1fastbiker's photostream  

Who we are:

Gary, Linda, and our Border-Collie Gracie have been sharing adventures together for many years: Backpacking, Bicycling, Hiking, Canoeing, Rafting, Kayaking, Cross-Country Skiing and Snowshoeing. Many of these sojourns are contained in the sets that make up this photo-stream. Our main goal is to inspire you to go out and see these places yourself.

I’m pleased to have received several comments and Awards on my images including these competition Winners:

Desert Landscape competition



Reflections competition



MonochromeAward WINNER

Congratulations!
This photo won the monochrome contest
Please Tag your photo with "monochromeaward"
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LANDSCAPE COMPITITION

Black & White Photos

1ST #15 Mott Lake By 1fastbiker With 36 points.





Your wonderful capture was seen in Black & White Photos


2nd Place Winner - Round 4 - BLACK & WHITE SERIES: OPEN THEME Perpetual Contest - 2009





Your fantastic black and white picture is my winner!
Black and White Photo Award


Second Place Winner Landscape competition monochrome f/64:



Congratulations! This image
has been awarded second
place in our Landscape
competition



Thanks for entering this
outstanding photograph!


3rd Place Winner - Round 5 - BLACK & WHITE SERIES: OUTDOORS Perpetual Contest - 2009





Your fantastic black and white picture is my winner!
Black and White Photo Award

Nuts, bolts and Philosophy:

Photography is the composition of an image at a chosen vantage point followed by the selection and subtraction of real objects rendered with a chosen depth of field and exposure time. Our photographs are images burned on 200 ASA color print or 100ASA T-MAX B&W film in an Olympus XA rangefinder with a Zuilo 1:2.8 35mm lens or an OM-4 typically carrying one of the following lenses: 1:3.5-4.4, 35-70mm Zuiko Zoom , 1:2.8 35mm Zuiko, and a 1:2.0 28mm Vivitar. I’ve started experimenting with #8 and #15 Yellow filters on by B&W shots on our 2009 Ansel Adams Wilderness trip. An Epson Perfection V300 photo scanner and Picasa 3 software are utilized prior to posting on Flicker. I do not own photo-shop. These images depict the real and marvelous world around us. Computer generated images are another type of art form.