The "White Garage Door"
08-06-10 | 08:17 AM
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The "White Garage Door"
Is it cheating to "borrow" someones garage door for bike posing pics?
closest thing i have to a white garage door, is, uhh, someone elses white garage door. ;D
closest thing i have to a white garage door, is, uhh, someone elses white garage door. ;D
08-06-10 | 08:24 AM
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I used the side of the smoke shack at work as a substitute for the obligatory WGD. I didn't get struck down by lightning, or anything like that.
I think the idea is to have a light colored background to showcase the beauty and detail of your bike.
I think the idea is to have a light colored background to showcase the beauty and detail of your bike.
08-06-10 | 11:11 AM
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08-06-10 | 01:01 PM
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No one in my neighborhood has a WGD. In fact, no one has a garage. Everyone has a carport. That's why you never see my bikes in front of a WGD.
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08-06-10 | 05:04 PM
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I thought that the point was to try to NOT take the pictures in front of the WGD. I like flowers.
Or something "urban"
Or something "urban"
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08-06-10 | 05:43 PM
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No garage door at my place either. I use the semi white side of my shipping container/shop.
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ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
08-06-10 | 06:37 PM
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08-06-10 | 10:42 PM
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Thank you. I am no photographer, but the images of bicycles that I have enjoyed seeing the most spotlight the bike against a real or natural theme. I like those two sots particularly because the flowers remind me of an impressionists view of Provcnce behind my French bike, and a stark, industrial background to my English bike. To me, the settings fit the bikes in some way. Other photos I take tell a story of a ride I took or a place I explored. To me, the WGD shots are like illustrations in a catalog. You see the bike, sure, but you don/t see the bike, man. Dig it?
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08-06-10 | 10:47 PM
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If you look at all the pictures I have posted through the years here there are only a couple with a white garage door... (my sisters).
I always aprpreciate interesting backgrounds to this.
I always aprpreciate interesting backgrounds to this.
08-06-10 | 10:49 PM
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If the paint keeps peeling off this wall it will soon be white... took this today as there aren't many general Stores left in these parts and I had to go and ride a bit to get to this one.
08-07-10 | 02:11 AM
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and hide the valve stems behind the forks and seat stays...
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"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
08-07-10 | 02:25 AM
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haha for me the WGD is the inside, the oustside of my garage door is brown
old SS bike
or use the scenic route
sorry for the crappy iphone pic
old SS bike
or use the scenic route
sorry for the crappy iphone pic
08-07-10 | 05:53 AM
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Just to say that I've done it, here's a WGD:
Other settings:
Back when "The Awakening" was still at Hains Point:
My first response to "flip it"
Other settings:
Back when "The Awakening" was still at Hains Point:
My first response to "flip it"
08-07-10 | 06:17 AM
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Bikes: Some bikes. Hell, they're all the same, ain't they?
I was sitting around at home one day and thought, "Hey, if I take a shot of nothing, then one with me holding the bike, I'd be able to use the 'nothing' shot to wipe me out and leave the bike standing by itself. It's so simple, it just might work!" Fifteen minutes later, I had the pic you see there.