Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat

[rich p]

I did a day of cycling in the pissing rain last week in Belgium but it was too wet to get the camera out

 

[Aperitif]

Did you see many Belgian buns rich?

 

[Amanda P]

I'll tell you what, chaps.

As it's looking like those Met Office fellows have changed their minds again, and as no-one has yet jumped in with rainy photos, and since those rainy photos might all have been rather depressing, and since it's spring and there are lots of colourful flowers about, here's an alternative challenge:

Pictures illustrating bikes or cycling and spring flowers

Dancing daffodils as you mountain-bike in the Lakes, Dutch bulb fields with bikes going by (or Lincolnshire ones will do), cycling past a florist's stall at the market... you get the idea. Lots of lovely saturated colour, please.

 

[Arch]

Nice! I'll be out and about on Sunday, so rain or shine, I'll get something...

Damn, I just though, I could be clever and get a pic at the flower stall on the market, but reading your post again, I see that's not so original!

I'm NOT going to try and get my bike onto my window box. Probably.

 

[Auntie Helen]

Here's one I prepared earlier... my trike used to buy (and transport) some flowers for mothering Sunday.

 

[Amanda P]

I'm NOT going to try and get my bike onto my window box. Probably.

If you do, you'll get top marks for effort.

 

[Arch]

If you do, you'll get top marks for effort.

Ah! I've had an idea....

 

[Angelfishsolo]

So have I. Must remember to take my camera with me tomorrow!!!

Ah! I've had an idea....

 

[ComedyPilot]

Blow me down. I've just been out in the rain and wind, and there were blooming daffs everywhere, I could have killed two birds with one stone...!

 

[Arch]

ok. I have a few. This isnn't cheating by flooding with entries, it's me being indecisive about which to enter. I think I better put them in separate posts, in case I overload the system...

first, the joke one...

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Now a proper one:

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[Arch]

and a couple more:

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Annoying, there's a smudge on the lens, which is why there's a blurry patch, not noticed at the time...

 

[Aperitif]

Nice photos Arch - topcat1 has a bike/flower pic in the Manningtree ride thread...

 

[Speicher]

Arch, as you are so good at photo altering (photoshopping?), can you get the lady bird to look like she is cycling along the road that is just beyond the brick wall. As it is, she is nearly cycling along/balancing on the top of the wall.

I am not surprised you are indecisive about which one to submit, they are all very good.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Arch I hope you don;t mind, I though I'd try my hand at Speichers' suggestion

 

[Arch]

Arch I hope you don;t mind, I though I'd try my hand at the suggestion

hee hee! I wish I'd spotted that myself! I really wanted a better view in the background - York Minster - but I couldn't get the ange low enough and still be able to see the primulas...

Actually, I have to admit, all the other shots have been photoshopped (tidied?) a smidge - one to remove a telegraph pole, two to get rid of my impromptu D-lock kickstand, and one to remove my feet