50 miles away....

TamSV

06-07-11, 11:24 AM

Sounds like we want a new tag from L3nny then.

mabozzar

06-07-11, 11:33 AM

C`mon well lenny,, wheres the tag

Luckypants

06-07-11, 11:42 AM

Nope I thought as long as it's taken AFTER tag was set?

Sounds like we want a new tag from L3nny then.

Assuming the photo Lenny posted meets the time taken rule, I think it's an excellent way to claim the current tag. Up to him if he feels it meets the criteria....

MisterTommyH

06-07-11, 11:46 AM

Yeah Lenny just needs to post it in the game thread.

Unless we want to start the debate on whether a track counts as a 'road' :smt096

Specialone

06-07-11, 11:49 AM

Noooooooo :(

MisterTommyH

08-07-11, 09:18 PM

Well as l3nny doesn't seem to want to claim the 'obstruction' tag with his track pick, i'm going to nick it.

andrewsmith

09-07-11, 12:33 AM

Pete's probs got the next one

ImplodedHamster

09-07-11, 06:58 AM

Pete's probs got the next one
lol, the idle biker had a good picture a little while back, with the bike about 2 feet from the entrance...

L3nny

11-07-11, 05:10 PM

2 meals for £8, bargain!!

Amplimator

11-07-11, 05:20 PM

Theres a cheat in that there thread! Lennys 'bike in a field' is actually a 'bike beside a field' :rolleyes:

:p

Specialone

11-07-11, 05:23 PM

2 meals for £8, bargain!!

I wouldn't expect culinary excellence for that price tbh ;)

sv4me

11-07-11, 05:28 PM

2 meals for £8, bargain!!

I wouldn't expect culinary excellence for that price tbh ;)

Haha then you'd be pleasantly surprised Phil :) theyre actually pretty good! Curry, fish and chips, lasagne theyre all there. The place is a rip compared to one pub in Birkdale in Southport though, thats 2 for £7! Only take the missus there on special occasions \\:D/