R1200R PHOT0 GALLERY

[tobes]

Top of Piuma Rd

[Lost Rider]

Very nice tobes! love the colors - I miss green!




Here's a photo from this evening in La Paz Mexico

[LumpyCam]

Your bike looks so clean in B&W, Joe! But you couldn't help but show off that awesome suspension just a little, could you?

[Lost Rider]

No, I couldn't!
Actually it is clean... I don't know what's gotten into me!
There's a detail shop across the street where I'm staying in Mexico - they spent 2 hours on it for 60 pesos... the bad thing was while I was gone they armour-alled EVERYTHING, seat, footpegs, tires, etc...
Part of the Mexican adventure...

[Mollygrubber]

Armor All'ed tires - adventure indeed!

Hope you explained to the why we DON'T do that...

[Mollygrubber]

It is uplifting to see Chitown's bike parked on a beach, especially since we haven't seen the sun in weeks here in rainy California.

Seems to me you'd be glad of a break from the 'fiery season'.

Don't feel bad, we don't see sun here from Nov.1 to May.1.

[Lost Rider]

Armor All'ed tires - adventure indeed!

Hope you explained to the why we DON'T do that...

No habla espanol - makes it kind of hard!
How could I even be mad, after all it did look cleaner than it has in quite some time.

[tobes]

Whoa, nice B&W Joe. Makes me want to go and wash my bike!
Mike

[Rrider]

Your bike looks particularly good in black and white. Very nice.

[Lost Rider]

Here's a photo from today, heading north on Mex 1...








For more just click on My Story link below.

[spenserj87]

Joe, that's one of the coolest pics I've seen - and I've said that about several of your photos. I have to ask, was there any post processing on this or was this just straight off the camera? It's still fricken' rainy up here in NorCal - so envious of a Mexico ride, one of my favorite places.

[Lost Rider]

Yes Doug, I'm shooting RAW files and using Apple's Aperture for PP. I've been playing with HDR bracketing lately, but not on this one.
A few tweaks here and there, the most obvious being Highlight's and Shadow's to even it out.
While I'm somewhat pleased with this photo, I can't help but question whether it looks too digital... The thing is, in my eye's yesterday it looked just like this, that blue, that green, and than brown.
Any CC welcomed.

[spenserj87]

I've been playing with HDR bracketing lately, but not on this one.

HDR bracketing was exactly what I was thinking. I took some Yosemite pictures last summer playing around with this and the results were stunning, but as you say, almost too much so. You start wondering when a ship from Close Encounters is going to arrive.

Anyway, it really shows off the beauty of desert landscape...just stunning. Worth the hike you had to take. The more pics I see from your trip, the higher a trip to La Paz is on my "to do" list.

[Rrider]

Chitown, your pictures are always stunning. You have a great eye for composition and subject matter. Keep em coming.

[Lost Rider]

Thanks!
The other thing is I'm shooting all of these photo's with a 35mm f1.4L... not using a zoom is really helping slow me down and work on the composition.

Here's a link to my recent ADV update for anyone wanting to kill some time with some photo's of my travels on the Roadster:



http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthre ... 09&page=53

[Mollygrubber]

Funny you should say that, I've been thinking of going 'all prime' myself - a 35mm f1.4 is high on my list...
I love your photos Joe, definitely NOT snapshots!
Peter

[cwrose]

Thanks!
The other thing is I'm shooting all of these photo's with a 35mm f1.4L... not using a zoom is really helping slow me down and work on the composition.

Here's a link to my recent ADV update for anyone wanting to kill some time with some photo's of my travels on the Roadster:



http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthre ... 09&page=53

You are one amazing person. Thank you so much for the wonderful photos and sharing your stories.

[websterize]

Winter stinks.

[dav]

Winter stinks.

gezzz mate, the snow has got into your paint work & turned your bike WHITE ....

thats one great pic!!!

[Mollygrubber]

One can assume you weren't scraping the footpegs that day...