off topic Photography Thread

[NZ Sabres Fan]

If I were buying a bike today, it'd probably end up being some sort of adv. I do a little too much  gravel and dirt for my street bike's own good.

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Yeah, adventure bikes are very tempting by letting you get off-road, but I'd really miss the performance of a street bike.

The older 955 Tigers (pre-2007) were dual sport bikes, but my 1050 was really built of the road.

 

The conditions here on the South Island are fantastic. Nothing but twisty scenic roads. The 1050 Tigers are great for sport-touring with the saddlebags on and rips without them.

 

I'll dig up some of my other photos.

Great idea for a thread topic.

 

Let's go Buffalo!

[MattPie]

Yeah, adventure bikes are very tempting by letting you get off-road, but I'd really miss the performance of a street bike.

The older 955 Tigers (pre-2007) were dual sport bikes, but my 1050 was really built of the road.

 

The conditions here on the South Island are fantastic. Nothing but twisty scenic roads. The 1050 Tigers are great for sport-touring with the saddlebags on and rips without them.

 

I'll dig up some of my other photos.

Great idea for a thread topic.

 

Let's go Buffalo!

 

After taking my bike to a track, I fully know the limits on the street are of my own making, not the bike; even with my pretty sedate R1150R. There's no way I'd corner on the street the way I do on the track.

Edited May 20, 2016 by MattPie

[JJFIVEOH]

Moore Cove Falls

 

[NZ Sabres Fan]

After taking my bike to a track, I fully know the limits on the street are of my own making, not the bike; even with my pretty sedate R1150R. There's no way I'd corner on the street the way I do on the track.

All I was meaning was that adventure bikes and dual-sport bikes are great, but for the road riding that I do, I would much prefer a sport-tourer like my Tiger.

 

Here's one from last years Port Nelson street races.

Edited May 21, 2016 by NZ Sabres Fan

[NZ Sabres Fan]

A couple from the Kaikoura coast

 

Edited May 21, 2016 by NZ Sabres Fan

[JJFIVEOH]

NZ, those are some great shots.

[dudacek]

Had a great day on the south coast yesterday and got some cool images.

 

 

 

Edited May 21, 2016 by dudacek

[Norcal]

Awesome, just awesome pics and locales. This thread is inspiring me to get out and shoot more, thanks.

[kishoph]

Sunset over Strawberry Island, off my top porch.

 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Had a great day on the south coast yesterday and got some cool images.

 

Given to Fly.jpg

 

Bridge.jpg

 

High Water.jpg

 

 

Awesome pics.

 

South Coast?

 

Are you on the tropical island of Vancouver?

 

:unsure:

[dudacek]

Awesome pics.

 

South Coast?

 

Are you on the tropical island of Vancouver?

 

:unsure:

The same

[Sabres Fan in NS]

The same

 

Interesting.

 

I am closer to our friends in London, UK and depending where you are on the Island then pretty much the same distance from you, my friend, as our friends in Sarajevo, BiH.

[JJFIVEOH]

Who is the one with the bug fetish? These are for you. 

 

 

[Stoner]

I am quite pleased! Bwahahahahaha.

 

[SwampD]

:lol:

[dudacek]

Is that Pegula on his yacht in Boca?

(Outstanding picture)

[Doohicksie]

Who is the one with the bug fetish? These are for you. 

 

 

For the uninitiated, those things can have a leg span as big as your hand, and they like building fresh webs every night.  When my boys went to Scout camp, there was always a broom outside the latrine; the first guy to use it in the morning needed to swing the thing around as he went in the knock the webs down and scare the spiders away.  Once in a while someone would forget, resulting in a blood-curdling scream!

[Doohicksie]

Couple of ride pics.  The first is from Friday morning,

 

The second is from this evening.

[JJFIVEOH]

For the uninitiated, those things can have a leg span as big as your hand, and they like building fresh webs every night. When my boys went to Scout camp, there was always a broom outside the latrine; the first guy to use it in the morning needed to swing the thing around as he went in the knock the webs down and scare the spiders away. Once in a while someone would forget, resulting in a blood-curdling scream!

As menacing as they look, they're not poisonous. But try telling that to the person that has one stuck to their face!

Couple of ride pics. The first is from Friday morning,

 

The second is from this evening.

What's with all the lights in that second shot, you near an airport?

[Doohicksie]

As menacing as they look, they're not poisonous. But try telling that to the person that has one stuck to their face!

Yup.

 

What's with all the lights in that second shot, you near an airport?

Nope. There's a tollway just over the ridge. This whole area will be developed in 5-10 years. That's why the street I'm on is poured concrete with curbs and a bike lane in the middle of nowhere. In this map I'm on McPherson Road looking west.

 

This picture from a couple weeks ago is a windmill at the Chisholm Trail Community Center.  It's just a prop to make the community center/park look pretty (but If I turned around I'd be looking at a skateboard/BMX park).

 

[ubkev]

#foodporn #iloveeggs

3 bank buildings, a Catholic church, a Lutheran church, a synagogue, and some college halls.

[nfreeman]

Here are a few photos from a trip to California last year.

 

On the side of the road of the Pacific Coast Highway (which is amazing):

 

 

Morro Bay:

 

 

And a tree that looked like a Weirwood from GoT.

[North Buffalo]

Yeh it is. I have some pics somewhere of 20 ft waves hitting the breakwall in Moro Bay, here are some pics from Cal coast including Oceanside Harbor and an Otter in Moro Bay as well as a seal near Hearst Castle. I am sure I have more. PS That is a surfer getting closed out in that weirdly lighted wave as fog lifted. https://fischerwilliamsphoto.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Southern-California-Beach/

[JJFIVEOH]

Cullasaja Falls

 

[SwampD]

JJ, you've got a great eye. Like with the Moore Cove pic, I really dig the motion in the water.