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Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:27 pm**

Needed something to do after my ride so thought I'd mess about with the camera.

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:40 pm**

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:55 pm**

Stunning pics.

I see you must have already met Pete ..... being as photo No5 reveals that he's left one of his butt plugs behind .... with a worrying instruction embossed on it

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:20 pm**

Excellent photos - and you have an unfeasibly shiny Falco there.

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:34 pm**

You are only jealous because I attract the younger falco owners

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:49 pm**

In light of the gritted roads we're likely to get at the weekend, i'd just coated most of my metal parts in ACF50.

Trivia:

What make and model front tyre am i currently running?

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:06 pm**

A black round one....

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:45 pm**

Great shots, nicely executed...

and lovin' yer work with the oil patch...

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:57 pm**

Michelin Pilot Power 2CT...?

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:19 am**

mangocrazy wrote:Michelin Pilot Power 2CT...?

Correct

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:52 am**

Great looking bike.

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:46 pm**

Nice looking bike mate

Good pics as well, they straight out the camera or did you play about with them? they've got a bit of a colour cast (a bit yellow), but it gives the pics a bit of an ambience

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:09 pm**

Firestarter wrote:they've got a bit of a colour cast (a bit yellow), but it gives the pics a bit of an ambience

Fluorescent lights are notoriously difficult to photgraph things under. Especially as one tube can have a different spectral response to another. Looks like the editing software has coped pretty well with the whole bike pics, but has gone a tad yellow on the close-ups. Still looks bloody good though.

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:21 pm**

Firestarter wrote:Nice looking bike mate

Good pics as well, they straight out the camera or did you play about with them? they've got a bit of a colour cast (a bit yellow), but it gives the pics a bit of an ambience

The close ups do have a more yellow tint. I shot RAW then tweaked in Darktable. I left the white balance, as that was closest to how the bike looked under the light in the car park, which was very yellow.

The lighting was pretty dim and as i don't have a tripod these were taken hand held at 200 iso (didn't want to risk the noise at higher settings) - i'm lucky they aren't blurry.

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:16 pm**

Very nice looking bike there Mr ! Darn good pics too. Maybe time I bought another camera as my dog is now a bit older and might not eat the next one

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