June - the great KB photo competition

[Steam]

Congrats to Paul in NZ for winning last month's competition!
This month...


Must be taken THIS MONTH
One entry only. If you decide to enter a different photo you can edit your post and change the photo.
The photo must be attached as a little clickable thumbnail, text links are dumb and annoying.
The photo must be motorcycle related
Amateur photographers only please. You professional guys are awesome and will blow us all away.

Give it a title or caption too.
Several people have offered prizes for this month, so the rules will be applied a bit more rigorously this time. But in the end that will be up to the judge who picks the finalists.
More prizes always welcome, as that'll make people more keen. Including me!
Thanks to Big Dave for choosing the finalists for May, can another professional photographer PM me and offer to be the judge for this month?
Oh, and if there aren't many entries for this month we can make the competition bi-monthly next time.

If you don't know how to post clickable thumbnails, go to the test stuff thread (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=1406), click the little paper-clip icon, and practise attaching a photo from your computer or the net.

Go for it folks!

[NordieBoy]

This is the best one of mine (well actually Vic took it) so far this month...
Took Victor through the Maungatapu to Pelorus and back, he's never been on more than gravel :D
The DR also clocked up 10000km near the end of the ride.
This ride drove home to me how much my riding has improved on gravel.
I was quicker through there 2-up than I could get through 1-up even as recently ago as the Dusty Butt.

[The Pastor]

a tad bit blury?

[carbacca]

just a generic photogenic pic of my bike :scooter: :scooter: took it while on a pissing break from riding

[NighthawkNZ]

might be a tad blury but its not a bad photo over all... the bluryness adds to the effect of the photo

[NordieBoy]

a tad bit blury?

A 60kph gravel sweeper at 1/40th of a second will do that :D
The gravel in the centre isn't blurry.

[BigG]

Check this out Mstrs drink riding !!!!!!:dodge:

[The Pastor]

makes me dizzy

[The Big J]

A 60kph gravel sweeper at 1/40th of a second will do that :D
The gravel in the centre isn't blurry.

I like the effect - just a shame the focus didn´t go to the vanishing point where we should be looking!

nice shot, I am getting frustrated with my blurry motion images. But hey, a DSLR wouldn´t be taken along on the bike ride.

[Ghost_Bullet]

Heres a shot I took at this years brass monkey with people around the bon-fire.

Pic. Fire

[NighthawkNZ]

fire good... fire my friend on fracking cold nights :D From this years Brass Monkey as well

Looking down on a fire drum. Makes a good desktop wallpaper :) :yes:

[NordieBoy]

But hey, a DSLR wouldn´t be taken along on the bike ride.

Yes it will/is :D
But it won't be taking any "in motion" shots that's for sure. That's why I got a little Canon A450 P&S.

[Postie]

A moist day in Paris, a classic bike, some photo trickery and great architecture.

(The bike was next to the Arch thingy, hence the comment about the architecture)

[Postie]

Wow - thanks for pointing that out.

No worries mate.


What I like best is how you quoted me, so I can't even remove the comment....... DOH!!

[Big Dave]

No worries mate.


What I like best is how you quoted me, so I can't even remove the comment....... DOH!!

what message?

[Nutter34]

The beast got out...

[Xile]

A moist day in Paris, a classic bike, some photo trickery and great architecture.

(The bike was next to the Arch thingy, hence the comment about the architecture)

Ahhh Paris!!
Can just agree: great architecture and nice bike...
Did you test the cobblestones under the rain? ...was at the point of falling so many times, even with a DR!!! :laugh: Funny now but pretty impressive lol
Great pic, I vote for this one ;)

[Toaster]

And the Lord spoke and said: "It is very good".

[NordieBoy]

And the Devil spoke and said: "Let's set fire to his handlebars".

[Storm]

Nice work Nordie. I'd give bling but I'm all out. :D:D:D

[Juan]

The 1907 original TT winning bike.... nice

[ManDownUnder]

A moist day in Paris, a classic bike, some photo trickery and great architecture.

(The bike was next to the Arch thingy, hence the comment about the architecture)

LOL bugger mate - I was right there Friday 25th of May... and I mean RIGHT THERE. Weather was ok for me though.

How's the rest of the trip?

[yod]

the lil red viffer lookin styley down route 52

[Maha]

Who had my pic deleted from this thread?......with no pm to me on the reason why...just cut it!....own up S4B

[mbazza]

A crack at the June photo contest!

[Steam]

Who had my pic deleted from this thread?......with no pm to me on the reason why...just cut it!....own up S4B

Oh that's no good, one of the mods musta made a mistake. Tell us what happened when you find out. PM a mod...

[Kinje]

My crack at the comp

Passing over the Arthurs Pass

[NordieBoy]

My crack at the comp

Passing over the Arthurs Pass

I am not going near this statement.
Toooo much ammunition.

:D

[_intense_]

took it while on a pissing break

//cheers for the nice mental image. :shutup:

[Biggles08]

Here's some picture's i prepared earlier :cool: - On the way back from the Brass Monkey just south of lake Tekapo at the information centre carpark.

[yod]

Here's some picture's i prepared earlier :cool: - On the way back from the Brass Monkey just south of lake Tekapo at the information centre carpark.

only one pic allowed i think (i wuz gonna put a few in too dagnabbit!)

[Biggles08]

only one pic allowed i think (i wuz gonna put a few in too dagnabbit!)

opps! oh well which one do you think i should have put up?:rolleyes:

[yod]

opps! oh well which one do you think i should have put up?:rolleyes:

ditch the zzr....use the middle one with just the zx (imho)

[Kickaha]

Michael Godfrey memorial Moto X Meeting

focus wasn't quite right, but it is a cheapy camera

[Donor]

And the Lord spoke and said: "It is very good".

I bow before the Goddess... :not:

[Swoop]

One of those typical places to have a quick break and enjoy the view on a great day!

[MotoGirl]

I believe the competition criteria says "bike-related" so here's my entry :rofl:

Nah, that's just a pisstake. The second one's my real entry...

[Firefight]

I believe the competition criteria says "bike-related" so here's my entry :rofl:

Nah, that's just a pisstake. The second one's my real entry...



Hey Motogirl,

its a bike pic comp, not a pic of your partner comp, no place for Neal, but nice first shot anyway ! was hair always that colour ?


F/F

[MotoGirl]

Hey Motogirl,

its a bike pic comp, not a pic of your partner comp, no place for Neal, but nice first shot anyway ! was hair always that colour ?


F/F

Ooh pic of your partner comp sounds like a good idea! :shutup: Neal's more of my "bitch" than my troll :lol:

Where's your entry? The entries seem to be a bit sparse this month...

[NUTBAR]

Here's some picture's i prepared earlier :cool: - On the way back from the Brass Monkey just south of lake Tekapo at the information centre carpark.

that first pic is awsome.:yes:

[Firefight]

Where's your entry?




got nun bike atm


F/F

[NUTBAR]

the lost hwy, 16 on the way to palmy.

[Biggles08]

Hey peeps...here another thread I just started...a little more specific though so get those photos rolling in.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=51820

[Steam]

Hey peeps...here another thread I just started...a little more specific though so get those photos rolling in.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=51820

:drool: Yes I must agree, that thread has WAY more potential to be interesting than this one. :drool: :drool:

[Ghost_Bullet]

Yeah aggree, but damn < I do not think Mrs Bullet is going to be agreeable to perching on my steed in some state of undress....

[Biggles08]

Yeah aggree, but damn < I do not think Mrs Bullet is going to be agreeable to perching on my steed in some state of undress....

She doesn't need to be in any state of undress...just post post post :-)

[T.W.R]

Took this on Queen's B/day weekend :yes:

[Biggles08]

Took this on Queen's B/day weekend :yes:
who'sthe guy on the rock? Nice Photo dude.:yes:

[Big Dave]

who'sthe guy on the rock? Nice Photo dude.:yes:


And how little is he! - he could clean inside that exhaust!

[yod]

And how little is he! - he could clean inside that exhaust!

...and he looks like he's thinking about it....

[Lissa]

:drool: Yes I must agree, that thread has WAY more potential to be interesting than this one. :drool: :drool:

No way!! Wash your mouth out!

[Biggles08]

No way!! Wash your mouth out!

You should read some of the crap thats being spouted about...it is actually quite interesting for all the wrong reasons!

[T.W.R]

who'sthe guy on the rock? Nice Photo dude.:yes:

??? just some young kid who was playing around out on the rocks about 10m off the road :yes:

Got other pics from the same weekend but I'm being good & adhering to the terms of the thread :innocent:


And how little is he! - he could clean inside that exhaust!

:shutup: Now that would be handy :laugh:

[Biggles08]

Got other pics from the same weekend but I'm being good & adhering to the terms of the thread :innocent:

opps I better remove my other two....that rule wasn't there when I first posted...sorry.

[The Big J]

opps I better remove my other two....that rule wasn't there when I first posted...sorry.

I think you should post the girlfriend in this thread.



My entry: Yup that´s the equator. A few words to the management let me get the bike in. ¨The Blue Eyes Effect¨

Worst kept secret is that this is not actually 0 00 00 but 70 metres away from it. Makes for a better photo as I have no GPS.

[Biggles08]

I think you should post the girlfriend in this thread.


I don't....the Mods will shut down the thread then!:nono:

[NZsarge]

Here's some picture's i prepared earlier :cool: - On the way back from the Brass Monkey just south of lake Tekapo at the information centre carpark.
Ah..I thought I had some nice pics of my bike but this is really nice.:yes:

[NZsarge]

Took this on Queen's B/day weekend :yes:

oh....this is beaut too.

[NZsarge]

I believe the competition criteria says "bike-related" so here's my entry :rofl:

Nah, that's just a pisstake. The second one's my real entry...
my my....the details:love:

[Biggles08]

Ah..I thought I had some nice pics of my bike but this is really nice.:yes:

Cheers NZsarge. I thought so too:yes:

[NZsarge]

Cheers NZsarge. I thought so too:yes:
OH ...Crap!....just noticed....it does'nt compare to the photo you're using for your avatar though:yes:

[Biggles08]

OH ...Crap!....just noticed....it does'nt compare to the photo you're using for your avatar though:yes:

mmmm....can't really argue:laugh:

[Zapf]

Here is mine and Gremlin's photo.

ps. anyone know who the rider is? (we have more photos)

[Zapf]

Here is mine.

[NordieBoy]

Last Sunday to be precise :D
The mighty XR500 dealing some roost.

[Skyryder]

Well ya gota admit it's different. Came across this on the shortest day poker run at Waikari.

Skyryder

[Paul in NZ]

Last Sunday to be precise :D
The mighty XR500 dealing some roost.

Now thats art....

[Edbear]

Now thats art....



One man's art....

Should be in the "Guess that bike", thread..

[NordieBoy]

Now thats art....

I'm rather pleased with the backlit roost myself.

[Kendog]

Mrs Kendog on a cold June morning.

[Trudes]

A Gixxer in the sun :sunny:

[janno]

The Stealth Bomber, Mt Mee.

This is at one of Brisbane's best motorcycling areas. Note, it is a bit of a rise. Aussies get very excited that it isn't flat.

MOUNT Mee.

It's a bump, by NZ standards.

[nadroj]

The Stealth Bomber, Mt Mee.

This is at one of Brisbane's best motorcycling areas. Note, it is a bit of a rise. Aussies get very excited that it isn't flat.

MOUNT Mee.

It's a bump, by NZ standards.

Is that place named after you?

[Bass]

The Stealth Bomber, Mt Mee.

This is at one of Brisbane's best motorcycling areas. Note, it is a bit of a rise. Aussies get very excited that it isn't flat.

MOUNT Mee.

It's a bump, by NZ standards.

The last time I was up at Kilcoy on business, I came back that way. I thought it interesting that all the "slippery road" signs through there, had pictures of bikes rather than cars on them.

[janno]

The last time I was up at Kilcoy on business, I came back that way. I thought it interesting that all the "slippery road" signs through there, had pictures of bikes rather than cars on them.

Because all the bikers get so excited at a slightly technical road, it's a mad bloody dash every weekend. Why I love going up during the week . . .:innocent:

The ambos scrape someone off the road every weekend, nearly all single vehicle bike accidents involving speed and inexperience. Lots of fatalities.

The signs say "Bike crash zone next XYZ km".

So basically, around here the cars aren't a problem. The bikes are. Sad to say.:confused:

I'd name a mountain "Mt Holy Crap Look at The View".

But it'd be big enough to warrant the title:yes:

[Two Smoker]

This is me at Manfield two weekends ago... It is a photo, but is in an artistic impression... I think it looks awesome...

[SARGE]

SARGE N Barbender running wild on the Waitaks

great ride out .. great weather

[wybmadiity]

The Stealth Bomber, Mt Mee.

This is at one of Brisbane's best motorcycling areas. Note, it is a bit of a rise. Aussies get very excited that it isn't flat.

MOUNT Mee.

It's a bump, by NZ standards.

Mate and I went over Mt Nebo... That seemed like a good one :D

[Edbear]

SH27 Tues. morn. Crisp and cold but awesome day!

[007XX]

A moist day in Paris, a classic bike, some photo trickery and great architecture.

(The bike was next to the Arch thingy, hence the comment about the architecture)

The arch thingy happens to be the "Arc de Triomphe"....just thought I'd further the educational bit for anyone that cares to know!:innocent:

[janno]

Mate and I went over Mt Nebo... That seemed like a good one :D

The best time I've had going over Mt Nebo was 6.30am Christmas morning. Not a soul. Was fan-bloody-tastic.

Otherwise it's veerrry dangerous, heavily trafficked and policed. If the drifters don't get ya, and the tourists don't get ya, the coppers will.

Lots of riders won't ride that road any more, because it's a nutter magnet in the weekends.

Can't wait to get back to Nz - more than a handful of good roads and bugger all traffic.

(Remind me I said that when I'm bitching about the wind and the cold . . .)

[janno]

The arch thingy happens to be the "Arc de Triomphe"....just thought I'd further the educational bit for anyone that cares to know!:innocent:

L'arc de Triumph.

Bossy know it all, aren't I?

[007XX]

L'arc de Triumph.

Bossy know it all, aren't I?

"L'arc de triomphe" for correct spelling, but I love Triumphs so...shall we rename this couple of decades old monument??? :yes:

And I don't mind bossy...hell, it would be the pot calling the kettle black! :shutup:

[007XX]

(Remind me I said that when I'm bitching about the wind and the cold . . .)

Oh don't worry, will definitely do:laugh: :devil2:

[janno]

"L'arc de triomphe" for correct spelling, but I love Triumphs so...shall we rename this couple of decades old monument??? :yes:

And I don't mind bossy...hell, it would be the pot calling the kettle black! :shutup:

Bah! Teach me to correct someone!! Wrong again.

Don'tcha hate Karma!!!

[007XX]

Bah! Teach me to correct someone!! Wrong again.

Don'tcha hate Karma!!!

:laugh: that was sweet though...Guess I have a bit of an unfair advantage on this one, what with being born french and all....:innocent:

[The Big J]

I want to change my entry but can`t work out how to modify the thumbnail

Can I enter this please?

[Steam]

So who's going to choose the final ten then?
I'll PM a mod, they can do it.

Not so many entries this month, I think maybe the competition should be quarterly (spring summer autumn winter) or even once yearly. Then it truly would be THE GREAT KB PHOTO COMPETITION!


Can I enter this please?
Where the hell is that!?? Cool.

[Kendog]

So who's going to choose the final ten then?
I'll PM a mod, they can do it.

Not so many entries this month, I think maybe the competition should be quarterly (spring summer autumn winter) or even once yearly. Then it truly would be THE GREAT KB PHOTO COMPETITION!


Where the hell is that!?? Cool.

You could do quarterly with the winning photos being part of that years KB calendar.

[Busy]

I polished my bike yesterday so could take a pic of it ... today I took this (the tank badge)

[sAsLEX]

So who's going to choose the final ten then?
I'll PM a mod, they can do it.

Not so many entries this month, I think maybe the competition should be quarterly (spring summer autumn winter) or even once yearly. Then it truly would be THE GREAT KB PHOTO COMPETITION!


Where the hell is that!?? Cool.

Have one already for the calenders.....

[The Big J]

Where the hell is that!?? Cool.

Peru on the Panamericana south of Trujillo. Like driving on the moon in parts. I´m putting up more photos on the website soon.

I crashed today big time so will be off the bike as of tomorrow for at least a week to sort shit/my head, so will update the blog posts too. Peru is truly mindblowing for landscape. People a bit hit and miss. An aging Avon Gripster on the front is a little hit and miss too.

It´s a shame there aren´t more photos, maybe quarterly would work better but monthly would be good if people can find the time. Or maybe we could enter 3 photos each?

[T.W.R]

I crashed today big time so will be off the bike as of tomorrow for at least a week to sort shit/my head, so will update the blog posts too. Peru is truly mindblowing for landscape. People a bit hit and miss. An aging Avon Gripster on the front is a little hit and miss too.



Geez J lucky it wasn't a major bin. my uncle is over there (Sth America) at the moment and lols got altitude sickness somewhere up in the Argentinian side of the Andes :yes: spent a week laid up, coughing up blood etc, got out of there as soon as he could. Reckoned the Argentinians are strange abrupt people to deal with and didn't like it at all apart from the scenery.
He made it back to Val Pariso (Chile) to recuperate.

[The Big J]

Geez J lucky it wasn't a major bin. my uncle is over there (Sth America) at the moment and lols got altitude sickness somewhere up in the Argentinian side of the Andes :yes: spent a week laid up, coughing up blood etc, got out of there as soon as he could. Reckoned the Argentinians are strange abrupt people to deal with and didn't like it at all apart from the scenery.
He made it back to Val Pariso (Chile) to recuperate.

I got up to 4800 metres yesterday (started sea level), abrupt change.
Felt it HARD within 30 minutes. Thankfully road went down about 1000 metres from there to recuperate!

I liked the Argentinians but they´re a bit special. But I don´t know the country that well. Valparaiso is cool.

[Steam]

I got up to 4800 metres yesterday

Are you travelling around, or living over there?

[T.W.R]

I got up to 4800 metres yesterday (started sea level), abrupt change.
Felt it HARD within 30 minutes. Thankfully road went down about 1000 metres from there to recuperate!

I liked the Argentinians but they´re a bit special. But I don´t know the country that well. Valparaiso is cool.

Yeah it takes a bit of the stuffing out of you with an abrupt change like that :yes: he'd been warned about prior to going but didn't heed the warning signs.
Think the place was called Mendoza (sp?) if I remember rightly where he got caught.

[The Big J]

I am travelling around - heading for Rio de Janiero. Been on the road 5 months now, be another 2 I think through Bolivia.

Should get some decent photos in for next month.

[Kendog]

So who's going to choose the final ten then?
I'll PM a mod, they can do it.

Whats the haps?

[ceebie13]

Mrs Kendog on a cold June morning.

...how can you tell she's cold? :gob:

[kro]

Why am I the only one who can see a sepia tone picture of a bearded man in an old fashioned suit in the bottom right section of this picture that Nighthawk posted?. You have to look at it in the attachment box, you can't see it in the full size version.
I put a faint line around the area I see the man in.

[Kendog]

...how can you tell she's cold? :gob:

Cause my hands were freezing when I took the photo :cold:

[NUTBAR]

me and bonze around the east coast.

[ceebie13]

Cause my hands were freezing when I took the photo :cold:

Nice pic though Nige...any chance of some action shots of the CB one day?

[Kendog]

Nice pic though Nige...any chance of some action shots of the CB one day?

Absolutely. I am planning to book a Sat/Sun date in summer for any KBers that want shots of them taken on the hill.
Did a random one last year and got these. (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/photopost/showgallery.php/cat/392)

[MotoGirl]

Absolutely. I am planning to book a Sat/Sun date in summer for any KBers that want shots of them taken on the hill.
Did a random one last year and got these. (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/photopost/showgallery.php/cat/392)

Cool pics. Where did you take them?

[kro]

Sweet Georgia Brown, you're all blind !!!

[Kendog]

Cool pics. Where did you take them?


Thanks, they were all taken on the Rimutaka's in November last year.
58 bikes, 390 photos.

I had just got the camera so was having a little play to see what it could do.

[Steam]

Whats the haps?

Yes, the judge is currently cogitating, choosing the final ten

[Kendog]

Yes, the judge is currently cogitating, choosing the final ten

"cogitating" To think deeply; to ponder.

I had to look it up :pinch:

[MotoGirl]

Yes, the judge is currently cogitating, choosing the final ten

So everyone who entered made the final ten? :shutup:

[ManDownUnder]

A 60kph gravel sweeper at 1/40th of a second will do that :D
The gravel in the centre isn't blurry.

Actually I like it... gives that sensation of movement... (or being drunk...)

[kiwifruit]

I've got my entry for the july comp :)

[Steam]

So everyone who entered made the final ten? :shutup:

Ha! But yes, you are right, there weren't many entries.
As for when the next comp opens, I have handed over the "intellectual property" on the idea of the photo competition thread to the Mods, they are discussing it in their special tinfoil-wrapped sealed section. In future it may be a once yearly thing, or a quarterly, or whatever they decide. It's too much to have a monthly one.

I'll put up the ten for voting... either this arvo if I can be bothered, or tomorrow.

[kiwifruit]

Ha! But yes, you are right, there weren't many entries.
As for when the next comp opens, I have handed over the "intellectual property" on the idea of the photo competition thread to the Mods, they are discussing it in their special tinfoil-wrapped sealed section. In future it may be a once yearly thing, or a quarterly, or whatever they decide. It's too much to have a monthly one.

I'll put up the ten for voting... either this arvo if I can be bothered, or tomorrow.

so can i enter my pic in the june "comp"?

[Steam]

so can i enter my pic in the june "comp"?

Sorry Kiwifruit, voting has closed, the final ten have been chosen by our celebrity judges. It's now up to our television audience to pick the winner.

But show us now anyway, you can still enter it when they hold the next comp!

[kiwifruit]

Aww, ok


Kiwisaki heavy industries THE TEN in the steam fields at Wairakei taken on saturday

please excuse the watermark, i dont have the original file on this machine

[Steam]

THE TEN in the steam fields

Hot bike, hot location, taken by hot Kiwifruit. Hot!:sweatdrop

[kiwifruit]

Hot bike, hot location, taken by hot Kiwifruit. Hot!:sweatdrop

oh shucks! thanks man
:o:o

[Joni]

Hot bike, hot location, taken by hot Kiwifruit. Hot!:sweatdropI've never seen a man so openly admit he think another man is hot... good on you :bleh:

[MotoGirl]

Ha! But yes, you are right, there weren't many entries.
As for when the next comp opens, I have handed over the "intellectual property" on the idea of the photo competition thread to the Mods, they are discussing it in their special tinfoil-wrapped sealed section. In future it may be a once yearly thing, or a quarterly, or whatever they decide. It's too much to have a monthly one.

I'll put up the ten for voting... either this arvo if I can be bothered, or tomorrow.

I think one person (i.e. a non-mod) needs to own the photo competition. Why don't you want to run it anymore?

Realistically, what do the mods care if the competition fails to run? If that's the case it's one less thread for them to moderate. Just my 2c :dodge:

[Joni]

I dont agree with you Motogirl... anything that contributes positively towards KB is a good thing, so why on earth would the Mods not support it?

[Steam]

I've never seen a man so openly admit he think another man is hot... good on you :bleh:

Wait now, isn't Kiwifruit a woman? She has pictures of herself as her avatar fairly often... or is that just some hot girl he knows??
DOH!

[Joni]

Wait now, isn't Kiwifruit a woman? She has pictures of herself as her avatar fairly often... or is that just some hot girl he knows??
DOH!:lol: :lol:

Shit thats funny.....

Umm errr no "HE" is very much a "he" from what I have been told :yes:

[MotoGirl]

I dont agree with you Motogirl... anything that contributes positively towards KB is a good thing, so why on earth would the Mods not support it?

Whoops, I'm not saying you won't support it. I'm suggesting that it's not necessarily your responsibility to run the competition. In my opinion, the mods shouldn't have to pick up the work that other people no longer want to do.

[NordieBoy]

If no-one wants to take it over I'm sure there's plenty of frustrated photographists who would volunteer.

[Trudes]

My photo didn't make it.... :(

[skelstar]

My photo didn't make it.... :(

...see it doesn't take much for my to get over my grumpiness after all! :shutup:

[Trudes]

...see it doesn't take much for my to get over my grumpiness after all! :shutup:

Arsebag.:(:Pokey:

[Lissa]

I think this competition is a great idea, and should be still monthly. The reason I didnt enter one this month is because I am doing less riding and the weather isnt too great to take my sensational photos! :sunny:

[Steam]

I think this competition is a great idea, and should be still monthly.
I think if people have more time between competitions to take photos, then there will be more and better entries.
The first time we had heaps of entries, 50 or so. And there were HEAPS of amazing ones.
This time not so many, and the quality is definitely down on last time too.

I reckon if it is made Seasonal, or half-yearly, then people will have lots of ride photos stored up and can choose from six months of their own photos.

Last time was quite cool, people got excited and there was a $150 prize offered by a printing company, they offered to print out Paul in NZ's photo in A2 size.
If it is every month then there certainly won't be that level of excitement.
HYPE is EVERYTHING!:p

If Christmas was every month it wouldn't be so exciting.

[Swoop]

This time not so many, and the quality is definitely down on last time too.

I reckon if it is made Seasonal, or half-yearly, then people will have lots of ride photos stored up and can choose from six months of their own photos.
I have to disagree on this one. If those "seasonal" bikers finally decide it is warm enough to go for a ride, then we will see a deluge of photos over the summer months. Limit of 5 per member? We'll see a lot of good shots and also a gigantic amount of photo's that are very good, being tossed away for no good reason.
Also, the KB Kalendar will have more submissions to choose from.

2c+gst.

[Steam]

2c+gst.

Well, such a sum does not exist, unless you are paying by eftpos!

Still, some good points to consider.

[NordieBoy]

Limit of 5 per member?

Now that alone will increase the amount of pics at least 5 times :D

[erik]

No july photo thread? I'll just post it here then:

<a href="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e118/edorp/bandit/IMG_0925e.jpg"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e118/edorp/bandit/th_IMG_0925e.jpg" border=0></a>
One of the back roads between SH1 and SH22.