bdfresh

Same thing as a Windor Hour except this one is $200+ more. Go with the hour and save the money.

Danthesoundman

What are you sayin'? Depth Of Field? Bokeh?

cc700

depth of field. bokeh is the effect a shallow depth of field gives you, but it actually refers to the quality of the blur, not the blur itself.

the pictures aren't spectacular. they're good, but the background is super-boring. i get it that it's in your yard, and the color brings out the flat paint which is great, but well... it's not enough to make it a good picture. it looks like a nice camera and all that but i don't think it deserves any kind of special praise. but hey, don't let me get you down. just find a better setting next time, something a little more interesting.

erikinop

i don't understand... why are all these bikes so clean?

NewYorkMantle

you take too much pride in having a thrashed ride, but nevertheless, that bike is now one of my favorites in this thread.

cc700

i want a tsunami real bad, but i don't want a thrashed one.

erikinop

that frameset is junky. the seat tube is cracked! on chucks bikes it's cheap i think.

assuming that "thrash" means weathered, yeah it is weathered. but it's like this son... if i have you over to my home for a bbq and we go on the deck and it is not looking so good, i am going to tell you to take off your damn boat shoes, and enjoy the splinters. because it is what it is. it is what it is, son. so, itis what it is. i would rather state why there is stupid red duct tape and steel clamps and junk all over the bike up front than have to repeat it multiple times later.

if you buy a new car and put it in the garage all the days, it looks good.
if you buy a new car and drive it everywhere and then some, (i hope you are watching for cyclists)it looks less good.

yo son, this bike couldn't look any better for the amount of riding it gets. every component is equally as beaten as the next. i guess consistency is key.
enjoy the splinters

MIN 

nice photo. it obviously gets ridden and that frame probably does it's job so props.

cc700

wow "son" i am not from jersey so maybe i misspoke. i am saying that when i think about my deck and my own bbq, i want a non-splintered deck. not that your deck isn't cool, or fast, or that it doesn't stand up to thrashing. it's a very cool bike and i like all the explanations in the picture. thumbs up.

hanhua

Just finished my first fixed bike today. Riding 42/15 ratio and it feels really smooth.

Danthesoundman

Yeah, they were taken at night with NO flash as well. Just wanted to show off my new build. I wasn't asking for a photography lesson, or critique, but thanks. You can't please all the people all the time, so I really don't even try to please you, or anyone except myself.

My camera is only worth about two hundred dollars on eBay. I think it's nice anyway.

I think some people put too much importance into a "background" when the subject is where most people focus. I also feel that the backyard looks a lot better than a lot of these pics in messy living rooms. At least there's dirt and grass near my tires.

I think it's obvious that I wasn't going for artistic photos with amazing backgrounds. These pictures are about the BIKE.

sluglug

my japanese built raleigh super record fg conversion.

cc700

yeah. i wouldn't have said anything if people hadn't gone and said they were the best pictures ever.

ZiP0082

we're talking about the fuji track shots, right? i think the greens of the landscape perfectly compliment the bike, and that the narrow depth of field is brilliant. top notch!

cc700

yeah, if you read the rest of the post i said both of those. it's the composition, light, and setting that drag it down. if it's about the bike, why have potted plants? anyway he already said he didn't want a critique so i'll just go ahead and let you keep thinking they're in any way 'top notch'

Danthesoundman

I didn't see anyone say that.

You obviously know a lot about photography and I'm sure we could all learn from you.

Danthesoundman

I thought you were talking about my pics of my KHS Solo One SE with Avid Mechs and the Tranny-Sore-Ass-Wrecks squeeze horn. Go ahead and critique the pics of the Fuji; I think those pics are wonderful IMHO.

The KHS were taken in my backyard, at night, with no flash - just 2 - 3 second exposures on a tripod with a remote shutter release. NOT the right way to take pics, but it was dark, and I just wanted to get some pics. MY flash sucks and would have just made the pics even worse. I know they are underexposed too.

cc700

well i am really into it, and some people in here are going ga-ga over some pretty bland photos which is the only reason i said anything... but i don't want to make this thread a photo critique thread. sorry for the confusion(i was talking about the fuji photos) and i hope that people will take awesome pictures, the only reason to critique is to motivate people to do better.

but i'll say it again, i don't want to turn this into a critique thread. i just have a knee-jerk reaction when people praise photographs that are neat as being all-mighty. /hijack.

Danthesoundman

I'm pretty happy if the subject is in (awesomely clear) focus, which seems really RARE these days. With a shallow depth of field and a blurred background, the background becomes insignificant, IMHO.

cc700

yeah focus and sharpness and other technical stuff is great, but what's in the frame matters.
case in point: https://farm1.static.flickr.com/207/4...6a7d449193.jpg
you can't tell me what's not in focus is insignificant. it matters. in some photos more than others, but it matters.

cc700

not mine but holy crap it's pretty:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/baumcycles/2467361848/

onespeed89

I'd have to say that this is the most amazing bike i've ever seen, just because of how much love it has and how much character all those things bring to it. The is what a bike is.

aMull

True it's a sweet looking bike.

G60

reminds me of this dude

Pete J

Hahaaa, brilliant! That made me lol out loud.
I honestly don't see what the fuss is about, the bar angle looks uncomfortable and the rear axle is almost at the very end of the dropouts...
But hey, he did go to great lengths to label everything in the photo for us so for that he gets respetk!