Various image resources and thoughts
Not a perfect composition, I'd have liked to have seen the wheels in the shot, but dramatic nonetheless... as before, a long lens, hand-held.
posted by gtveloce @ 11:31 AM
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Hmmm. A case of get as close as you can, use a long lens (400mm in this case, hand held), as high a shutter speed as you can get and follow the target... Tri-X 35mm Pentax shot, 1977.
posted by gtveloce @ 11:28 AM
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This is my most popular image on Flickr. Why? It's not the greatest photo I've ever taken, but I guess it's exactly as stated - a seatpost that has failed. And in that sense it tells a tale that's both very personal and very painful; and one that other bike riders may imagine happening to them, if they are not careful!
FWIW it's a lightweight "3TTT"-brand seatpost that fitted into the slightly smaller than 'usual' diameter seat tube of my Look KG76 bike frame. You can see that it has had fluting milled out and painted black. It and the Look frame (with Mavic ensemble) were sold new to me in 1990, so the post was about 17 years old when it finally snapped, although it wasn't used for maybe 5 or those years and was never my only bike. It was a surprise, but not a nice one.
posted by gtveloce @ 2:23 PM
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Oh no it's more than that - it's the classic Alfa Romeo 4 cylinder. OK, it's been Photoshopped (some cutout and contrast adjustment, mainly), but it's still recognisably the ageless Alfa 4.
posted by gtveloce @ 1:08 PM
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Various image resources and thoughts
Began the journey in Enmore, Sydney, Oz; drifted tectonically north after a bit to see trees and breathe air. Learnt about global warming in 1975, believed it by 1989. Warned my parents that Woy Woy would go under the waves, hasn't happened yet - but by gosh it will happen some day! Really old now, was young once. Read a few books, got too many ideas, a camera and a bike (or 10). Serial owner of Italian cars; made sense at the time. Intense. Distracted. Collected wife and kids along the way. Work in IT, because I can. Still ride and race bikes. Not overly optimistic. Live on a hill, waiting for tsunami.
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