Self-timer cycling action selfie challenge

[briantrumpet]

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On my way home with a stick of Brussel Sprouts.

Oh, that could be a sub-genre of unusual cargo selfies! 🤣

 

[Gwylan]

Is it ok to use a Bluetooth gizzmo in stead of or in conjunction with self timer?

Off to see if it will run the self timer

 

[briantrumpet]

Is it ok to use a Bluetooth gizzmo in stead of or in conjunction with self timer?

Off to see if it will run the self timer

I think Bluetooth is cheating, as the challenge is getting the timing right counting to ten (or whatever). I ought to post one or two of my fails too, where my sense of timing has been hopelessly out!

 

[Gwylan]

I think Bluetooth is cheating, as the challenge is getting the timing right counting to ten (or whatever). I ought to post one or two of my fails too, where my sense of timing has been hopelessly out!

Thanks for clarifying that.

Pretty impressive then.

I'd need more than 10 secs to get on my bike and moving.
And if the bike is more that a few yards from the bike, the bike stops. Sounds a great idea, but a total pain feature. Only realise after using the bike a few weeks.

 

[figbat]

Coincidentally I was mulling the concept of doing just this on Monday, during my first ride since my back went 'ping'. In the end I didn't but now there's a thread for it I will certainly have a go. Lugging my DSLR and Manfrotto tripod is probably not ideal so I'll have to rig up some kind of phone steady.

 

[briantrumpet]

Coincidentally I was mulling the concept of doing just this on Monday, during my first ride since my back went 'ping'. In the end I didn't but now there's a thread for it I will certainly have a go. Lugging my DSLR and Manfrotto tripod is probably not ideal so I'll have to rig up some kind of phone steady.

I've got a Sony HX-60 which goes in a jersey pocket nicely, and a mini bendy tripod.

 

[T4tomo]

you guys must struggle to get a ride done if you're stopping for timer photos every few miles

 

[chriswoody]

Lugging my DSLR and Manfrotto tripod is probably not ideal so I'll have to rig up some kind of phone steady.

I've been using one of these Manfrotto tripods which will not only take a smartphone, but also my micro four thirds camera as well. It also works with my older DSLR, but it's not quite as steady with that, though it depends on the surface you place it on.

I ought to post one or two of my fails too, where my sense of timing has been hopelessly out!

Here's one of mine where the bike was far too far away!

 

[rualexander]

 

[briantrumpet]

The ones coming back towards the camera are always a bit of a challenge, especially on narrow roads...

 

[briantrumpet]

Not a difficult one, but the first on the heart-friendly leccy bike, and the angle turned out quite nicely to capture the delightfulness of this road.

 

[Ian H]

It's much easier if you stop and sit down for the photo.
This one might have been a cheat with a remote, but it was a long time ago.

 

[chriswoody]

Here's couple more from a trip to the Swiss Alps a couple of summers ago.

Composition is not great, but you get the idea!

A tricky shot from head on as I'm trying to track stand in order to not blur the image.

 

[briantrumpet]

It's much easier if you stop and sit down for the photo.
This one might have been a cheat with a remote, but it was a long time ago.
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I do like the challenge of counting to ten.

 

[briantrumpet]

Here's couple more from a trip to the Swiss Alps a couple of summers ago.

Composition is not great, but you get the idea!

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A tricky shot from head on as I'm trying to track stand in order to not blur the image.

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Good efforts! Yes, the head-on ones are the hardest, particularly keeping the front wheel straight while going slowly. I don't think I'll ever better this. But I do like the challenge, so when people kindly offer to take a photo, very often I'll politely decline, unless it saves the likelihood of me plunging into a ravine.