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Steves sidecar went through a complete image change for this season. The new major sponsor from Toyo Tires meant a new fairing design in the same style of other motorsport teams.
Steve decided that I needed a challenge. Cheers Steve! He wanted to do something different and ‘in ya face’ for the swingers chair guard. We got together to go over his plan, he brought with him one of his Valentino Rossi helmets, and with a smile announced that it should look like this pointing to the ‘Dreamtime’ lid design. I, of course, smiled at the idea – then he told the printer needed the file by Friday 10am at the latest – it was now Wednesday afternoon. According to Steve I turned a shade of grey!
Considering copyright issues I generated ‘a time to dream’ taking inspiration from the original rather than a straight copy.
and this is it on the bike
Taken at Barrel 51 turn at Hampton Downs. A single image HDR with a little Topaz Adjust on post production.
It has taken me a little while to think about this. One month ago, Sunday25th April was Anzac Day. So at 5am my family and I attended the dawn rememberance parade. Certainly a time for reflection. Army, Navy and Air cadets were on duty as cenotaph guard, standing absolutely still to attention in front of thousands of people there to pay their respects. It was during the quiet reflective moments between speeches that I realised what it was that was bothering me. Camera flashes. I considered it for a moment and decided that you could probably capture quite an emotional image; the young cadet in front of the cenotaph head bowed in respect. So when was it a shot too far I hear you cry? These were the ones taken by people during the “Last Post”. This is probably the time when emotions are at their highest. I believe there is a right and wrong time to capture a moment. Here is a moment I captured at the Boxing Day Cemetery Circuit races in 2008.
Bryce Meads Cemetery Circuit 08
The unlucky rider is Bryce Meads. On the overbridge corner he hit the hay bales and was catapulted from his bike, hitting the fence on the otherside of the barrier. Racing was delayed for quite some time while Paramedics attended to him. It was during this period that a fellow photographer kept snapping, getting between the ambulance crew to ‘get that shot’. All I could think was ‘what shot?’ The intrusion on the rider’s situation was inexcusable. Am I the only one with this thought?
Here we have the PS Waimarie moored in Upokongaro. A 3 shot HDR using minimal tone mapping adjustment to enhance realistic colour tone.
PS Waimarie HDR
3 shot HDR. Waimarie Paddle Steamer, Whanganui River
My wife says that I have a visual brain. I have always had a love of images, not necessarily just photos but graphics and artworks. Since my early teens I have always found the album cover just as stimulating, exciting and interesting as the music I was listening to. A couple of years ago I decided that I needed to change my path. Photography came to my aid. I did a correspondence course which helped to reinforce some knowledge that I had. From there I was up and running. The course had an added bonus of igniting my desire to learn and extend boundaries. Discovering techniques and styles that many other photographers hadn’t adopted. About a year ago I came across High Dynamic Range (HDR) and I was hooked. A technique that seems to have a controversial edge to it; making it even more exciting to me. I love the versatility of HDR. From the artistic styles to subtle, gentle adjustments to create realism.
