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    Thanks, Justin. It was a funny situation taking that pic. On a not-so-traveled road on a reservation here I noticed the tower and sun in just the right spot so I turned around for a pic. As I was on hands and knees trying to get my phone in the right spot, a tribal police officer stopped and waited at a few carlength's distance. As I stood up he slowly pulled up and asked if I was OK. Um, yeah...just taking a picture! Well don't take too much longer, OK, he says, and drove off. I didn't get things lined up how I wanted but felt sort of silly and split!
    Roger

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      Originally posted by Redman View Post
      This challenge had me looking thru lots of pics ...... and then got me out for a ride this afternoon (despite being barley 40 degF).

      But now that I see these recent entrys .....

      Ah, here is my pic anyway (as I was getting sand blown into my face/helmet/ears/neck)
      Looks like a fission reactor between the cylinders. Bet that thing's a rocket to ride, LOL.
      Nice shot Dave!
      Roger

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        Originally posted by Burque73 View Post
        Thanks, Justin. It was a funny situation taking that pic. On a not-so-traveled road on a reservation here I noticed the tower and sun in just the right spot so I turned around for a pic. As I was on hands and knees trying to get my phone in the right spot, a tribal police officer stopped and waited at a few carlength's distance. As I stood up he slowly pulled up and asked if I was OK. Um, yeah...just taking a picture! Well don't take too much longer, OK, he says, and drove off. I didn't get things lined up how I wanted but felt sort of silly and split!
        HAHAHAHA
        Wow, Love the story that goes along with that picture!
        I can only imagine it in my head.
        When i take pics of my bike I have gotten some weird looks... But you take the cake on that capture!
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        Originally posted by Hayabuser
        Cool is defined differently by different people... I'm sure the new rider down the block thinks his Ninja 250 is cool and why shouldn't he? Bikes are just cool.

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          Originally posted by Burque73 View Post
          .................................................. ......... so I turned around for a pic. ...................
          ......................was on hands and knees ................
          Photographers are weird.



          <<< and just so you know I am joking: For my picture, I was laying on my side in sand, propped up on one elbow. >>>
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            Originally posted by Redman View Post
            Photographers are weird.



            <<< and just so you know I am joking: For my picture, I was laying on my side in sand, propped up on one elbow. >>>
            Funny. I come home with dirt up my back side like I wiped out or maybe laid down for a nap next to the bike, LOL.
            Roger

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              Ok guys, this is bugging me. I posted a pic that has been enhanced by Google and I feel like an athlete that's been secretly doping or something. Is that cheating, do you think? It's not like I added the tower in the back with a photoshop thing I simply, as Buffalo Bill says, pumped up the colors a bit.

              Here's the original photo. If you feel it was deceitful, please speak up.



              and the enhanced photo

              Roger

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                I'd say you're good, don't worry about it Roger. It would be like a photographer adjusting a photo with shutter speed/film type... Except for a few, we're just a bunch of amateur picture takers.

                Also, we're being graded on the subject, not the quality of the picture.
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                  Its all good. I'll use my iphone photo editor to adjust pictures when needed.

                  I consider it modern dodging / burning - a photo printing technique to lighten / darken local spots on a print to enhance it.
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                    There's not enough difference in those two pictures to even mention it.

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                      personally I like the original better.

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                        Originally posted by trevor View Post
                        ................ pics playing with sunlight to make the shot interesting....
                        .
                        Friday.... Voting.....

                        Trevor's picture does play with sunlight to add interest to to the shot of bike at restaurant. Quite a dramatic sun flare.
                        Hey, Trev, Tell us if there was something specific you did for that.

                        Interesting that most all the submissions that the sun is the major element/subject of the photo (including mine).

                        I keep coming back to the Glen DB photo with sun thru trees, and the Roger Burque photo of sun thru water tower. I can imagine both of them out for a ride, seeing something of the sun, and then finding a place to pose bike for for a picture. Glen included the shadow of the bike, which adds yet another intersting element to the picture. Roger had the bike fill the foreground, and I was impressed how well exposed (and focused) the bike was with such heavy sun in the background. I like both of of those pics quite a lot, so need to think of something to use as a "tie breaker in my mind" between the two.

                        Glen DB pic is a great interesting picture that will have great appeal to a wide variety of viewers.
                        For a tiebreaker of "picture of bike that plays with the sun to add interest"; I give a slight edge to Roger Burque.
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                          I'll vote for Redman's. I'm going to call it "Nuclear Fission" 👍
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                          22 BMW K1600GT (Probably been to a town near you)
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                          79 1000e (all original)
                          82 850g (all original)
                          80 KZ 650F (needs restored)

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                            Tough one this week. In no particular order...

                            DB's dreary fog w/glint of sunlight

                            Trevor's shot of the sunlight makes even a gixxer look angelic

                            Bonanzadave's glimpse of the sun's energy beaming from the Excel building

                            Jedz sunrise over the Street Rod

                            Steve, maybe a few minutes earlier or something

                            All great pics, but Redman's sun through the engine does it for me.
                            Roger

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                              Great pics...close for me between DB and Redman

                              But I'm going to go with DB's pic.
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                                My vote goes to Roger!
                                Great pics by all though!
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                                Originally posted by Hayabuser
                                Cool is defined differently by different people... I'm sure the new rider down the block thinks his Ninja 250 is cool and why shouldn't he? Bikes are just cool.

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