Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat

[Oldhippy]

A small ditch bridged by a tiny bridge.

 

[stoatsngroats]

Tangmere, A27.

 

[chriswoody]

Over the river today.

 

[chriswoody]

Over the railway today.

 

[IrishAl]

Thanks for all of the great entries. I'll be judging over a strong coffee in the morning 👍😊

 

[IrishAl]

Deliberations, deliberations…

With so many great photos this month it has been tough to narrow down to a shortlist. We had stunning views of lakes and mountains, rivers, daybreak, trains passing under bridges….my top 9 as I narrowed down…

 

[IrishAl]

But there can be only one winner as they say so my top 3

Winner and 1st place - @Aravis
In 2nd place - @roubaixtuesday
and in 3rd place @biggs682

September in Scotland:

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[stoatsngroats]

Congrats @Aravis a nice image, and thanks for judging @IrishAl .
What’s October’s photo challenge ! 😀

 

[PeteXXX]

Well done @Aravis .Lovely photo!
Thanks for a fun challenge @IrishAl

 

[Oldhippy]

Well done, looking forward to the next challenge.

 

[lazybloke]

OK This is a little game which had a lot of success on another (car) forum that I used to be on.
Basically someone sets a challenge which is to take a picture of your bike next to a certain type of monument/landmark/building/interesting feature/anything curious really. The first person that validly fulfills the challenge gets to set the next one. It has to have your bike in the photo, and the person that set the challenge adjudicates whether it passes the challenge.

might not take off, but give it a go...

first one: my bike, next to an ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE snail!

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so the first challenge is to take a picture of your bike next to a similarly massive (or just oversized) animal.

and bonus points for identifying the location of the above snail.

Holy cow. Gonna need a bigger pack of nematodes!
(and yes, I do know I'm responding to a post many years late)

 

[roubaixtuesday]

But there can be only one winner as they say so my top 3

Winner and 1st place - @Aravis
In 2nd place - @roubaixtuesday
and in 3rd place @biggs682

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I'm very flattered, thank you, but also mortally embarrassed and need to give up my 2nd place to @biggs682

The photo was not intended as an entry, and is ineligible as taken before the comp opened, and a dam rather than a bridge.

Apologies all round.

 

[Aravis]

Thank you @IrishAl. That was a picture from the island of Gigha a couple of weeks ago. There was a fishing boat preparing to set sail to my right, and the water was every bit as crystal clear as I've tried to make it look.

Today doesn't look ideal over most of the country either for cycling or photography, but I know I shouldn't underestimate the members of this forum! I'm hoping to have chosen the next subject by midday.

 

[Aravis]

I had a look at the Wikipedia entry for October to see what possible associations there might be. Apparently it's Vegetarian Awareness Month, something I ruminated over for a while.

Subjects based around autumn have been chosen at this time of the year before and have always been popular, but I'd prefer to find a new angle. I would therefore like to make October's subject "Fall". Please ride carefully when attempting this challenge.

Entries to be submitted by midnight on October 31st, with the result unveiled as soon as possible afterwards.

Good luck!

 

[Oldhippy]

That will be interesting seeing how we all interpret that as a subject. 😁