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bensonga
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The Cosmic Wind Locked in Ice
Taken near the small boat harbor (such as it is) here in Anchorage this morning. We have had about 10 days of sub-zero weather lately. It was minus 2 degrees when I took this photo at noon. On the plus side, the skies have been sunny and we're finally getting more hours of daylight as we climb out of the long dark days of winter.
Anchorage International Airport is located on that land in the far distance is . The brownish haze is pollution. It can be very noticeable here in the winter.
Gary Benson
Eagle River, Alaska
Taken near the small boat harbor (such as it is) here in Anchorage this morning. We have had about 10 days of sub-zero weather lately. It was minus 2 degrees when I took this photo at noon. On the plus side, the skies have been sunny and we're finally getting more hours of daylight as we climb out of the long dark days of winter.
Anchorage International Airport is located on that land in the far distance is . The brownish haze is pollution. It can be very noticeable here in the winter.
Gary Benson
Eagle River, Alaska
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darcym
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Clear Winter days, crazy warm, perfect to take the old bike for a ride to the top of a mountain. 
bmwdean
BMW MOA co-founder
This photo I really like, perhaps 90% or so because of the fabulous subject -- my all-time favorite motorcycle -- a slash-2
However, it does need Hella signals and Albert mirrors instead of those Bumms, and could use a 3.5" rear tire and painted hubcaps, rather than stainless. (Yeah, I know -- picky, picky, picky.)The composition is a bit unusual in that the motorcycle is pointed out of the photograph, not into it, drawing your eye away from the hill and cows. But, that's o.k. I like it anyway.
As regards the "Great White North" thermometer photo, I offer this photo taken here in Tucson this afternoon:
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Sportrider
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kbasa
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SNC1923
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Pyramid Lake
I had high hopes for this week's assignment, but I'm left disappointed with my meager effort. Normally, Bakersfield is socked in for the winter, devoid of any direct sunlight and blanketed in chronic cold, wet fog; however, this winter, we've been cursed/blessed with constant sunshine and temps soaring into the 60s. I've taken some nice pictures, but none that really say, "winter."
I had to go to a conference last weekend and snapped this shot of Pyramid Lake, just south of the Grapevine. Taken with my Canon S80. Contrast is too low, exacerbated by the fact that I was shooting almost directly into the sun.
I had high hopes for this week's assignment, but I'm left disappointed with my meager effort. Normally, Bakersfield is socked in for the winter, devoid of any direct sunlight and blanketed in chronic cold, wet fog; however, this winter, we've been cursed/blessed with constant sunshine and temps soaring into the 60s. I've taken some nice pictures, but none that really say, "winter."
I had to go to a conference last weekend and snapped this shot of Pyramid Lake, just south of the Grapevine. Taken with my Canon S80. Contrast is too low, exacerbated by the fact that I was shooting almost directly into the sun.
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SNC1923
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Both are great shots, but I really love this second one, Dave.
bmwdean
BMW MOA co-founder
In this view both the cow and the BMW are heading out of the frame. That provides some compositional balance. I like this shot better than the first one you posted. It has some serenity.
In the ideal world, I think I would have preferred them both coming into the frame. But, sometimes, you take what you can get! And this time you done got good.
(But, darn, those hubcaps are too shiny
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sheridesabeemer
I Used to Be Someone
I like the first one better, but would have opted to put the bike on the right side of the picture and looked down the road on the left. The cows don't add to shot but I think the road would have. Either way the bike steals the show. 
bricciphoto
R12ST
I like both of Dave's shots just the way they are (minus the little bit of cow peeking in on the right edge of the frame). They may be breaking a couple design rules, but as is they aren't cliche.
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thtduck
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kbasa
Well-known member
In this view both the cow and the BMW are heading out of the frame. That provides some compositional balance. I like this shot better than the first one you posted. It has some serenity.
In the ideal world, I think I would have preferred them both coming into the frame. But, sometimes, you take what you can get! And this time you done got good.
(But, darn, those hubcaps are too shiny
Thanks. And I hate the stainless steel hub caps more than you know.
But I've got an R100 in a bunch of pieces right now, so happily operating motorcycles have to wait for a bit.
Not my photo, but the results of yesterday's efforts:
kbasa
Well-known member
I like the first one better, but would have opted to put the bike on the right side of the picture and looked down the road on the left. The cows don't add to shot but I think the road would have. Either way the bike steals the show.
I tried this, but didn't really care for it.
bmwdean
BMW MOA co-founder
Happily, solution for you is at hand. From Vech's store:
36 31 4 038 275--$48.00--hub cap silver exact reproduction R50-R69S
http://members.aol.com/vechbmw2/partno.html
They also show up on eBay from time to time.
sheridesabeemer
I Used to Be Someone
I tried this, but didn't really care for it.
I see what you mean, getting the bike broad side is a lot of its appeal.
kbasa
Well-known member
Yeah. I tried getting a view from a slightly higher perspective, almost framing the bike from above, but I couldn't get enough of the mustard blossoms in to really make the picture interesting.
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