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Postby tomcat360 » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:10 pm

So me and a buddy were skating around downtown yesterday, just cruzing. Anyways, I grabbed my camera just incase we came across anything cool. Well we came to a parking lot and this dude was doing some crazy flatland biking, so I asked if he wanted some pics and started shooting.

Some of these are kinda cool. What do ya'll think? I feel like I need to edit them, but I don't have any ideas. Here are two out of about 20.

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Postby Dr Rev » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:26 pm

Great photos, not my kind of bike though, no engine ! :wink:
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Postby ^*^BATMAN^*^ » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:49 pm

nice pics...I have never been able to get ahold of the flatland stuff...I can trackstand on my moutain bike for about a minute, thats it though..
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Postby northswell » Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:06 pm

Do you mean something like this

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:D :D


or more seriously

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Postby Real Pol » Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:20 pm

Ah Flatland, my best trick I can do on my BMX is balancing a full Tesco bag on the bars, chatting on my phone and moaning about how dangerous the drivers are around here, (I knocked a cyclist of his bike with my car before Christmas, but he forgave me after kicking a dent in the door :oops: ).

Anyway, I like the first one as it is, the high buildings, the subject large in the foreground, composition and all that jazz.
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Postby Adrenaline Fueled » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:29 pm

northswell wrote:Do you mean something like this

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:D :D


Bahaha, I like both your pics there Northswell. V.impressed at the professional, quick edit on the first pic there tho :wink: Had to look once...
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Postby tomcat360 » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:27 pm

Haha, sweet edit NS. :D

I like the second, did you just crop and then desaturate?
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Postby ^*^BATMAN^*^ » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:35 pm

magic eraser?
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Postby northswell » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:33 pm

I'm a pro :lol: :lol: just wanted to do something quick. I use fireworks don't really have a clue what i'm doing on it though.

I'm not on the laptop so not sure which things i klicked for the second one, but yep just cropped it and fiddled a little.
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Postby tomcat360 » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:54 pm

Cool, here's this one I've been playing with for a couple minutes.

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Postby gdude335 » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:23 am

o0o bmx!!
that guy looks prettty good!!
for some reason i was expecting road biking. dont ask, im in a wierd mood today.
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Postby MyanRellick » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:12 am

I love how the first one is framed. I would maybe tweek the levels in photoshop to bring up the darks a little...
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Postby Driftingalong » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:43 pm

How difficult would it be to get rid of the telephone pole and wires?
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Postby tomcat360 » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:01 pm

Yeah they are a little distracting, I'll look into it, I doubt I could pull that magic though :lol:
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Postby FishKid Wales » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:37 pm

Im loving the 2nd 1 where the bike is in a sort of 'cross' with the building going down and the tarmac going across if that makes any sense???? But maybe in b&w.
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:14 pm

FishKid Wales wrote:Im loving the 2nd 1 where the bike is in a sort of 'cross' with the building going down and the tarmac going across if that makes any sense????


Actually, no, it didnt :lol:

But, hey, its art - we're all supposed to get different things out of it :wink:


So wish I could do that properly..... :clap: :bow:
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Postby tomcat360 » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:15 pm

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Postby tomcat360 » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:17 pm

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Postby CheeZee » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:58 pm

Wicked photos man 8) ... nice to see someone out in the sun in their own lil' world pulling some tricks .. hehe my buddy rides for Curtis, more of a dirt jumper these dayz but ocasionally when he thinks no one is looking he'll start free rolling on the front wheel studs and such .. real nice to see , fluid like ya know ..like your man in the photo ..nice

nice one Tommo .. reminded me how long its been since i seen my bud , reckon i'd better give the boy a shout :wink:

Cheers bro 8)
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