Pic of the week game

[Spyder]

Tough call this week. All great entries. I'm split between Trevor, an Baatfam... Just really love the bikes. Coin flip says, it's Trevor for my vote...

[bccap]

I'm going with Kerfunk. I get a feeling of someone who had a little fun setting up the scene.......

[cowboyup3371]

I'll vote for Trevor's this week

[steve murdoch]

Redman with the airbox reflection is my favourite this week.
Although my choice may have been affected by too much Halloween candy.

[kerrfunk]

Well gang, I'm gonna call it.

8 submissions so far.
13 votes.
I have not seen a contest with more than 14 votes, and we have a pretty clear winner already.

kerrfunk, dorkburger, and Rich82GS750TZ all got one vote each
Redman received two (and Redman, I didn't see a vote from you, and I know you're not available this morning)
gustovh received two votes, or three, if his "I like my picture" is considered a vote for himself.

and trevor received five.

If somebody thinks it's premature to call it, then say so, but we have thirteen votes in, and it would take another three to overturn trevor.
Steve, I know you submitted a picture and didn't vote, but again, it would take two or three to overturn trevor.

Good theme, dorkburger. I like the submissions, although selfishly I wish the theme had been either Halloween or harvest and not both, but it's a game and we're all having fun and that is all that matters.

Trevor, congratulations on your fourth win! Let us know what the next theme is!

[Baatfam]

And trevor it is! Congradulations

A four time winner should be able to come with a killer theme, but just in case, here are the past themes for inspiration.

Date	Theme	Created By	# of Entries	Winner	Winning Post #
1/21/2018	Low Light	Burque73	7	dorkburger	4
1/27/2018	Interesting/peculiar roadside attraction	dorkburger	7	Burque73	37
2/3/2018	On the border	Burque73	5	Mrs. Steve	65
2/10/2018	Slightly less than perfect riding weather	Mrs. Steve	7	Jedz123	?
2/18/2018	Bikes of GSR Rallys	Jedz123	5	Burque73	141
2/24/2018	Sports	Burque73	5	trevor	159
3/3/2018	Playing with sunlight	trevor	7	Redman	194
3/10/2018	Reflection	Redman	9	storm 64	232
3/17/2018	Motorcycle packed down	storm 64	8	Sandy	257
3/24/2018	Something twisty	Sandy	10	Steve	278
3/31/2018	Water	Steve	11	Baatfam	310
4/7/2018	On or near a bridge	Baatfam	11	Redman	371
4/14/2018	Lonely road	Redman	16	Burque73	409
4/21/2018	What's up?	Burque73	13	Redman	469
4/28/2018	Outstanding In a Field (or at least in view)	Redman	10	Sandy	509
5/5/2018	"Special Effect"	Sandy	8	Gustovh	558, 574(big)
5/12/2018	"...something different that includes a part of your bike…"	Gustovh	10	dorkburger	598
5/19/2018	your bike casting a shadow	dorkburger	9	Burque73	653
5/26/2019	Downtown	Burque73	9	Jedz123	693
6/2/2018	Live Action	Jedz123	11	kerrfunk	721
6/9/2018	Picture with a passenger	kerrfunk	8	trevor	749
6/16/2018	"…your bike with some form of 'Heavy equipment'."	Trevor	4	Redman	794
6/23/2018	Bike at the water	Redman	14	Jedz123	809
6/30/2018	Mountains	Jedz123	9	trevor	867
7/7/2018	Sunset	Trevor	13	gustovh	895
7/14/2018	Field repairs	gustovh	9	Baatfam	948
7/21/2018	Out in the rain	Baatfam	7	Burque73	988
7/28/2018	"…one or more farm animals…"	Burque73	8	cowboyup3371	1016
8/4/2018	"...your bike with any art."	cowboyup3371	10	Burque73	1037
8/11/2018	"…and interesting or really old church."	Burque73	11	Steve Murdoch	1072
8/18/2018	"...your bike with a flag."	Steve Murdoch	12	Storm64	1139, 1140(big)
8/25/2018	Aviation	Storm64	11	wacky941	1175
9/1/2018	Monumental	wacky941	10	Redman	1233
9/8/2018	"Bike In Unexpected Place"	Redman	14	Charlie G	1272
9/15/2018	"Places of Spiritual Meaning"	Charlie G	10	Downs	1319
9/22/2018	"...with a piece of emergency equipment."	Downs	10	Baatfam	1353
9/29/2018	Gigantic animal	Baatfam	9	Charlie G	1406
10/6/2018	High Places/Things	Charlie G	11	dorkburger	1469
10/13/2018	Halloween / harvest	dorkburger	8	trevor	1506
10/20/2018		trevor
10/27/2018

[Baatfam]

And BTW trevor, I couldn't help but play with your picture a bit. Hope you don't mind.



Mostly I just removed excess pixels from the top, bottom, and a little from the left side. To my eye, they really weren't helping to tell the story.

Doesn't make one better than the other, but it is fun to make different photos, from the same photo.

[trevor]

And BTW trevor, I couldn't help but play with your picture a bit. Hope you don't mind.



Mostly I just removed excess pixels from the top, bottom, and a little from the left side. To my eye, they really weren't helping to tell the story.

Doesn't make one better than the other, but it is fun to make different photos, from the same photo.

Don't mind at all...looks great!
Thanks for the votes guys..

[trevor]

How about a pic at "dusk"....I don't think we have done this....

This was taken about 4 years ago on the way home from the pnw gs rally that was held at Sandy's home in Cranbrook BC...

This was taken on my descent into Osoyoos BC....I always stop here for a pic....This was on my 1983 GS1100E...cheers

[Baatfam]

Nice one!!!

[trevor]

Nice one!!!

Thanks! I would love us to get away from "riding game" style pics...more about the photo than what's in it.

[Baatfam]

Thanks! I would love us to get away from "riding game" style pics...more about the photo than what's in it.

You know I agree...(Sadly my last couple efforts were lacking..LOL)

[Redman]

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If somebody thinks it's premature to call it, then say so,.............................

No problem.
My understanding is voting is Friday till midnight Pacific time, regardless of if submitters have voted or not.
(Voting to go into Saturday in event of tie. First tie breaker decides it.)

How about a pic at "dusk"....I don't think we have done this....
.............

Good subject-theme.
Somewhat specific but allows for a range of scenes and compositions.... and a bit of a photographic challenge in terms of exposure.

Made me wonder if I really know about the difference between "dusk" and "sunset".
I suppose is one of those things where I seem to have a general idea, but not sure of the specific definition. Thought other folks might have the same question. Have looked into it, and seems that dusk is after the sun has set (top of sun below horizon) but sun light still shining up on the sky. So, if can still see the sun (or sun THRU the clouds) then that is not dusk (okay, so that eliminates about 98% of my shots from what I would have thought.)

[Burque73]

I used this shot before but it actually fits better here. Taken just after the sun went over the horizon.

[Sandy]

I'm back. Been a busy summer and haven't been around much. Traveling, mountain biking, kayaking ...it's tough life being retired. Anyway here's one from a number of years ago taken during the evening at one of Vince's rallies when we went to a local park to play with the cameras.



by soates50, on Flickr