Photo Assignment: Weekend 10/06/07

[SNC1923]

Time for another photo challenge. Last week's assignment yielded another crop of great photos. If you are reading this, please consider submitting a photo. The more the merrier. We welcome you to join us.

To forestall chaos, we humbly offer these simple rules:


Photos must be shot this weekend: Fri, Sat, or Sun.
You must provide the EXIF information if asked (we'll help you, if you'd like to know how to get it).
No photoshop alteration (we're looking to improve your skills with your camera, not software).
Your photograph must adhere to the theme, which will be described below.
Post only one photo per post, so that commentary can be easily provided for that photo.
Post your photos in this thread only. Do not start a thread in reply to this assignment. Please post your photos no later than next Wednesday.
And, the most important rule: have fun! We're looking to spread the joy that many of us derive from taking pictures, particularly ones that tell a story of some kind.


This week's theme: "Blue."

Blue can be a color, a state of mind, a musical genre, a political affiliation, a mood, and many other states of being. As with the others, let this theme speak to you, and offer us your photographic interpretation of blue.

Now get out there and take some pictures.

[bricciphoto]

This week's theme: "Blue."

Blue can be a color, a state of mind, a musical genre, a political affiliation, a mood, and many other states of being. As with the others, let this theme speak to you, and offer us your photographic interpretation of blue.

Now get out there and take some pictures.

Cool theme! This should provide numerous opportunities for each of us to play a little more creatively. Thanks again for overseeing this.

Blue, huh. :scratch

:wave

[SNC1923]

Cool theme! This should provide numerous opportunities for each of us to play a little more creatively. Thanks again for overseeing this.

Blue, huh. :scratch

:wave

Again, you are very welcome. I should also thank Kbasa, whose very bright idea it was to start this thread. There are several others behind the scenes that have helped to get it rolling, too. Boxergrrlie has offered commentary, as has Bluestune. I'm sure others will chime in eventually.

Blue. Yes, blue. :banghead

[kbasa]

Blue. Hmmmmm.......

See ya Monday! :wave

[Voni]

Blue sky day.
Building a treehouse with Dad.
Hammer. Nail.
Blue boy.
Black and blue thumb.

Voni
sMiling

[RebeccaV]

Blue sky day.
Building a treehouse with Dad.
Hammer. Nail.
Blue boy.
Black and blue thumb.

Voni
sMiling
A photo AND a poem. Very nice.

The weekend is here!:dance

[bluestune]

Didn't want this to get lost

[jdmetzger]

My photo also comes from the Carbon County Prison. Statdawg already laid down the historical details in his posting. I found this on a stairway leading down to the "dungeon". It's the basement of the jail, and the place they sent inmates who caused trouble. It's all stone and concrete, there are no windows; the only light these prisoners would see while down there came from the jailers lantern. Generally a stay lasted two weeks. One cell had a toilet; the rest had nothing. They were given a bucket at the start and it would only be changed out once it was full. The entrances of the cells were small, requiring prisoners to duck while entering. They were designed by a very religious Quaker man, who wanted them to "bow to God" each time they entered their cells.

This lantern was sitting on a ledge next to the stairs running downstairs. There was a little light from an open doorway at the top (exercise area) and the only other light (now) was from a bare bulb (probably 60watt incandescent).

[dlowry]

Hmm.. Most of these themes I've drawn a blank on. Blue was going to be simple, except I'm out in the country this weekend and not near the city. Blue could have been the Maple Leafs, or the Toronto Argo's. A self portrait even to match my mood for the weekend, but instead I decided to try and capture birds. Blue Jays specifically. We have quite a group of them up here and they LOVE their peanuts. So, a liberal sprinkling of peanuts on the railing on the deck and sit back and try to photograph them.

This is my favourite. The light was low this morning and the lens I have with me doesn't let as much light in as I would like, but you work with what you brought. I wanted to catch them either as they we landing or taking off.

Be kind...

http://newton1171.smugmug.com/photos/205058746-L.jpg

[PAULBACH]

Much better than I did. Searched the Adirondacks in NY and the Green Mountains in Vermont. But - totally shut out - skunked!

You could say I'm blue. :violin

[Dave92029]

http://jack-the-cat.smugmug.com/gallery/3502894/2#205244326

Went for breakfast at Tip Top Deli, a wonderful German deli / bakery in Carlsbad this morning. Since we were so close to the ocean went down and took a few photos with my handy Canon P&S.

The ocean and sky are blue but the pounding surf gives a Southern California feeling of both power and calm. It made me smile and I hope you do also when you see it.

This set the tone for the days ride.

[JohnF]

BLUER THAN BLUE

A blue motorcycle, on Blue Lick Road, S of Blue Lick, OH

Sat, Oct 6th

Couldn't decide what to send...so I am sending another also.

John F
Cincinnati, OH

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x55/k12rider/photo%20assignments/DSC00987.jpg

[JohnF]

A little William Least Half-Moon, Blue Highways.

State Route 78, in Morgan County, OH. A lot of blue sky, and a shot of a blue highway from over the windshield at a much reduced speed.

This is a great road to ride, it interesected with the famous "555" a few miles from here, the quality of this road and all the sweepers is much better than SR 555.

Why does the photo totally look different when I re-size it? I thougt I resized the other shot, but obviously it did not get resized, even though photo bucket says so. Having fun anyway.

John F
Cincinnati, OH

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x55/k12rider/photo%20assignments/DSCN0163.jpg

[SNC1923]

http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/205298663-L.jpg (http://snc1923.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=205298663)

Dome over the capitol rotunda in Sacramento California, Friday night. I was attending a conference there and desperately trying to find something to fit the theme. I was determined to not go with color, but found this theme of my own choosing to be a greater challenge than I had expected.

Note to self: avoid nouns.

EXIF embedded, just click on the image.

[BMWDEAN]

Hmmm. 30k made today on the '67 R60/2 ... well there is SOME blue here:

[RebeccaV]

Great pictures everyone! I had some trouble with the "Blue" theme too - I just didn't have any 'blue' moments this weekend!! I'll post mine tomorrow.

[sonnata]

Lots of great competition here!

I'm not sure if I'm doing this right as it is my first post, so I hope I get it right.

This is our youngest Bouvier, Lena. She's probably pouting because she can't read the ON.

http://www.homeproductsnmore.net/photos/LenaBlue640.jpg

[SNC1923]

Hey Kevin,

Glad you're joining us. Looks blue to me. Poor Lena. I'll bet she can read. She just can't turn the pages (no opposable thumbs).

[RebeccaV]

Here is my submission.

I don't particularly want to explain why it says Blue to me. Does anyone feel like an explanation is important to viewing the photo?

http://RebeccaVaughn.smugmug.com/photos/205535907-L.jpg

[SNC1923]

Does anyone feel like an explanation is important to viewing the photo?

Important? Probably not. . . . Most explanations (of any kind, not just these phots) are more important to the speaker than the listener.

I'm OK with them, but I admire those who feel that the picture speaks for itself, which it should--explanation or not. Having said that, "blue" has proven to be the most challenging these so far.

I particularly admire Voni's approach this week. Inspiringly creative. Poor little feller. When I hit my thumb with a hammer, the result is also blue, but that refers the stream of obscenities spewing from my mouth making all sailors and teamsters within earshot blush.

:blush

[bricciphoto]

I saw many opportunities while riding to capture a shot related to this theme, but I just wasn't in the mood "to stop and smell the roses" this weekend. :bluduh

:violin

[PAULBACH]

You meet the nicest people on a BMW. Met Jim and Linda Melanson of Latham, New York at the big tent sale Orvis holds in Manchester, Vermont.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/PaulBach/Fall%20Ride/IMG_0543c.jpg

[cjack]

Here is my submission.

I don't particularly want to explain why it says Blue to me. Does anyone feel like an explanation is important to viewing the photo?


No. I don't think so. How it makes me feel is what it is. That would be even more of what it is to me in B&W.
But it is interesting, too, how it makes the artist feel. That's something else and it might give me a different view.

[PAULBACH]

boxergrrlie

I don't particularly want to explain why it says Blue to me. Does anyone feel like an explanation is important to viewing the photo?


Marshall McLuhan:

"The Medium is the Message"

[SNC1923]

Boxergrrlie's original question has led to some really interesting discussion. . . . Great thought and arguments all the way around.

:lurk

[bluestune]

The inspiration for these two shots came from washing the car, or to be honest, not washing the car.

[bluestune]

When I shoot something I almost always see several more shots, here is the last one. These two shots were taken in my driveway. A work light served as the light source and a piece of white cardboard pulled from the trash was my reflector.

[OUTBACKUFO]

so it decided to snow on Saturday coming down Independence Pass...

Got Blue Fingers from taking too many photos in an aspen grove...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/OutbackUfo/Motorcycling/fogtreesolor.jpg

[OUTBACKUFO]

TinCup, Colorado Town Hall....

was stormy in Aspen area just 35 miles north over the the mountains... but everwhere else it sas just windy and cold but clear....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/OutbackUfo/Motorcycling/TinCupHall1.jpg



all images shot with nikon D70 28-70 mm lens with an f11 appature...

[OUTBACKUFO]

the John Sexton Aspen Grove on Independance pass

3 second exposure time on a tripod

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/OutbackUfo/Motorcycling/lazerindy2.jpg

[bluestune]

Blue sky day.
Building a treehouse with Dad.
Hammer. Nail.
Blue boy.
Black and blue thumb.

Voni
sMiling

Voni: I like the intimate, comforting moment you captured between Dad and Son. The outdoors setting, the hammer and boxes of nails (I think) seem to tell the story of building something together. I also like the tilt of the camera; it tells me something is not quite right.

What I suggest as a second shot (as if this scene could ever be set up again) would be to move the camera to the right or just turn to the right and move in or zoom in just a little closer, keeping the items on the far left side of the photo out of the frame and seeing all of the hammer, but still keeping Son and Dad as the center of interest. A little flash fill would bring out more detail and you would see more of the expressions of the two subjects, but by adding flash to this scene it might ruin a real special mood. Good shot.

[RebeccaV]

TinCup, Colorado Town Hall....

was stormy in Aspen area just 35 miles north over the the mountains... but everwhere else it sas just windy and cold but clear....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/OutbackUfo/Motorcycling/TinCupHall1.jpg



all images shot with nikon D70 28-70 mm lens with an f11 appature...
I really love this shot by OUTBACKUFO. It is so simple and elegant. The clouds reflected in the windows are delightful.

There are some really great pictures this week and beerteam hasn't even weighed in yet!! :)

RE Captions/Photo descriptions: I think that some photos need captions. For me, I need captions in magazine or news photos because often there is so much behind the photo that I need to know to appreciate it. Those sort of pictures leave me with so many more questions than answers.

However, in this context, I would rather have the image stand on it's own and have it be judged on it's own merits. I think that a viewer brings so much of himself to a photograph and sees it through the lens of his or her own experience and that is part of the process for me. If I told you what I was thinking or feeling when I made the image in some ways I think that it would detract from it.

[grossjohann]

Other obligations hampered this week’s project for me, but we did manage to grab some candid snap-shots. No award winners, just snippets of daily life:

http://www.cmc-kuhnke.com/motorrad/DSC01061.JPG

[grossjohann]

http://www.cmc-kuhnke.com/motorrad/DSC01080.JPG

[sonnata]

I really love this shot by OUTBACKUFO. It is so simple and elegant. The clouds reflected in the windows are delightful.

There are some really great pictures this week and beerteam hasn't even weighed in yet!! :)

RE Captions/Photo descriptions: I think that some photos need captions. For me, I need captions in magazine or news photos because often there is so much behind the photo that I need to know to appreciate it. Those sort of pictures leave me with so many more questions than answers.

However, in this context, I would rather have the image stand on it's own and have it be judged on it's own merits. I think that a viewer brings so much of himself to a photograph and sees it through the lens of his or her own experience and that is part of the process for me. If I told you what I was thinking or feeling when I made the image in some ways I think that it would detract from it.

boxergrrlie makes some very good points. I'm usually not thinking of anything other than trying to get the shot when I take a photo. And I certainly don't expect others to see what I see. Heck, when I see the finished shot it's always different from what I see in the viewfinder anyway. Maybe that shows my lack of expertise with a camera, but that's my experience.

I especially like reading the comments from others on the photos. For example I really liked this shot as well, but didn't even notice the clouds until she pointed them out. Now I like it even more.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/OutbackUfo/Motorcycling/TinCupHall1.jpg

[grossjohann]

http://www.cmc-kuhnke.com/motorrad/DSC01067.JPG

[bluestune]

This lantern was sitting on a ledge next to the stairs running downstairs. There was a little light from an open doorway at the top (exercise area) and the only other light (now) was from a bare bulb (probably 60watt incandescent).[/QUOTE]


Hi Josh, good eye, this photo has lots of appeal. The curve of the glass chimney, the long shadow on the wall, the small splash of blue reflection and the hard cold stone the lamp is sitting on all help to illustrate the story you told. What might make this an even stronger image would be to shoot horizontal and get closer to the lamp and shadow. By eliminating some of the blank space on the top and bottom and emphasizing the shadow you would create even more mood in an already good shot.

[bluestune]

Hi Dave, I’m one of those people who really appreciates motion (blur) in a photo, it can add an extra dimension of life to a scene. Motion in a photograph is also one of those things that’s very subjective.

You’ve captured this bird’s energy, speed and agility. The background is perfectly out of focus and has great color and texture while you’ve kept the center of interest in the right-hand third of the frame. As a suggestion on composition I would try to be a bit closer or, if you can, use a slightly longer lens.

In reading between your lines I sense that you would have liked this image to be sharper, if you have a digital SLR you might try bumping up your ISO setting to get more stop action capability. The downside to raising the cameras ISO settings is getting more noise in the image. Or…. try using a slower shutter speed for even more blur.

Many wildlife photogs spend big money on long and fast lenses. They also spend a great deal of time studying the habits of their subjects and then more time waiting for “the shot.” I really admire the determination and perseverance of that breed of photographers. Thanks for posting the photo.

[bluestune]

Hi John, I’ll choose this one to comment on just because I enjoy ridding roads like this. I like the light filtering through the trees and the overall feel of a great day of ridding on a beautiful country back-road. The exposure is right on, the color is subtle but saturated and the horizon is on the bottom third of the image. And, you stopped to take the time to shoot this, good job.

Option one would be to climb the bank of the road just to the left of the image and get a higher camera angle having the road sweep from the upper left to the lower right giving you a read dynamic line running through the photo. Option two would be to climb the bank further down the road and have the curve in the road wind through the shot. Hopefully the scenery around the bend in the road is as beautiful as it is presented here. Thanks for posting the photos.

[BeerTeam]

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There are some really great pictures this week and beerteam hasn't even weighed in yet!! :)



I had a nice 24 hour, 400 mile and almost 400 click (lots of editing) Autumn ride on Wisconsin back roads. The ride went to two cool Wisconsin events, the Airhead Rally at Wildcat Mountain and the Slimey Crud Run.

Tonight I will try to figure out which of the 49 keeper photos to post. All photo are to the theme "blue" as I was riding my blue Airhead GS and had blue skies all the ride.

Blue Photos (http://klasjm.smugmug.com/gallery/3609611/1/205836798#205836798)

[bluestune]

http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/205298663-L.jpg (http://snc1923.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=205298663)

Dome over the capitol rotunda in Sacramento California, Friday night. I was attending a conference there and desperately trying to find something to fit the theme. I was determined to not go with color, but found this theme of my own choosing to be a greater challenge than I had expected.

Note to self: avoid nouns.

EXIF embedded, just click on the image.

Hi Tom, nouns are a challenge, they stretch our creative capacities. OK time for your commentary…. The angle you chose to capture the inside of the dome works well, it allows us to see the depth and height of the dome yet delivers a very artful presentation of this interior, there’s a golden mean application in use here. Exposure is spot on, the shadows at the bottom of the dome have just enough light to show some of the ceiling structure, then the gradual increase in light levels as we ascend to the top of the dome finally reaching the blue pinnacle (that’s the blue theme, right?)

So what would I do differently? To add even more interest having a person stand near the rail in the lower left or lower right would be one option. Another possibility would be to move the camera a bit more to the right, placing the blue pinnacle the in the top right portion of the frame along with the person standing by the rail, reading the constitution, wearing a white wig, dressed in clothing from the 1800’s ….. Really the photo is very good just the way it is, thanks for playing along

[SNC1923]

Another possibility would be to move the camera a bit more to the right, placing the blue pinnacle the in the top right portion of the frame along with the person standing by the rail, reading the constitution, wearing a white wig, dressed in clothing from the 1800’s …..

:rofl

[SNC1923]

Another great group of images this week. People really stepped up to the bar with what turned out to be a somewhat challenging theme, "blue." I've enjoyed reading the comments of others on some of these fine photos. Let me add a bit of my own.

http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/206484830-L.jpg

First up this week is Voni's entry. Bluestune has already made some insightful comments on this wonderful photo. This image is filled with charm and emotion. I especially liked the inclusion of a short poem to explicate its blueness. Perhaps the most important thing to say about this photo is that she had the presence of mind to grab her camera and snap the picture. It's really a neat image.

http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/206484917-L.jpg

Statdawg's image is certainly a compelling one this week. A noose (as we've learned from recent news events) is a powerful symbol, charged with all manner of negative meanings. For that reason alone this image packs a wallop. I like the way it's composed and that it looks down on the chairs. I'm sorry he edited out his narrative. I had put off reading it and now don't know what it said. I believe he did point out that the chairs are not "period." I do wonder how much more powerful the shot may have been if only one noose had been included. Maybe not. What is someone had been sitting in the chairs? It looks like a snapshot taken from a limited position; nevertheless, it certainly draws the eye.

http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/206484890-L-1.jpg

Again, Bluestune has cogently stated everything that needs to be said about jmetzger's great image. I'm really just putting it up here again because it's worth looking at again. I didn't take it, but I like the idea that it might have been composed horizontally. Josh may have composed it this way for a reason. Either way it works, a beautiful and simple still life. I am particularly struck by how the line of the shelf and the line of the shadow converge rather than run in parallel. Sometimes the simplest images are the most interesting.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x55/k12rider/photo%20assignments/DSCN0163.jpg

This is the second of JohnF's two entries. As a counterpoint to the critique offered on his other shot, I'd like to make a few suggestions on how this shot might be even more successful. It's a good shot, but not a terribly interesting subject (it is, as he points out, the BLUE highway!). Stepping up on the bank might have made it more interesting, eliminating the shadow on the right. The vanishing point (where the road curves) is almost dead-center in the image. Just recomposing to place that elsewhere in the image may have added interest. Still another possibility would be to hang out for a few minutes to see if a bike wandered by. Having a motorcycle going down or up the road might have added a sense of drama to the shot. Still, it's a nice capture of some beautiful country.

http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/206484872-L.jpg

There's a lot to like about bmwdean's submission this week. It's a mundane subject, but one of great interest to we beemophiles. It's a great perspective--and of course, as Jeff has told us, it's a shot of his odometer. But the composition includes the headlight and its brackets. I also really like how the various lines and cables curve out of the shot. Everything is wonderfully--though not perfectly--symmetrical, which matches nicely the 30,000 readout. Nice shot.

http://www.homeproductsnmore.net/photos/LenaBlue640.jpg

A newer poster, sonnata brings us this shot of his Bouvier, Lena. This is a pretty pedestrian picture, the kind all of us take around the house or at the family picnic. But I see here a picture that will be cherished in years to come, of the beloved pet in a typical pose. Another thing to like about this is the inclusion of the ON magazine. Whether accidental or on purpose, it provides a potentially humorous counterpoint that's always enjoyable and illustrative. Fun picture. Good girl.

http://rebeccavaughn.smugmug.com/photos/205535907-L.jpg

Boxergrrlie gives us another cool image this week. Her posts strike me as "thoughtful" images, whatever that means. More than anything, this--to me--is a picture of light. The lighting is the most interesting aspect of this striking image. It's a great example of "latitude," or the range of exposure that can be captured on a given image. In the old days, different films were rated as having different latitudes: 3 stops, 5 stops, even 7 stops from the lightest light to the darkest dark. Rebecca's image exceeds the camera's latitude here. The highlight is lost in the lamp and the detail disappears into the shadows. It's an extreme range of exposure. She could have exposed for the light, but lost all the shadow detail. She could have also exposed for the shadow of the porch illumination, but the light would have appeared like a sun-spot. Her, or the camera's, decision on the exposure is the right comprimise. It's a moody, thought-provoking shot.

http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/206484846-L.jpg

Bluestune stopped working long enough this week to grace us with two very worthy images. I love this one. It's also a moody light shot. It's a very interesting image, with the shadow, the highlights, the shadow detail. The composition--the space occupied by the bike--is just right. It leaves plenty of room for the wonderful spoked-shadow. The background color ranging from blue to orange is really effective, too. It's more like a painting than a photo. What fun can be had by simply playing with a garage work lamp. Really, really nice image.

http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/206484855-L.jpg

I don't know if I even want to say anything about Bluestune's other shot. Just look at it.

OK, I'll say that Bradford Benn ought to take a look at this for a foundation card. Don't know if it fits their theme (might be a bit somber for a holiday card) but it really is a neat shot. It's just a fender, but the water, reflecting the light 1,000 times, really tells a wonderful story. Washing the bike? Getting out of the rain? It's a remarkably artistic rendering of the most mundane of subjects: a fender. Wonderful stuff.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v49/OutbackUfo/Motorcycling/TinCupHall1.jpg

I'm very pleased to see outbackufo join us this week. I enjoy his work very much. What needs to be said about this image has already been said. Very simple subject and composition resulting in a beautiful and artistic image. I particularly like the stark rigidity of the absolutely parallel lines. The reflection of the clouds in the window is brilliant and makes this really good image great.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/OutbackUfo/Motorcycling/lazerindy2.jpg

I actually had a kind of physical reaction to this image. I could feel myself shivering on the side of a cold, wet road as traffic roared by. What I like best about this shot is that it takes an "error," the reflected motorcycle light resulting in lens flare and turns it into an artistic component of the image. Really striking shot. I don't know if this was purposeful or happenstance (I suspect the former) but it really works. The trailing automobile headlights resulting from a slow exposure provide a nice counterpoint.

http://www.cmc-kuhnke.com/motorrad/DSC01080.JPG

grossjohann provides another great family shot. This is an image that will likely endure in the family album. That the photographer dares to get so close is what makes this memorable. I also like that this is of a child playing with a loose tooth (as they all do) rather than of a gapped-tooth smile. Think of how many of the latter you've seen. Very few of the former. Anyway, fun shot.

http://www.cmc-kuhnke.com/motorrad/DSC01067.JPG

I'd like to offer a few comments about one of grossjohann's other submissions. First, I like how it fits the theme. It's a thoughtful photograph as well. "Why is the chair empty?" one might ask. The exposure range is great. It appears as though the chair is flash-lit and matches well (not perfectly) the sunset exposure. And like the picture of his wife in the kitchen, the subject is slightly out of focus. The autofocusing cameras allow one to lock the focus on the intended subject, especially if that subject is not in the center of the image. This is usually accomplished by pointing the camera at the subject, depressing the shutter release half-way, recomposing the image, then firing. Play around with this. It will change the way you take pictures.

Again I'd like to say what a great group of shots we had this week. Still time to turn some in. What are you waiting for? What, do you have to work or something? Look for next week's photo assignment tomorrow or early Friday.

[BeerTeam]

http://klasjm.smugmug.com/photos/205906183-L.jpg
AboveRight 180 degree sweeper
BelowLeft 180 degree sweeper
http://klasjm.smugmug.com/photos/205908930-L.jpg



http://klasjm.smugmug.com/photos/205910993-L.jpg

I know I did not follow the rules of one photo per post, but I look at this as one scene. The picture is coming down from Wildcat Mountain State park in Western Wisconsin. I am on my way to breakfast, three hours after sunrise.

I may have to do a re-take on the top photo, as I just noticed a beer can a few feet behind my rear tire. I normally pick up garbage that would be in the photo.

[kbasa]

I really like this one, Santa.

http://klasjm.smugmug.com/photos/205908930-L.jpg

[BeerTeam]

http://klasjm.smugmug.com/photos/205836798-L.jpg


I have taken this road several times and the photo alway turns out different with the position/strength of the sun and the different seasons. I just love the way the Amish have restored the rural environment of the countryside..

[SNC1923]

I really like this one, Santa.

http://klasjm.smugmug.com/photos/205908930-L.jpg

I'm going to go with Dave on this one. Of the three, this is the standout photo. It's an ordinary picture of an unusual bit of pavement. Gorgeous bike. I love the light filtering through the trees. Low contrast and really nice.

You're going to go back and remove the beer can? It's precisely this attention to deal that leads to these kinds of photos.

[BeerTeam]

http://klasjm.smugmug.com/photos/205868606-L-1.jpg


An old fence, windmill and a low sunlight in a blue sky.

[MLS2GO]

This was taken at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City MO. The Stsdium is udergoing massivbe restorations and improvements and the Season Ticket Holders were invited out to the Stadium for a last look. The Royals colors are blue and white note the home team dugout in the foreground, the blue skies, the blue trimmed scorebaord, the blue of the water in the fountains and of course the red white and blue blowing in the breeze. This was taken with my point and shoot and you can see the distortion in the corners from the lense. Really taken as a commemorative snapshot, but still fit the idea of blue.

[kbasa]

http://klasjm.smugmug.com/photos/205868606-L-1.jpg


An old fence, windmill and a low sunlight in a blue sky.

Classic compositional elements here. The fence post leads you in, the windmill gives it interest.

Beautifully done.

[BeerTeam]

Forget the assignment tell me about that R 80 GS or I will be blue. :scratch


It is a new to me 1988 R100gs. The bike has a White GS flyscreen/windshield that I am will someday put back on. The Front fender I plan on raising to the original high location.The GS looks like and old school R80 GS without the flyscreen. The 1988 is just like the Black Bumble Bee GS.

I had a 1985 R80RT that I sold last spring, with the intent to get a Airhead GS. I was telling that to a friend and I now am a GS Airhead owner. It cost me $1500 to upgrade. I am happy. The GS has a bunch of the needed upgrades. The Airhead with the white paint is a little harder to blend into a photo than my silver 2002 Oilhead GS.

I have been on a few Dual Sport Adventure Ride with the Oilhead GS, but it is just to heavy to do what I want it to do.

Here are a few pics that I took last Saturday of my "new" GS



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[RebeccaV]

Sweet bike Santa! It looks like it is really in great shape.

[SNC1923]

Neat shots of a neat bike. The first and fifth shots above might very well have been in the original sales brochure. You sure have some cool places to ride, man, and a cool ride to do it on.

[BeerTeam]

You sure have some cool places to ride,

Tom, I think everyone in America has neat places to ride to. I just go out and try to find these places in my backyard.

When I show a person who lives in Wisconsin my Wisconsin photos, they comment great photos. Show the same photos to someone who lives outside of Wisconsin, and they will comment what a beautiful place.

One aspect of living in a area that has distinct season changes you can play the four seasons to your advantage. As you have noticed I headed north till I hit Fall colors three weeks ago. I will follow the Fall Colors south into southern Wisconsin (or maybe I should get some yard work done) in the next few weeks. We have the Lake Michigan effect, also as a factor and I actually took Fall colors into November. After the Fall colors and the leaves are on the ground, bare trees are also cool to photograph.

Many times I am taking picture, and I get "the look", and I know what people are thinking. They are thinking what the heck is he taking a picture of that for or why is he laying on the ground or climbing on something.

That is when you know it going to be a good shot.

[kbasa]

Yer killin' me over here, man. :thumb

[Mar]

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Taken at the Return to Shiloh Rally last Saturday. It was a lazy day in the pines.

[bricciphoto]

That's a beautifully simple composition Marilyn. Often less is more. :wave