Monday, July 21, 2008

ODD SHOTS MONDAY - FREE BIKER BIBLE ANYONE?

Whenever there are fetes or outdoor events of any kind on the island you will usually find something a little different. So nestled amongst the face painters, the temporary tattoos, and the burger vans I found this wonderful bike. On closer inspection I actually noticed what this stall, if you can refer to it as such, was well selling.

The Christian Motorcyclist Association UK were as it turned out, not selling but giving away books. Well just one book, the Biker Bible. Now I won't go into details, as it's not my thing, but here's the wiki link if you want to know more about the very friendly bunch of bikers for yourselves. One thing it does prove though, people are like books and you really shouldn't judge either by their cover.

As for the photo it's done exactly the same as the Tynwald shot. Desaturate almost all the colours apart from the blue, then pump up the saturate on the blue hues left in the pic.

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49 comments:

Virginia said...

I like how you just highlighted the blue in this photograph. really makes it pop.

MuseSwings said...

What a wonderful blog! The sleepy little siskin looks so sweet. I'm glad he recovered to fly another day.
Biker Bible. Does Noah refer to his wife as the Old Lady, perhaps?

Eki said...

How did you isolate those colours Babooshka? I like the cameraderie bikers often show among themselves ...

Ann said...

Thanks for letting us know how you've done the colouring. I must try that one of these days.

Sarah said...

Great colouring Babooshka!
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yogesa said...

Simply "wow"..........

Louis la Vache said...

Très interesant!, Babooshka!

Unlikely juxtaposition: bikers and the bible!

"Louis" says (and he isn't being his usual smart aleck self here) "God bless them!"

Maria Verivaki said...

you mention a wiki link in your post - where is it???

Unknown said...

Well this is the first for me...Bikers and Bibles, nice blue color, and glad that bird was able to fly off.

rc said...

The blue looks great among the shades of gray.

Olivier said...

j'aime cette bichromie, c'est une bonne idée de faire ressortir que le bleu. bravo

I love this two-colour, it's a good idea to bring out the blue. Bravo

Brett said...

Great shot, love the story behind it.

Jane Hards Photography said...

If you click the word wiki, that's the link.

Anonymous said...

Odd enough for me, B.
You have made a 'bread and butter' pic interesting. Nice.

david mcmahon said...

Like the shot - and an interesting post too.

Tom said...

Bikers and Bibles..... well there's nothing new about this at all,
Moses rode an old British motorcycle, as evidenced by a Bible passage declaring that "the roar of Moses' Triumph is heard in the hills."
and lets not forget that Joshua rode another Triumph with a hole in its muffler: "Joshua's Triumph was heard throughout the land."

Bible and Bikers :O)

Marie Reed said...

oooh and my favorite leggy symbol to boot!

Michele said...

I love the shot of the bike and enjoyed the fact that you highlighted it in BLUE.. that's awesome... great post.

Thanks for dropping by today. I appreciated it.

Raquel Sabino Pereira said...

Nice «Odd» Shot!!! LOLL!!!

Anonymous said...

Very good and I agree about judging a book by its cover...

Profile Not Available said...

Great shot! I think the blue adds just the right touch! Great subject too! Two things you normally wouldn't asociate if you didn't take the time to look past the surface. A great reminder to us all to dig more deeply.

mrsnesbitt said...

The Christian Bikers have an incredible elaborate cross on the back of their leather jackets. It is a very odd sensation coming up behind a group of them I can tell you!

Barbara Jacksier said...

I saw your name (Babooshka) on a blog I was reading and just had to check out your blogs since Babushka was my knickname in college.

Fabulous photos.
Barbara

dot said...

I'm always glad to see fellow Christians spreading his word! Great shot!

alicesg said...

Very interesting and brilliant to play with the colours on the photo.

Anonymous said...

It is rather odd I must admit as at first you wouldn't put the two together that's why we should never judge a book by its cover. Great how you've brought the blue up like you did the red the other day. Something I've wanted to try and I followed your instructions from your previous post but got no where at all....Doh

zakscloset said...

very nice picture! i love the colours. wow, how generous of them to be giving away free books! and you are right, you can't be judging people by their looks!

Diane said...

Great post~and thanks for the shot info...must try it!

magiceye said...

beautiful piece of work!

crittoria said...

Very interesting. I like the photo. Thanks for telling us how you did it!

maryt/theteach said...

I'm sure I might LIKE the Biker's Bible better than the King James Ver. or the Jerusalem Bible... :)

Unknown said...

We have a christian Motorcyclist Association here also, not H.. Angels but Holy Riders. :-)
Great capture - work for odd shots.

imac said...

Great shot and odd but interesting.

Pop and see mine

Rambling Woods said...

Love the highlighted color..have to learn how to do these things...

dixymiss said...

Great shot ~ love the color effect. Too true about not judging a book (nor a bike, or bible) by it's cover... Powerful lessons here.

Unknown said...

That will do it! It has been a crazy weekend. But I am back. Have a great day!

Greyhound Girl said...

You're right- you never know what you'll find! great shot!

Kate said...

People are endlessly fascinating...who would have thought: bikers and bibles. Great find. Thanks for visiting my blog, too!!

• Eliane • said...

Oh boy... That reminds me of an episode of Six Feet Under where a biker's wife came to the Fisher brothers to organize his funerals. It was pretty funny - although I realize this is completely pointless if you are not familiar with this series.

Paulie said...

Odd and unique service!

Hilda said...

Wow, I like this even more than the red. The guy's jeans in the background is a lovely powder blue.

That is such a lovely biker group!

Ming the Merciless said...

I've never heard of a Biker Bible. How interesting is that?!?!

Craver Vii said...

Excellent photo. Great story, too!

Craver Vii said...

I heard a joke that said Moses rode an old British motorcycle, as evidenced by a Bible passage declaring, “the roar of Moses' Triumph is heard in the hills.”

I don't know which version or chapter and verse, but it's kinda funny anyway.

Joy said...

Cool! Would like to ride one of those.

Many thanks for your visits to Norwich Daily Photo. I hope that you enjoy the colours of summer on my blog.

joy

Cath said...

Cool shot. I just discovered filters on the camera and how to draw colours out. It has some great effects.

Rob said...

Ilike your line "people are like books and you really shouldn't judge either by their cover." Speaks volumes as we a were different faces throughout our daily routine. Perhaps it is here were we find our real selves.

I am still searching for the best way to create black and white images. Thank you for this tip of desaturating rather than PS simple black and white conversion.

angela said...

The blue really works well and the whole makes for an interesting photo. I'm away now to give it a try...
You come up with some quirky photos...do you carry your camera all the time?

Anonymous said...

Good for people to know.

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