3.5.06 pics from Rockport

[firewrx612]

My CPL was doing funny things to the sky, you can decide whether you like the effect or not

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More sick riding than you know what to do with. If you look closely you can see Tom in this pic

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Time to play guess the white object (not too hard)

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[KeepRollin]

Breathtaking...... I really should be paying you for these......

[Cryo-Cube]

sweet pics and riding as always!

[kobrakai]

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Definately an aeroplane

[[BMF] Chris]

whale vertabrae maybe?

cool pics btw

[DanBowhers]

That place looks so much fun. I see so many lines for my type of bmxy trials...holy smokes.

[firewrx612]

Chris']whale vertabrae maybe?

cool pics btw

WE HAVE A WINNER!

[tybikes]

That place looks so much fun. I see so many lines for my type of bmxy trials...holy smokes.

Yeah, you definitely can ride like that there. If you ask these guys, they'll probably all agree that I'm a flowy/bmx style rider. You should come out sometime when we'll all be out there; it'll be fun to have a big group ride and to ride with someone moremy style. Tom whoops me on sidehops/wedges/taps, as you can see from some of the pics, he's got skills...but when it comes to pedaling on rocks and, gasp, kickers... :eek3danc:

Great pics though. Tom, have you been training secretly?

[trialsn]

holy sweet sky batman

[Ross W.]

quality.

[durkie]

unreal. awesome pics, awesome riding, awesome rocks. the dark-to-light sky effect rules.

btw, do you have any higher resolution versions you're willing to put up? there's a lot of potential backgrounds.

[AndyT]

whats a CPL ? Kind of looks like a poor gradient in some of them, but this isn't my computer and LCDs suck dick for showing colors.


I think your lens is ruining the shots- it looks like the rider is really short or something.

[KeepRollin]

:rofl:

[uownme]

crazy good place

[epock7]

pictars refuse to load for me. :confused:

[Peace]

nice spot!

Is that the ocean? if so then i will always find those pictures strange because snow+ocean over here doesn't exist.....

Your using a polarised lense yeah?

Peace

[mcdub]

Fucking insane.Makes me want to go to shawinigan.

Omfg shawinigan umumum.

[JuiceBoX]

:bowdown:that sky is like what the sky would look like in heaven... love the random whale vertabre(sp?) and in the like 15 pic down is there like a comet or something flying on through the air there :hsugh: but yeah sweet pics

[hydroboy]

circular polarising somthing. makes the sky get blue at 90 deg to the sun yo.

[trauma100]

:wtc: :wtc: :wtc: work today....Miss you guyz :wtc: :wtc: :wtc:









Tom.... holdin it down










Erik....... no need to quote the obvious.... but I will ...your pics keep getting better and better!!!

Hope you took that vertebrea home with you... thats a good/rare find ...hippies will pay top dollar for that!! Any problems/incounters there today?

and again...fuk teh both of you for riding 10 min from my house on a beautifulzz day wile i'm at work :wtc: ;)

[aki]

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Very nice. :D What kind of lens? Looks very wide

[epock7]

Worked this time. :dunno:

Truly a pleasure to look through the pictures. I look forward to seeing more.

[reine]

Very very nice photos! It looks so peaceful and nice there with the clear blue sky. Looks like you're all alone on some other planet... =)

[baz]

wow,every set of pictures you have put up here have been breathtaking,
you've got a real eye for what you do, keep them coming!!

[PXride]

Erik, Tom: Ditto to everything that's been said!

really like this one, although did you use a second flash, tom's face and center mass look really dark?

[netto]

^haha i was just going to post the same thing
by far my favorite picture
the smile on his face shows that he's having fun as well
awesome pictures!

when i take pictures it never turns out so nice

[firewrx612]

Thanks for all the compliments. I've been internet-less for today so sorry this is the first time I'm getting back to you.


btw, do you have any higher resolution versions you're willing to put up? there's a lot of potential backgrounds.

I would be willing. But a full res .tiff of each picture is 38MB, so I need someone to host them.


whats a CPL ? Kind of looks like a poor gradient in some of them, but this isn't my computer and LCDs suck dick for showing colors.


I think your lens is ruining the shots- it looks like the rider is really short or something.

Circular Polarizer, I think someone answered this pretty well already. Also has a cool effect on B&W, the sky comes out very dark gray to black.

I think the poor gradient is due to the .jpg compression. The originals do not have it.


nice spot!

Is that the ocean? if so then i will always find those pictures strange because snow+ocean over here doesn't exist.....

Your using a polarised lense yeah?

yes and polarizing filter, yes


that sky is like what the sky would look like in heaven... love the random whale vertabre(sp?) and in the like 15 pic down is there like a comet or something flying on through the air there but yeah sweet pics


That's a high altitude contrail and the moon.


Hope you took that vertebrea home with you... thats a good/rare find ...hippies will pay top dollar for that!! Any problems/incounters there today?


abso-fucking-lutely. My dog hasn't stopped salivating since I brought it home.

No encounters, except for a couple that were watching Tom ride. They asked if he was a sponsored rider.


Very nice. What kind of lens? Looks very wide


here's the set-up:

Nikon D70
Nikon 12-24mm f/4
Nikon SB-800 flash hooked up with a TTL cord
Hoya Circular polarizer

First pic shot with a Nikon 50mm f/1.4 natural light


really like this one, although did you use a second flash, tom's face and center mass look really dark?


I don't have a second flash yet, but I do need one. Seems to be a common problem with trials, trying to light people faces is tough. It looks like for that shot I was holding the flash in my left hand but as far to the right side of my body as possible (not far enough). So the flash got blocked out by the stem and handlebars.

[toyota200x]

Man I love your pics. Have you ever got bored riding at that place?

[KeepRollin]

the smile on his face shows that he's having fun as well


or because I totally wussed out on the sidehop and just did a small pedal kick forward and was laughing at my being such a little girl :wuteva:



I was probably having a bit of fun :luke:

[Bryan]

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That's my favorite. Pics are amazing (nothing new there). Tom holding it down with the Mt. Snow t-shirt (represent). Why did I go back to school?

[KeepRollin]

Man I love your pics. Have you ever got bored riding at that place?

haha bored of that place..... we rode in an area that day I had never been to. I've ridden there 4 times now.

Tom holding it down with the Mt. Snow t-shirt (represent).

Yeah man, Mount Snow was my first comp too! Rockin' it in sport.

[firewrx612]

Man I love your pics. Have you ever got bored riding at that place?

Thanks, and Hell no!

There's so much riding there, even for someone of my (very low) skill level.

Those wide shots showing the Tom amongst the rocks are only about a 1/3 of it, there's a good 2/3's more behind the camera.

[aki]

here's the set-up:

Nikon D70
Nikon 12-24mm f/4
Nikon SB-800 flash hooked up with a TTL cord
Hoya Circular polarizer

First pic shot with a Nikon 50mm f/1.4 natural light



I don't have a second flash yet, but I do need one. Seems to be a common problem with trials, trying to light people faces is tough. It looks like for that shot I was holding the flash in my left hand but as far to the right side of my body as possible (not far enough). So the flash got blocked out by the stem and handlebars.

No wonder...ultra wide!

[firewrx612]

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That's my favorite. Pics are amazing (nothing new there). Tom holding it down with the Mt. Snow t-shirt (represent). Why did I go back to school?

Thanks dude. How's the nose?


An unsuspecting Bryan falls prey to the perils of a high BB
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