Photo of the Day - or Week - or Whatever

Biker395 · 2013-03-07 16:29:45

Love that shot! Well done. Brilliant :love:

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11-24-18 | 06:02 AM

#2851

Cheeky DeVille

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Originally Posted by h2oxtc

Love that shot! Well done.

Brilliant

11-24-18 | 11:58 AM

#2852

Jseis

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From: The old Northwest Coast.

Bikes: 1973 Motobecane Grand Jubilee, 1981 Centurion Super LeMans, 2010 Gary Fisher Wahoo, 2003 Colnago Dream Lux, 2014 Giant Defy 1, 2015 Framed Bikes Minnesota 3.0, several older family Treks

Dishwasher fail on T-Day. 5 hours of plumbing groping and...it works! Filter plugged by a small piece of plastic (off milk jug) and 10 years of gunk.

11-25-18 | 09:43 PM

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locolobo13

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Big Ramada Path by res1due, on Flickr

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16th St Bridge by res1due, on Flickr

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Train Crossing by res1due, on Flickr

11-26-18 | 04:05 PM

#2854

Biker395

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12-03-18 | 10:52 AM

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locolobo13

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Engine 7287 by res1due, on Flickr

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Repair Station by res1due, on Flickr

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Careless Weeds by res1due, on Flickr

12-03-18 | 01:05 PM

#2856

gevad

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Originally Posted by locolobo13

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Engine 7287 by res1due, on Flickr

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Repair Station by res1due, on Flickr

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Careless Weeds by res1due, on Flickr

As always, really neat pictures. Thanks for posting them.

12-03-18 | 11:02 PM

#2857

GuessWhoCycling

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Engine 7287 by res1due, on Flickr

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Repair Station by res1due, on Flickr

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Careless Weeds by res1due, on Flickr

Nice pic! I like to mess with editing programs and saturating the colors thru layers. I use the free program GIMP to edit. Free cool program much like photoshop.

Hope you don't mind!

12-04-18 | 07:31 AM

#2858

TimothyH

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Similar from last summer.

12-04-18 | 07:39 AM

#2859

locolobo13

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Originally Posted by GuessWhoCycling

Nice pic! I like to mess with editing programs and saturating the colors thru layers. I use the free program GIMP to edit. Free cool program much like photoshop.

Hope you don't mind!

Cool. I haven't played with the photos like that in a long time. I have an older version of Paint Shop Pro. My workflow is mainly crop, sharpen if needed. Adjust the histogram if needed.

My computer is wimpy so I shoot jpeg rather than raw. So the camera already does some color adjustments in the output. But sometimes it is fun just to play with a pic to see what comes out.

12-04-18 | 07:43 PM

#2860

DeceptivelySlow

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Decided to get in a ride yesterday before the cold and snow return:

12-04-18 | 09:38 PM

#2861

TimothyH

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Dang, there's that Blue Ridge Parkway again, calling me.

-Tim-

12-05-18 | 12:06 PM

#2862

GuessWhoCycling

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Quote:

Originally Posted by locolobo13

Exactly! I had to get a new computer to accommodate the programs I wanted to use. I bought the stand alone version of Light room so I could shoot raw. Honestly I don't see much difference in shooting raw for most pics. I use a free program called GIMP that I got of the net for free. Much like photoshop but free!

That is what I used to saturate your train pic.

I see a bigger difference in my images shooting full manual over auto than I do shooting in raw vs jpeg. If it's a detailed landscape pic, then maybe raw is better. But once I edit the pics, I don't one person has ever been able to tell the difference between raw and jpeg, including me!

I just like playing with the camera on full manual trying to capture images I cannot with full auto. These were taken raw so I do see a difference had I taken them in jpeg. But I am just a guy messing with a camera and not a photographer. A real photographer may be able to see the difference but I can't.

These were at night in Laughlin, set at about 3 or 4 seconds shutter speed.

12-05-18 | 08:58 PM

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locolobo13

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40th St Rest Area by res1due, on Flickr

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Sky Harbor by res1due, on Flickr

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Spur to nowhere by res1due, on Flickr

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Lost by res1due, on Flickr

12-08-18 | 07:24 AM

#2864

locolobo13

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Granada Park by res1due, on Flickr

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Arizona Canal by res1due, on Flickr

12-08-18 | 08:51 AM

#2865

jppe

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TimothyH

Dang, there's that Blue Ridge Parkway again, calling me.

-Tim-

My brother and I rode Skyline Drive plus the BRP North to South in May 2015. My wonderful wife provided support. GREAT week long ride. We had perfect weather all week. It was very close to 600 miles and 60,000' of climbing. Heck, Skyline Drive was 115 miles hotel to hotel with 10,000'+ climbing......that was day one and was really tough but got us off to a terrific start.

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12-08-18 | 07:18 PM

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jppe

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I bet someone was really surprised to get home and NOT find their pizza still sitting on top of their car!!!

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12-08-18 | 08:55 PM

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TimothyH

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Originally Posted by jppe

That's great, and a great photo. It took you 7 days?

I've done the section past Grandfather Mountain, the viaduct and down into Blowing Rock. I was going to ride from the US Capital to my home in suburban Atlanta back in 2005 but life got in the way.

User [MENTION=38651]merlinextraligh[/MENTION] did it August 2017. Another Blue Ridge Parkway/Skyline Drive Thread

-Tim-

Last edited by TimothyH; 12-08-18 at 08:59 PM.

12-08-18 | 10:11 PM

#2868

jppe

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Originally Posted by TimothyH

7 days is correct. I had ridden most of the Parkway doing various rides over the years but not end to end. We stayed at my daughters house in Boone on the next to last night and then my wife’s sisters house in Asheville the last night. The sights on that section of the last day are outstanding. We also discovered a small town in Va called Floyd. Fun place!

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12-09-18 | 02:27 PM

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Biker395

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jppe

I bet someone was really surprised to get home and NOT find their pizza still sitting on top of their car!!!

Awesome. Great photo!

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12-09-18 | 08:32 PM

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12-10-18 | 12:45 PM

#2871

TimothyH

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Not cycling related but this is the best Santa photo ever.

It is my daughter sixteen years ago.

12-10-18 | 01:47 PM

#2872

GuessWhoCycling

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Nice beautiful day and ride with the wife. She did very well, a 16.4 average speed over 32 miles on a breezy day. Not bad for a 56 year old chick!

12-10-18 | 09:29 PM

#2873

locolobo13

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Western Canal by res1due, on Flickr

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Dry Canal by res1due, on Flickr

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Under the 101 by res1due, on Flickr

12-11-18 | 11:04 AM

#2874

DeceptivelySlow

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TimothyH

Dang, there's that Blue Ridge Parkway again, calling me.

-Tim-

Here's a few more from the Parkway yesterday; however, I will confess non-cycling content; wife and I hiked up there; we did see fat tire tracks: (PS that picture of you daughter is great)