CYC2021 Talk Thread

dCap wrote: onsplekkie wrote: this is probably a bit harder to photograph than it looks now wondering what speed this was taken at that you are free-wheeling in a place 'not famous for having hills' sort of gives this away as an electric? and it is unusual to see a rear-view mirror on a bike over here (UK)

Framing with 12mm lens is only tricky on getting the horizon straight. Rest can be cropped

My bicycle indeed has a electric assistance motor; so called speed-pedelec. In the Netherlands any bike that has engine-assist reaching over 25km/h, with a max of 45km/h, needs to be registered & insured. By law speed pedelec is seen as a moped and there for its driver needs a licence to drive it and comply to certain traffic rules. One of them is that the bike has to have a rearview mirror, which is actualy very handy

@ons - that you can balance on two-wheels, one-handed, and compose a photo must be something in your DNA

My mother has always questioned why nobody on a bike in the UK has mirrors, I've always said that you're so much more aware of your surrounds on a bike and the glance over the shoulder and the sound is all part of being on a bike. That said, with electric cars now being whisper quiet (plus the numerous speedy scooters we have here on the road and pavement) ... I think I need mirrors just while walking now!

Fred_S wrote:

^^ glad you put 'fisheye' in the notes on 'Day 5'. I was looking at it wondering if you'd shot it through a door fisheye lens. Your fish seems to have put a ring around the photo (I'm thinking APS fish on FF sensor?)

pegelli wrote:

^^ that is a cracking shot!
I'm gonna be super duper picky - which I'm sure with your talent you can accept as just observer thoughts - I love the clean composition but perhaps it needs something to the top/right of the frame? Also perhaps a brown egg? But I also get that the white egg vs ball might have been the decision making there?

Phil Wood wrote:

^^ that now looks surprizingly small!
For some reason I pictured this to be like the size of a double-decked bus
It looks 1/5th that size now ... wondering what Day 7 will show now

@Howard - slimline, almost pocketable, a wonder how the iPhone ever took off really, huh!

dCap wrote: Phil Wood wrote: ^^ that now looks surprizingly small! For some reason I pictured this to be like the size of a double-decked bus It looks 1/5th that size now ... wondering what Day 7 will show now

The head is only about 4ft high (if I remember I'll take a tape measure tomorrow) - a long way from a double-decker. Day 4 was a 12mm shot, only the camera was inside the head. As for Day 7 - not long to wait to find out.

Phil Wood wrote: The head is only about 4ft high (if I remember I'll take a tape measure tomorrow) - a long way from a double-decker. Day 4 was a 12mm shot, only the camera was inside the head. As for Day 7 - not long to wait to find out.

I'm gonna have to get creative tomorrow as my shot list is now kinda empty!

I have one half idea, which I've eye-balled, and is gonna be difficult and probably look terrible - I think my Day 7 is gonna be worse than my lazy Day 1 (but I will know that I put more effort in). aka - getting excuses in early.

dCap wrote: ^^ that is a cracking shot! I'm gonna be super duper picky - which I'm sure with your talent you can accept as just observer thoughts - I love the clean composition but perhaps it needs something to the top/right of the frame? Also perhaps a brown egg? But I also get that the white egg vs ball might have been the decision making there?

You're right, looking at it now (part of) the salt pitcher is missing in the top/right corner. The white is egg is a conscious choice, we still had plenty brown eggs in the fridge but I went out to get a white one for this shot (actually I had to get 6 as a minimum    )

Edited by pegelli - 06 February 2021 at 21:22

Day 7 done. Realy enjoyed this challenge.

Some great images shared by all throughout the week. Surely some will make it to the weekly exhibition