Merry Christmas!-- The Year In Pictures

[BumbleBeeDave]

I have started putting together calendars to give out as gifts at Christmas, but since I can't give them to everyone on the Forum, at least I wanted to share the photos that I've been able to get in the past few years while riding or watching that make me love cycling . . .

I hope they will help you love cycling more, too . . .

BBD

For January, this is a mountain bike race in Schenectady's Central Park in 2005 . . . Nikon D-100, 12-24 zoom.

[BumbleBeeDave]

A scene from this year's Battenkill-Roubaix bike race in Washington Co., NY.

Nikon D-100, 70-200 zoom with 1.4x teleconverter.

[BumbleBeeDave]

Another scene from the Battenkill-Roubaix.

Nikon D-100, 70-200 zoom.

[BumbleBeeDave]

Bike Parking for competitors at this year's Mt. Snow NORBA mountain bike races.

Nikon D-100, 70-200 zoom.

[Louis]

Nice pic Dave (January). That could be my back yard today, except that we have a little more snow.

Snow: looks nice, but is a PITA (but better than freezing rain).

[BumbleBeeDave]

Bike NY, the five boroughs bike tour from this year. Rider climb the entrance ramp for the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.

Nikon Coolpix L4.

[BumbleBeeDave]

A ride with friends in rural Schenectady County, NY.

Nikon Coolpix L4, over the shoulder . . . shoot lots, hope you get a good one!

[BumbleBeeDave]

The MS Bike Tour, rural Saratoga County, NY, heading east towards the Hudson River.

Nikon Coolpix L4.

[BumbleBeeDave]

Lone rider heads over the new Penobscot Narrows Bridge in Bucksport, Maine. This is one of my favorites!

Nikon D-100, 70-200 zoom.

[BumbleBeeDave]

Rider and passenger on the carriage road around Eagle Lake, Acadia National Park, Maine.

Nikon Coolpix L4.

[BumbleBeeDave]

Heading down the Mohawk Hudson Bikeway in Niskayuna, NY, at the beginnig of the local "Sweat N' Fall Century."

Nikon Coolpix L4, with some post-production help from the "watercolor" filter in Photoshop.

[BumbleBeeDave]

Late season mountain bike race in Schenectady's Central Park.

Nikon D-100, 12-24 zoom.

[Erik.Lazdins]

Did you ride the queen bee up the bridge supports for the shot?

A Serotta can handle a descent like this!

Great picture!!

[BumbleBeeDave]

Me on the Park Loop Road above Jordan Pond at Acadia National Park, Maine.

Nikon Coolpix L4.

[caleb]

Very nice, especially August and December.

[DarrenCT]

BBD

what are you using to make the calender???

[caleb]

How does one get a calendar?

[BumbleBeeDave]

Did you ride the queen bee up the bridge supports for the shot?

A Serotta can handle a descent like this!

Great picture!!

The bridge is brand new and there's an observatory on top of one of the two towers. $5.00 to go up there and worth every penny. Absolutely fabulous view!

You can read about it here:

http://www.penobscotnarrowsbridge.com/bridge.html

BBD

[onekgguy]

Very nice work, Dave...do you have a Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/) account? It's a very nice site for posting photos.

Kevin g

[BumbleBeeDave]

Very nice work, Dave...do you have a Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/) account? It's a very nice site for posting photos.

Kevin g

. . . here:

http://www.pbase.com/bumblebeedave

But I'm a little behind on posting stuff there. Too many pics to edit, not enough time!

I also have some stuff up at Printroom.com . . .

http://www.printroom.com/ghome.asp?domain_name=bumblebeephoto

BBD

[Dave Hickey]

The August bridge photo :beer: :beer: :beer:

[MarleyMon]

great shots - Thanks!
makes me want to ride in NY & Maine - really nice stuff.

[Len J]

The August bridge photo :beer: :beer: :beer:

is the shizzle!

Len

[RABikes2]

Really nice photos, Dave! Thanks for sharing ... am I on your Christmas gift exchange list? ;)
RA

[ispy]

Wonderful photos. Ditto on the bridge pix.

[hansolo758]

Hey BBD, great pics. Thank you.

[KeithS]

Nice work thanks for sharing. That gives me a goal for next year. That shot on the MS ride is just breathtaking. You give me yet something more to aspire to. I have that same L4. I like pulling it out of my jersey taking those snap and pray shots.

[whammo45]

Nice pics Dave, always a pleasure admiring the great outdoors with
purpose


thanks
RC

[BBB]

Great photos - really well done and a great idea.

[manet]

Lone rider heads over the new Penobscot Narrows Bridge in Bucksport, Maine. This is one of my favorites!

Nikon D-100, 70-200 zoom.

yo my brother was one of the head engineers for that bridge.
around here we call it mark's bridge.

[stevep]

great stuff.

keep 'em coming

[Pete Serotta]

Dave, you should think about making into a calendar and selling.....

You have a wonderful eye for the human nature of it. Outstanding pictures..

I will take on of the calendars if you decide to do them,


PETE

[Sandy]

Dave, you should think about making into a calendar and selling.....

You have a wonderful eye for the human nature of it. Outstanding pictures..

I will take on of the calendars if you decide to do them,


PETE

Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.



Sandy

[djg]

Nice pics -- the bridge shot especially is terrific, the shadow pic made me smile, and the Saratoga/MS bike tour shot made me homesick for upstate New York.

[Peter P.]

The photos are expertly composed. Where did you learn your photographic skills?

[David Kirk]

Nice work..........you should consider doing this as a living.

Dave

[1centaur]

Agree on all the compliments - August is super pro - should be entered in those VeloNews photo contests (unless you're giving up rights by doing so).

As for that December picture, I have thought occasionally that a YouTube focused only on the shadow racing you set to appropriate music and well edited would be absolutely killer. Being able to mount the camera for that shot would be a major technical achievement, as would finding the right road with the right sun angle at the right time of year. Might have to edit out the camera shadow in painstaking post production. Technique aficionados would love it and people who just liked cycling would love it.

[Too Tall]

Most excellent beeeeeman :)

Have a safe joyous XMAS Dave :)

[Blue Jays]

Yowza...them there is some FANTASTIC cycling photographs! :beer:

[Kevan]

you're a darn good shutterbug.

Thanks Dave for your gift to us.

[Lifelover]

I'll buy a calendar if you put one together.

Probably not the highest quality but I think almost all of the online print companies offer one.

Snap fish does a $20 version and a $30 version.

Tell me how much and where to send the check.

[Bud_E]

Those are some beautiful pictures. They definitely have a "back east" quality to them.

[Tom]

Dude, you're good at that. Did you take a class or something?




I'm stealing that bridge photo for my screen saver at work.




Karen looked over my shoulder and said if you're publishing a calendar we'll buy two.

[terry]

nice pics- we're you able to pass the ol' lady in the trike?

[BumbleBeeDave]

nice pics- we're you able to pass the ol' lady in the trike?

. . . NO free calendar for YOU! :no: :no: :no: ;)

BBD

[BumbleBeeDave]

Wasn't really expecting people to want to buy these things. Let me check and see what's possible. I normally sell my stuff through printroom.com, but I'm not sure what kind of calendar options they have. The ones I made locally are at the local photo lab and time you figure the calendar cost, then envelopes and mailing, they wouldn't come out to be that cheap. I'll have to check with the folks at Printroom and see how they do it. Please stand by . . .

BBD

[davids]

They're beautiful shots, especially the one at Penobscot Narrows. And your shots of Acadia are getting me excited for our pre-New Year's trip to Bar Harbor.

Thanks for sharing these!

[Ahneida Ride]

Thanks BBD

Great Shots ....

Merry Christmas ...

[davep]

Great shots, especially July and August. I don't know if I would buy a calendar as I already have a bunch, and I just bought two for my wife yesterday, but I like the idea of stealing one for a desktop photo.

[MRB]

Very very nice shots Mr. 7k ! Looks like you live in some great cycling territory!! Thanks for posting the photos, they are inspiring.

BTW... I think your cyclo-computer must be off, surely you have ridden your bike more than seven kilometers this year :)

John

[gone]

Wasn't really expecting people to want to buy these things. Let me check and see what's possible. I normally sell my stuff through printroom.com, but I'm not sure what kind of calendar options they have. The ones I made locally are at the local photo lab and time you figure the calendar cost, then envelopes and mailing, they wouldn't come out to be that cheap. I'll have to check with the folks at Printroom and see how they do it. Please stand by . . .

BBD
Another option would be to post hi-res images somewhere and let people make their own. It'd save you a lot of time and trouble and those who are truly interested could do it easily themselves through one of the online services.

Just a thought.

Oh, and by the way, great pictures!

[Skrawny]

Nice shots BBD!

My cousin sends out beautiful calendars every year throudh Snapfish.com, but I have not used them. I use Blurb.com to make photobooks, but they don't have calendars.

Thanks for the pix.
-s

[cmg]

The MS Bike Tour, rural Saratoga County, NY, heading east towards the Hudson River.

Nikon Coolpix L4.


Beautiful shot !

[Hardlyrob]

Great pics Dave!

I love the MS shot towards the Hudson - makes me want to ride in central / upstate again! The bridge shot is fab!

Cheers!

Rob

[rdparadise]

BBD:

Thanks for sharing your pictures and calendar idea. Overall the shots are excellent. I like a number of them.

Bob

[shoe]

i think dave finds all the time for photos when he's pitstopping for flats.....keep up the good work.....it's cool to see riders through a riders eye....dave

[link]

craft and art - you've got skills and talent