biggs682
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That's a cracking set of gate's
Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat
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Tribansman
Veteran
oo-er Mrs
Oldhippy
Cynical idealist
They are rather splendid aren't they. I can't believe I only noticed them yesterday.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Yes it's strange how we cycle pass thinks on a regular basis without noticing them , i feel sorry for the ones that don't bother to stop and look
FrothNinja
Veteran
Bit of a slow start but in the end there has been loads of entries. Will start comparing and contrasting tomorrow.
Another 50 mins left for people to get their entries in!
Another 50 mins left for people to get their entries in!
FrothNinja
Veteran
Is it always so tricky deciding a winner?
In Hope I hoped that I hadn't proposed an unworkable theme, and hope was fulfilled - we had loads of entries.
PeteXXX managed to slip in a last minute one that made me smile and Dave 123 cracked off with a pic of his wedding bench.
There were photos of hope for builds and returning bikes to the road, geographical hopes, fishy hopes, social hopes, hopes for Spring a springing, hope for good weather (wet and dry), economic hope, Hope for hubs, hope for leisure and entertainment, hope for family, film themed hope, things called Hope, hopes for others, and hopes for the future. Quite the cornucopia of hope.
gtmet countered with 'abandon all hope, ye who enter' attached to a pic of a track that looked like it would be fun to me.
I shortlisted Oldhippy's gates because they were revealed by his search for hope, Dave 123's bench not only for his stated hope but also for the hopes of two lives implicit in any true marriage, PeteXXX's Hope Centre for obvious reasons, Oldhippy again for his Margate shelter, Tribansman's shadow hopes for his son & sun, yo vanilla's urban mural of faith in the next generation, and PeteXXX's sad forlorn hope for the forsaking of war.
There wasn't much to pic(
) between them but the final two were Tribansman's shadow hopes and yo vanilla's hope mural - which also neatly continued the previous month's theme.
In the end this was the winner:
Suggested title - Sons in the Sun
Tribansman's photo combines the hope for the future inherent in many of the entries with a more immediate hope for opportunities to get out on our bikes to enjoy and share our binding passion. I also like the way that the relationship between parent and child is central with no distractions. Yet the speed blur also gives the impression of time flying, and the shadow of the pole behind them suggests the past, a line crossed as they move toward the future with hope. There is beauty in the hope captured in a transient moment.
All the photos have shown that Hope is in the eye of the beholder, even when the beholder hasn't initially seen it.
Congratulations to Tribansman and his son/sun, I pass the bidon to them for April. I Hope it goes well...
In Hope I hoped that I hadn't proposed an unworkable theme, and hope was fulfilled - we had loads of entries.
PeteXXX managed to slip in a last minute one that made me smile and Dave 123 cracked off with a pic of his wedding bench.
There were photos of hope for builds and returning bikes to the road, geographical hopes, fishy hopes, social hopes, hopes for Spring a springing, hope for good weather (wet and dry), economic hope, Hope for hubs, hope for leisure and entertainment, hope for family, film themed hope, things called Hope, hopes for others, and hopes for the future. Quite the cornucopia of hope.
gtmet countered with 'abandon all hope, ye who enter' attached to a pic of a track that looked like it would be fun to me.
I shortlisted Oldhippy's gates because they were revealed by his search for hope, Dave 123's bench not only for his stated hope but also for the hopes of two lives implicit in any true marriage, PeteXXX's Hope Centre for obvious reasons, Oldhippy again for his Margate shelter, Tribansman's shadow hopes for his son & sun, yo vanilla's urban mural of faith in the next generation, and PeteXXX's sad forlorn hope for the forsaking of war.
There wasn't much to pic(
) between them but the final two were Tribansman's shadow hopes and yo vanilla's hope mural - which also neatly continued the previous month's theme.In the end this was the winner:
Suggested title - Sons in the Sun
Tribansman's photo combines the hope for the future inherent in many of the entries with a more immediate hope for opportunities to get out on our bikes to enjoy and share our binding passion. I also like the way that the relationship between parent and child is central with no distractions. Yet the speed blur also gives the impression of time flying, and the shadow of the pole behind them suggests the past, a line crossed as they move toward the future with hope. There is beauty in the hope captured in a transient moment.
All the photos have shown that Hope is in the eye of the beholder, even when the beholder hasn't initially seen it.
Congratulations to Tribansman and his son/sun, I pass the bidon to them for April. I Hope it goes well...
Congratulations @Tribansman and thanks for a competition that made us all think, @FrothNinja
Looking forward to the new challenge 😊
Looking forward to the new challenge 😊
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Congratulations to @Tribansman
Oldhippy
Cynical idealist
Well done @Tribansman looking forward to seeing what the theme is.
Tribansman
Veteran
Thank you @FrothNinja (and others), was a great theme with a real range of strong entries, love your judging commentary. You uncannily got the intention behind my photo, lovely caption too. And you made Mini T's day yesterday
I thought long and hard about this month's theme. I really liked Mrs T's suggestion of Re-fuelling but that prompted me to think of something that could encompass that but also reflects what the last few months and last couple of years have required, and also my love of long days in the saddle and getting out in all weathers.
So, April's challenge is... Endurance
I thought long and hard about this month's theme. I really liked Mrs T's suggestion of Re-fuelling but that prompted me to think of something that could encompass that but also reflects what the last few months and last couple of years have required, and also my love of long days in the saddle and getting out in all weathers.
So, April's challenge is... Endurance
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
@Tribansman endurance it is then
