Homage to the Garage Door Background in Photos
06-19-09, 01:23 PM
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Homage to the Garage Door Background in Photos
I've noticed that the garage door background for bike photos is becoming a classic. We should appreciate it's stark white beauty and simplicity when showing off our rides. Long live the garage door background in bike photos!
06-19-09, 01:39 PM
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Some of us don't have white garage doors and don't have a big enough door to show off the bikes.
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06-19-09, 02:22 PM
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Do searches in the Road Cycling forum for some real interesting threads expanding on the topic.
I don't have time to search now, but try a search for OCP... Obsessive Compulsive Poseur... or maybe garage door...
the rules for a "proper" bicycle photograph have been debated, the white garage door is only the start.
I still see the OCP logo around occasionally in someone's signature.
I don't have time to search now, but try a search for OCP... Obsessive Compulsive Poseur... or maybe garage door...
the rules for a "proper" bicycle photograph have been debated, the white garage door is only the start.
I still see the OCP logo around occasionally in someone's signature.
06-19-09, 07:38 PM
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Here is the garage door pic of my Coiler on the day I bought it. The bike is long gone but I still use the garage door daily
06-20-09, 02:45 PM
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06-20-09, 03:19 PM
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Little secret: even generic white garage doors can be painted. Brown, for example:
06-20-09, 07:13 PM
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Caloso, congratulations on having the wit to photograph a white bike against a dark background. Please explain this arcane concept to some of the bike manufacturers' web site designers: https://www.jamisbikes.com/usa/thebik.../09_sonik.html , https://www.fujibikes.com/Road/Perfor...oubaixPro.aspx
https://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/...ad/2259/35370/
I like to be able to see the frame, not just the tires.
https://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/...ad/2259/35370/
I like to be able to see the frame, not just the tires.
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06-21-09, 10:59 AM
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