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davek said:

MartinM said:

me behind; not smiling

I think the term Private Eye use is "ashen faced".

Enjoyable ride, was it?

God that really is an awful photo; just seen the paper copy; I'm sure
the one on Streatley Hill was more cheerful; I still blame the road
surface ;-(
My 20sec of fame blown, he should have used the ones from last year's
Denmead 400

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Quoted message said:

http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/battery_lights.shtml

The ad on that page when I visited was a link-through to the DVD of
Belleville Rendezvous on Amazon at £6.97. Bargain.

(Order placed; but I managed to resist the latest episode of the
Flashman Papers. Sometimes my restraint astounds me.)

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davek said:

Chris Gerhard said:

Lumotec with E6-Z is just brilliant.

Literally!

Quoted message said:

The E6-Z is really easy to connect up as it comes pre-wired. Failing
that I'm sure someone could help you.

Ah, OK... my misconception. I was under the impression you had to do
funny things with switches and soldering irons.

d.

The thing with the credit card is the most difficult 😉

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MartinM said:

God that really is an awful photo; just seen the paper copy; I'm sure
the one on Streatley Hill was more cheerful; I still blame the road
surface ;-(
My 20sec of fame blown, he should have used the ones from last year's
Denmead 400

I pointed you out to Sue last night. She said you didn't seem to be
having a nice time.

Mike K Smith said:

I pointed you out to Sue last night. She said you didn't seem to be
having a nice time.

Mrs B said the same. Perhaps a bit of Photoshopping would've been
appropriate?

Simon Bennett said:

Mike K Smith said:

I pointed you out to Sue last night. She said you didn't seem to be
having a nice time.

Mrs B said the same. Perhaps a bit of Photoshopping would've been
appropriate?

if you're offering.... ;-)
http://www.fotothing.com/martinm/photo/723da64fb324e94201f14aa35d1eb6e1/start=7
(to manage a smile up Twyford Hill is rare indeed)

Talking to MSeries about how difficult it is to get into Arrivee (and
there's even an article in this month's about it) we ought to set up an
alternative photo hosting site; I will dig out some happier ones and
put them into my photosite.

In article <[email hidden]>, Simon Bennett

() said:

Mike K Smith said:

I pointed you out to Sue last night. She said you didn't seem to be
having a nice time.

Mrs B said the same. Perhaps a bit of Photoshopping would've been
appropriate?

Your wish is my command, Master.

<URL:http://legslarry.8bit.co.uk/BikeStull/MartinM.jpg>

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Dave Larrington said:

Your wish is my command, Master.

<URL:http://legslarry.8bit.co.uk/BikeStull/MartinM.jpg>

That's better. Your skilz astound me!

In article <[email hidden]>, Simon Bennett

() said:

Dave Larrington said:

Your wish is my command, Master.

<URL:http://legslarry.8bit.co.uk/BikeStull/MartinM.jpg>

That's better. Your skilz astound me!

Phear mi l33t skillz...
</warez_d00d>

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Funny... You don't /look/ like Martha and the Vandellas!

Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Simon Bennett
([email hidden]) wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Mrs B said the same. Perhaps a bit of Photoshopping would've been
appropriate?

Your wish is my command, Master.

<URL:http://legslarry.8bit.co.uk/BikeStull/MartinM.jpg>

Good likeness! Looks like a case for introducing substance testing into
Auk events.

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Dave...

MartinM said:

Simon Bennett said:

Mike K Smith said:

I pointed you out to Sue last night. She said you didn't seem to be
having a nice time.

Mrs B said the same. Perhaps a bit of Photoshopping would've been
appropriate?

if you're offering.... ;-)
http://www.fotothing.com/martinm/photo/723da64fb324e94201f14aa35d1eb6e1/start=7
(to manage a smile up Twyford Hill is rare indeed)

Number 12 with a longer focus lens, vertical format and without the
young'un in the road would have been a really nice cover shot..

...d

Quoted message said:

Talking to MSeries about how difficult it is to get into Arrivee (and
there's even an article in this month's about it) we ought to set up an
alternative photo hosting site; I will dig out some happier ones and
put them into my photosite.

So far I have managed to not get a picture of me, but have managed to
get pictures into Arrivee on a fairly regular basis. It is all a
question of actually having half decent pictures taken, and providing
details with them.

Taking good pictures when on the bike is quite hard. You need to be
able to get at least 30 seconds and preferably a minute ahead of the
group you want to photograph, and then ensure everything is ready to
go. If like me teh concept of 'ahead of the group' is somewhat alien,
then you might have to do some talking to others like 'give me a few
minutes then head up the hill'.

Most of the pictures in Arrivee are not particularly wonderful[1], but
to get the good pictures you either have to be on the back of a tandem,
or separately mobile, or very good at taking pics with one hand of
people behind you, or able to sprint ahead of the bunch in advance of
the known good photo spots, and then be able to hold a camera, point it
in the right direction, and hope it all works.

My favourite shots are to set a wide angle, set the flash on party or
night mode (fill flash with full exposure for the rest of the scene)
and to take pictures from around handlebar level of people behind you.
With a digital camera, take loads and some will work out OK. Every so
often you get a real cracker. You want flash because otherwise the
riders faces will be in shadow. You want party/night mode becasue
otherwise the flash will give you point reflections from the
retroreflectives.

...d

[1] Technically most are fine, but they are rather flat and samey -
bloke on a bike against a verge. The interest for the photos is who is
in it, rather than the photo itself being an inspiration or telling a
story.

David Martin said:

Number 12 with a longer focus lens, vertical format and without the
young'un in the road would have been a really nice cover shot..

Yes that was a nice one; unfortunately there wasn't much light and it's
only a poxey 5mp (as opposed to Tim's 2 gp or whatever); but it shows
the pain well.
If you want to see real pain try;
http://www.egcc.net/images/elenith.jpg

btw Mike F I think this might be your mate;

http://www.fotothing.com/martinm/photo/1b85e5346872818d6a63e94458d552c1/

MartinM said:

David Martin said:

Number 12 with a longer focus lens, vertical format and without the
young'un in the road would have been a really nice cover shot..

Yes that was a nice one; unfortunately there wasn't much light and it's
only a poxey 5mp (as opposed to Tim's 2 gp or whatever); but it shows
the pain well.

Tim's got a canony SLR thinghy and is very good with Photoshop too. The
main difference isn't the number of pixels but the speed of the pixels
- allows for much crisper, sharper shots. (and interchangeable lenses
are very useful). Most of it is down to picking the moment and the
angle. Having kit that lets you take advantage of that is a bonus.

...d

Quoted message said:

If you want to see real pain try;
http://www.egcc.net/images/elenith.jpg

btw Mike F I think this might be your mate;

http://www.fotothing.com/martinm/photo/1b85e5346872818d6a63e94458d552c1/

In article <[email hidden]>,

dkahn400 () said:

Good likeness! Looks like a case for introducing substance testing into
Auk events.

Acieeeed!
</London East TA>

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Barley, barley, barley, world cruise. You never see a farmer on a bike.

Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

dkahn400 () said:

Good likeness! Looks like a case for introducing substance testing into
Auk events.

Acieeeed!
</London East TA>

OK OK I admit; I was coming down off a bad trip at the time ;O) The one
of me in the CTC mag was pretty bad too (that was because I was about
to go up The Wall)

http://www.fotothing.com/photos/878/8788f15a40268e97c716e4f982c18054.jpg

spot the difference; no h*****t, BEER, sun, pizza

MartinM said:

http://www.fotothing.com/photos/878/8788f15a40268e97c716e4f982c18054.jpg

spot the difference; no h*****t, BEER, sun, pizza

But still the dark glasses to hide those dilated pupils. :-)

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Dave...

Dave Larrington said:

Your wish is my command, Master.

<URL:http://legslarry.8bit.co.uk/BikeStull/MartinM.jpg>

arf!

Now it looks like he's been at the EPO.

d.

M-gineering said:

The thing with the credit card is the most difficult 😉

Yeah, that's the main reason I haven't got a Solidlights yet... :-(

d.

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:39:01 +0000, davek <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The thing with the credit card is the most difficult 😉

Yeah, that's the main reason I haven't got a Solidlights yet... :-(

The main reason I don't have one yet is they've run out, *huff*.

They're expecting a delivery of 1203D's anytime now apparently.

"Bob"
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