Bicycle Rides - Aboard the Bike

[hoopdriver]

I liked the Hopperesque quality to this scene along the deserted seafront promenade at Bexhill-on-Sea at 4:30am.

 

[hoopdriver]

The Strawberry Moon - from Bexhill-on-Sea

 

[hoopdriver]

It's not easy to capture a sunrise and a moonset in the same picture, but with a bit of forward planning and some convenient timing with the set of this month's full moon I was able to capture this image at about 4:30am at the King George V Coronation Pavilion on the seafront at Bexhill-on-Sea

 

[hoopdriver]

Deep shadows and hot bright yellow sunshine at daybreak on the old mash road near Pevensey

 

[hoopdriver]

Rolling sea mist and a boiling orb of a sun combine to bath the landscape in a rich luminous glow.

 

[steveindenmark]

Hoopdriver are you taking your own photos? What model of camera are you using?

 

[hoopdriver]

Hoopdriver are you taking your own photos? What model of camera are you using?

Yup - that's me on the bicycle and me shooting the images. I use a Canon 5D4 DSLR and a tripod and a programmable timer/shutter release. That's the easy part. The much harder part is the planning, scouting, visualising and then getting myself in the frame precisely, getting the body language right and the fall of light and shadow the way I want it. And all while working with rapidly shifting light in an uncontrolled environment. These take a lot of work to produce!

 

[steveindenmark]

I watched a DVD called One Crazy Ride. It is by a solo Royal Enfield rider in India. He explained how he took his solo distance shots of him riding. It was quite a job.

 

[hoopdriver]

I watched a DVD called One Crazy Ride. It is by a solo Royal Enfield rider in India. He explained how he took his solo distance shots of him riding. It was quite a job.

It truly is. In summer with the early sunrises I am often on the road by 3:30am in order to be where I need to be to catch the light. If I'm lucky I'll get a couple of good images. Sometimes the light and conditions just don't pan out and I an ride home with nothing I feel like using at all.

 

[hoopdriver]

Swirling sea fog and a golden sunrise combine to bathe the landscape along the old marsh road near Pevensey in a creamy golden light.

 

[avecReynolds531]

Quite stunning photography throughout - beautiful images. Thanks for a superb thread.

 

[hoopdriver]

Pedalling along the seafront Promenade at Bexhill-on-Sea in the blue hour before dawn...

 

[hoopdriver]

Cafe stop - deserted beachfront cafe near ruins of the old lido, St Leonard's-on-Sea

 

[hoopdriver]

First rays of the new day...

 

[AndyRM]

How have I only just found this thread?

Superb work @hoopdriver - very much my kind of thing when it comes to style.