HOY bikes competition - the shortlist

d70ar9 wrote:

Mine is picture 4

Contrary to some of the comments, it hasn't been put through a filter or been pimped up in Instagram.

I took it on a Sony NEX-5 on a tripod balanced on a picnic bench, somewhere near the Slovakian / Hungarian border. It was just one of those mornings where the light was perfect, we had been wild camping so were awake nice and early to capture the sun rise.

I don't expect it to win, as some of the others are better shots, however it always reminds me of the trip and certainly captures the Autumn morning.

Great photo, my particular favourite from the shortlist, from a fellow finalist

KiwiMike wrote:

Likewise chuffed to have made the list (#2), let alone have a few votes of confidence. It's an amateur bike ride piccy contest, FFS. You'd think it was deciding the fate of a nation the bleating that's going on.

FYI the photo was taken on the road between Preston Candover and Upper Wield, Hampshire - one of my favourite parts of the county. 1hr from London and you hardly ever see a car on this ride. iPhone5, 'composed' and shot on the go. http://www.strava.com/activities/87242142

Any of you Londonneurs out there, allow me to pimp Whitchurch, Hampshire as a great stepping-off point for rides: great pubs, a cafe, Co-Op/Tesco, 55 minutes from Waterloo. You can go south toward Winchester, down the Test Valley, or up into the 'Hampshire Highlands' for more hills than your poxy North/South Downs can muster

Here's about a bajillion routes starting/finishing here: http://my.viewranger.com/user/details/221

Whitchurch is indeed a good stop-off, ridden through a few times.

jimmyd wrote:

I think the shortlist should be scrapped, as there are some poor ones in there, and Sir Chris Hoy should be allowed to pick from the whole list. Does everyone agree?

the terms and conditions of the competition certainly don't agree

Hmmm..... picture 16 is one of TWO pictures entered by darranmoore. Are the rules being ignored here?

Kolob wrote:

Hmmm..... picture 16 is one of TWO pictures entered by darranmoore. Are the rules being ignored here?

Are you that desperate to win? Feeling threatened? I am delighted to have been shortlisted not that I was seeking that. I shared my 2 favourite photos not to win the prize but to celebrate the theme of Autumn having just enjoyed one of the best cycling holidays ever the previous week. I hope others have enjoyed my image(s)

Good luck tomorrow on your photo, I think you also captured something special from this changeable time of year.

Yes darrenmoore, I do want to win. I didn't share my photo for the love of cycling and the joy of sharing or I would have done that on the appropriate forum and sprinkled fairy dust and love on it. Its a competition for £1000 worth of bike!

darranmoore wrote:

Wow! Made the shortlist! How proud am I... Colnago on a misty September morning on Kirkstone Pass

It's a nice shot but there does appear to be a bike in the way of the stuning view...

I'd go with #2 or #19 personally. There are some abominations in there for sure - suppose it's to be expected these days when absolutely everyone has a phone camera and Instagram.

i don't have a phone camera.....in fact i don't even have a phone

bikeboy76 wrote:

I'll spit my coffee out if the abomination no. 18 wins; fake sunbeams, really.

how do you know/why do you think they're fake? just out of interest?

Dave Atkinson wrote:

bikeboy76 wrote:

I'll spit my coffee out if the abomination no. 18 wins; fake sunbeams, really.

how do you know/why do you think they're fake? just out of interest?

The Sun is 93 million miles away, its light is parallel; the lens flare would be originating outside of the frame of the camera; and finally, it looks fake, dude.

Any pic that has been obviously filtered or manipulated should be excluded. If this is genuinely supposed to be a photography competition not just a lucky dip.

I am number 5 and have only just come back to look how I did, simply took a screen shot from the video output of my GoPro that I had got for my birthday a few days prior. Wasn't exactly trying to be artistic, just trying to capture the blur of the leaves as I rode through. I didn't win so don't worry, but do feel your comments are unnecessary. I'm just at uni and enjoy a bike ride, maybe you just need to see there's more to life than abusing other people who have done better than you; I don't know what picture you submitted, I'm sure it was well taken on a nice camera and summed up perfectly what you thought autumn is, but obviously there were only 20 photos that were shortlisted, sorry you weren't one of them but it wasn't the fault of anyone of the other users