"He loved riding his Harley..."

[JDgreen227]

My younger nephew, during his senior year of high school, had to take a photograpy course and they taught him B&W, he asked me, "Uncle Bill, why do they teach it in the first place?"

My response: "Because that is how you learn best, it is much harder to take a good black and white photo than one in color. Color enhances even the most mundane snapshot and if you don't learn how to compose pictures and frame subjects properly, you are basically going to take nothing but snapshots, no matter how hard you try." Not sure if he understood, much less believed me, but he got a 3.0 grade in the class....

I remember how thrilled I was when I finally understood the relationship between shutter speeds, f-stops, depth of field, and focal length. And now 98% of my snapshots are made with an ordinary 2 mp Blackberry camera. Not much of a thrill there.

 

[TripleR]

You guys are way ahead of anything I ever did.

Not doing my own processing like my brother, I also fell victim to the auto correction or rejection of the photo labs. I took some really nice silhouettes of my youngest son standing in profile in our front doorway and the lab rejected all of them.

I am too old and lazy to get back into it and now mostly use a pocket Coolpix.

My son is taking a class in college, so maybe he will learn everything I didn't.

JDgreen227, I know what you mean on the depth of field thing, I took better pictures with my old TL-QL when I had to manually set F Stop, Shutter Speed and manually focus.

 

[RobertN]

I've done a lot of photography in the past. I still feel the best way to learn is in manual mode. All the fancy features on camera's are nice, but the basic are still the basics.

Same with composition, rule of thirds ect.

JDgreen227, I know what you mean on the depth of field thing, I took better pictures with my old TL-QL when I had to manually set F Stop, Shutter Speed and manually focus.

 

[SensibleNick]

I've done a lot of photography in the past. I still feel the best way to learn is in manual mode. All the fancy features on camera's are nice, but the basic are still the basics.

Same with composition, rule of thirds ect.

Aye: rule of 3rds is a winner

With the Digital SLRs that are about these days it's easy to play with all the settings. Someone here mentioned that they have an EOS...

Set it to Av, Turn the F-stop down to 3.5 (or 1.2 if you have show-off lenses like me) and take a photo of an item on a table... then turn the Fstop up to 18 and do the same thing. Compare the photos Depth of field is drasticly different, and so is the time needed to take the shot.

With Tv (time Variant) you can catch lightning with no problem. Just set it to 3 or 4 second shots, set it to continuous shooting, and plonk the camera on something stable and hold the button down until a shot and lightning coincide. (even better if you have a cheapo shutter-release)

Shots like this are easy... and I'm led to believe that you guys have WAY better storms than us

Most importantly... just PLAY with the camera

 

[jonyyuma]

Okay, I owned a few bikes too ..Never the famed Harley, I just did not like all the problems with the mechanics of the bike and or vibration. Back then the image of the rider was like wild thang.... I have owned two trail bikes, two Street Hondas, and a couple of others..I had two good friends killed on their harleys, and saw it engraved on one head stone...I would like to buy one of the new trike arrangements or a side car type.

 

[orezok]

Oh I'd love one of those.

In fact, a reclining computer gas chair would be even better, as I spend so much time on the darn computer getting my fix of TBN

How about this type of "gas"chair recliner?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnEU-wfvV0E]Motorized Recliner - YouTube[/ame]

 

[beppington]

No I sure can't and this hits close to home as I had to give up riding my Harley this year and gave it to my son. My son in law's father had to do the same thing.

Side car?

 

[EE_Bota]

Side car?

Or a convertible car.
Or a Can-Am Spyder.

Oh, Nick, congratulations! Very lovely family.

 

[TripleR]

Side car?

Thanks, I have considered them, but just not the same feel. I ride an ATV and it doesn't come close to my old dirt bike.

There is just nothing like leaning into the turns and swooping through the hills with lots of curves. I use to be a peg dragger, but became more sedate as I aged, still love the feel of leaning in though.

My wife's cousin was a budding young dirt track racer 40+ years ago until someone ran into the side of a car and put him in a wheel chair. Years later he had a VW trike with automatic built so he could ride with friends, but just not the same and he no longer has it.

 

[MF1652]

I used to be part of the crowd who had to have a Harley. As I got older and had back surgery, I went with a touring bike with a very upright position. Much more comfortable and I can ride all day with no back pain. I also realized I was getting old when I started to detest the loud pipes. So the new bike had to be quiet.

 

[JDgreen227]

I used to be part of the crowd who had to have a Harley. As I got older and had back surgery, I went with a touring bike with a very upright position. Much more comfortable and I can ride all day with no back pain. I also realized I was getting old when I started to detest the loud pipes. So the new bike had to be quiet.

Not trying to be critical, but I detest the appearance of those type of bikes, personally...THAT think is QUIET AND COMFORTABLE...? Sorry, to me the general looks of those reminds me of something out of a "Mad Max" film. I am 60 years old and quite fit but would have a hard time swinging a leg over that seat. Give me a Low Rider any day.

 

[TripleR]

I used to be part of the crowd who had to have a Harley. As I got older and had back surgery, I went with a touring bike with a very upright position. Much more comfortable and I can ride all day with no back pain. I also realized I was getting old when I started to detest the loud pipes. So the new bike had to be quiet.

I am not familiar with the newer Ducati bikes, which model is that?

 

[Egon]

"He loved riding his Harley..."
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That was between fixing time???:laughing:

 

[beppington]

I used to be part of the crowd who had to have a Harley. As I got older and had back surgery, I went with a touring bike with a very upright position. Much more comfortable and I can ride all day with no back pain. I also realized I was getting old when I started to detest the loud pipes. So the new bike had to be quiet.

Looks good to me :thumbsup: Is there a purpose for the secondary, lower rear fender ... the horizontal-ish one ... or just for looks?

 

[MossflowerWoods]

I used to be part of the crowd who had to have a Harley. As I got older and had back surgery, I went with a touring bike with a very upright position. Much more comfortable and I can ride all day with no back pain. I also realized I was getting old when I started to detest the loud pipes. So the new bike had to be quiet.

Nice Duc! But personlly I've never heard a quiet Duc, I would liek to add one to my "stable".

I currently have 4 Harleys. One is my wife's. The blue one is the one I crashed and shattered my collarbone back in early Nov. I just got it back Friday...

I love my Harley's, but I love my kids & wife more. I love my tractor also. Mostly I LOVE to ride...

I rode many bikes as I was an MSF safety instructor from 1998 to 2006 and I ended up on Harley's because the felt better, and I was more comfortable on them. I did Anaheim CA to Fredericksburg VA in 4 days back in Sept 2007, and I did Sturgis SD in 2000 (3500 miles in 5 days). I think my best year I put 13,000 miles on one bike, and a couple thousand each one of my other bikes. They are like tractors, they seem to accumulate over time.

My bikes are all kind of dirty, because if I have a couple hours, I'd rather ride than polish, so they never get washed (I used to wash them every Father's day).

But when I die it will say I loved my family & God first. Harleys will be in there somewhere, but not on the headline...

Be well,
David

 

[JDgreen227]

WOW, nice fleet...I knew you rode a Harley but had no idea you had four cycles...

 

[MossflowerWoods]

WOW, nice fleet...I knew you rode a Harley but had no idea you had four cycles...

Bill,

The newest (Wife's sporty & Big Red) are 2004's and I bought them back in the day when income was VERY good...

The oldest is the Buell it is a 1995 and I got it when I traded away a low mileage hotrod Saleen Mustang for it and some cash... It was FAST, but the Buell is even faster... But it is hand built and it is always broken. The fuel line is cracked and needs replacing now. Always somehing little and annoying that I just never get around to fixing. I must be lazy or too busy... Hmmm...

Old Blue is my "go to" bike. it has almost 50,000 miles on it now I bought it with 5 miles on it back in 2000 when stocks in my company at that time actually had positive value...

I really love to ride and I've not ridden a mile since the accident... I should get the 100% all-clear today from the DR. :thumbsup:

David

 

[JDgreen227]

David...sure hope you get the ok from your doctor...we know you have been waiting and waiting for that...

 

[MossflowerWoods]

David...sure hope you get the ok from your doctor...we know you have been waiting and waiting for that...

Oh yes! Taking it easy, sitting around and twiddling my thumbs patiently awaiting the "all clear".

Yeah right...

How are you doing Bill?

Be well,
David

 

[jonyyuma]

Oh yes! Taking it easy, sitting around and twiddling my thumbs patiently awaiting the "all clear".

Yeah right...

How are you doing Bill?

Be well,
David

David, glad to hear, that you should be getting clearance again..I take it the surgery and recovery worked out great. I saw where you were still choring??JY.