Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat

[summerdays]

What cycling is like where I live...

A Moultoneers ride (very exclusive this one) in the Moors.

A lone ride up the Castle Howard avenue. Leafy vistas, empty roads....

A Yorkies' ride. More leafy vistas, not-quite-so-empty roads.

I declare Uncle Phil the winner with a selection of photos showing a couple of people, and empty road and a group. So Uncle Phil to choose the next one and hopefully people will find it more interesting than this one.

 

[longers]

So Uncle Phil to choose the next one and hopefully people will find it more interesting than this one.

Well done Uncle Phil, it was an interesting challenge - I had a few shots in mind but forgot

 

[Arch]

I did take my camera at the weekend, but a) was too busy working to take any snaps and B) the batteries ran out the one time I did turn the camera on....

 

[Amanda P]

Right chaps. I've had a think and here's the new challenge.

Given that it's now Winter and dark nearly all the time, how about some night photography?

This may be more of a Challenge than some of the previous ones, particularly for those with not-very-posh cameras, but you can still have a go - after all, it's digital, and mistakes cost nothing.

I'd like to see floodlit buildings or fountains or whatever, time-exposure photos of moving traffic or bikes, that sort of thing. But it has to have been taken at night, or at least in less than broad daylight, and this should be evident from the nature of the photo. And there ought to be bikes or cycling involved in some way, however peripheral.

You will probably need to find a tripod or beanbag. A sock filled with sand or gravel works quite well, too (see, it doesn't have to be totally hi-tech).

You have until the end of November, but please submit entries as soon as you have them, otherwise we'll all forget about it. Again.

 

[MockCyclist]

Oh.. Am I too late to the party with this ?


[Open Image] [Hosted by PhotoGalaxy.com]

 

[Arch]

Oh.. Am I too late to the party with this ?


[Open Image] [Hosted by PhotoGalaxy.com]

That's a big auger!

Ah, you'll have to get a night pic now...

 

[rich p]

La lune!

Dormer view or dormez vous!

 

[Landslide]

Eagle-eyed observers may be able to spot TheDoctor and Radius...

 

[Amanda P]

Bump!

Keep 'em coming folks - and don't forget to take your camera out at the weekend.. or in the evening.. or in the evenings at the weekend....

Just take your camera, whatever.

Oh, yes, and what I came here to say: cycling photographers my be interested in the CityCycling photo competition.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Oh, yes, and what I came here to say: cycling photographers my be interested in the CityCycling photo competition.

Hmmm... you want me to send my photos to you... but also want me to pay for the privilege? Thanks, but no thanks.

Never seen photo competitions charge people to enter... or have I just missed these sorts of things?

 

[Amanda P]

Hmmm... you want me to send my photos to you... but also want me to pay for the privilege? Thanks, but no thanks.

Never seen photo competitions charge people to enter... or have I just missed these sorts of things?

Hey - it's not me, it's CityCycling, nothing to do with me.

But I would point out that CityCycling is pretty much a one-man, spare-time publication. There'd be no prizes if there were no fees. If you don't like it, don't enter. Rather like a raffle, really.

Our own Photo Challenge remains free to enter. But if you win, the prize is only the approbation of your fellow forummers, and the responsibility of choosing and judging the next round.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

How about this one?

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The link to cycling?.. errr..... the kid is outlining a Penny Farthing?

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Hey - it's not me, it's CityCycling, nothing to do with me.

Sorry, UP... didn't mean to sound like I was having a pop at you.. it was aimed at the folk running the comp... should have made that clearer!

 

[Amanda P]

No worries. I'm not that easily offended. I knew what you meant, but I thought I'd make it crystal for the benefit of less rapid readers.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

But I would point out that CityCycling is pretty much a one-man, spare-time publication. There'd be no prizes if there were no fees. If you don't like it, don't enter. Rather like a raffle, really.

Lol - yeah, suppose so... except that in a raffle all you have to do is wait until someone draws a ticket out... no blood/sweat/tears on your own part for taking part.

If people are happy to pay to enter then good luck to them.