Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat

[Kirstie]

VERY nice!
like the bashring, what crankset is it?
and what marzocchis are they, they look at least 150mm!

It's a Shimano Hone crankset and marzocchi All Mountain SLs 2006.

 

[Fnaar]

How did you manage to curtail your enthusiasm for the outcome of this contest?
The panel (me and some coffee) has made a decision, and would like to make the following comments:

Windy Rob: Nice purple vegetation in your first pic, 2nd (is that by Devil's Punchbowl?) and third also deserve mention.
Brock: Nice framing of window and bike, then your badger's eye views are deserving of special mention.
Kirsty: Lovely well-trimmed vegetation and rather splendid decking
Joe24: Nice use of the bike at the edge of the pic to highlight the road etc blah blah blah
RicjhP: a bike covered in snow... too cold
Noodley: scottish blah blah
Fossyant: yeah yeah, its a bike and some plants


And the winner is... (drum roll and 30-minute wait to bild tension)....

From Brock!

Congratulations... you win a camera, but I left it on the bus, so if you find one, it's yours, OK?

 

[Aperitif]

bRock on!

I liked the spoke / tree abstract personally, myself, I but well done that snapper!

 

[Brock]

Oh hooray! I've never won a camera before! I'll Ride all the buses in Thumberland on the off chance of finding and claiming my prize!

I was quite pleased with that photo myself, except for the annoying red tulip thing, which I wish I'd yanked out of the ground and thrown out of shot.

And now, for the next challenge I'd like to see:

Your bicycle and an aircraft.

Fairly self explanatory really, have fun!

 

[Fnaar]

I was quite pleased with that photo myself, except for the annoying red tulip thing, which I wish I'd yanked out of the ground and thrown out of shot.

Ah, you see, it was the juxtaposition of tulip and rear wheel that swung it... bicycle and vegetation melded into into one, a suggestion of plant and machine coming together as if by design to forge a lasting yet somehow ephemeral, yet also visceral if you will, image of etc etc.

 

[Brock]

Ah, you see, it was the juxtaposition of tulip and rear wheel that swung it... bicycle and vegetation melded into into one, a suggestion of plant and machine coming together as if by design to forge a lasting yet somehow ephemeral, yet also visceral if you will, image of etc etc.

Well, I mean er, yes of course, that's why I wanted the tulip exactly where it was.

 

[rich p]

Ah, you see, it was the juxtaposition of tulip and rear wheel that swung it... bicycle and vegetation melded into into one, a suggestion of plant and machine coming together as if by design to forge a lasting yet somehow ephemeral, yet also visceral if you will, image of etc etc.

for me it represented in a way too ethereal to explain in mere words something of mans inhumanity to man, the timeless clash between the imagined and unimagineable...........the old bike - tulip; tulip - bike conundrum.

 

[Fnaar]

...........the old bike - tulip; tulip - bike conundrum.

Yes, like tulips from Amsterdam, where they also have a lot of bikes... and drugs and that sort of thing.

 

[Brock]

old!? How dare you!

 

[Aperitif]

This morning in passing...

not guessed what the plane is yet?

and, of course...

Brockster is obviously going to an air display this weekend...

 

[Brock]

Oh well done Aperitif! I was beginning to think I'd made it too hard.
I'm not going to an air display no, I did have visions of laying on my back trying to get a passing plane in shot with my bike, but I've been a bit busy with final preperations before we leave on our grand cycle adventure. I won't be about much now, so I think you must be declared the winner on this one, you've certainly filled your brief with style! Congratulations Sir!

 

[punkypossum]

What's the next challenge then????

 

[Aperitif]

Ah! Sorry punky - all this bestowing of status
Have a good voyage Brock - hope the weather is 'sett' fair for you.
The next photoadventure topic; your bike and a clock, or other timepiece. It might be the clock in the café, the pub, the four wheeled vehicle, the town hall. Could be your grandfather with his clock? Everyone's got the time to do this challenge.
Short, witty explanations to accompany your art are welcome - winner will obviously be in second place!
How about next Monday evening as a closing time? Allows for the opportunity to upload during this week.
Get the cogs turning people, this is not a wind up - it's time to demon your faces!

 

[dodgy]

Doh, shame the challenge wasn't set before the weekend's riding.
Still, I'm off this week so I'll see what I can do
Can I suggest that the closing time is set in order to allow a new challenge to be set for the weekend?

Dave.

 

[Aperitif]

The bewitching hour for the latest ballade photographique will be Thursday 18:00 - Results () will be announced later that evening, enabling dodgy to set the new topic a Friday thought and weekend action. A good idea Dave.