I have been asking Mayur from the Bangalore photography club for this appointment since long. BPC was meeting at java city and mayur gave me the 2.30 pm slot on his calender.
I showed him my snaps from the Himalayan duo ride and most of them:
1. were over exposed.
2. Focusing was at the wrong place
3. Colors were wrong due to point #1
I realized that i was a just another lousy egoistic photographer who could not come to terms with the cameras "Automatic" mode function.
In some time, deepika (another member) comes in and gives her views too. Apparently i had not used the White Balance well.
The meeting was more of a lesson on post processing, but the balancing the EV was the point that i needed to learn a lot about.
The pics are at http://picasaweb.google.com/100kph/LalbagBangalore25thAugust2007
Do leave comments on how that was!
Cheers!
Ady
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
This is some funny article i picked up somewhere
Bikers Guide to looking at girls and make them look at you (without hurting yourself)
Disclaimer: I never wrote this article. Infact I am not the kind to watch other females of my species. Don’t claim me liable if you get trashed by the public, or you twist your neck. I only pilfered this article from another site (and I don’t know where that is/was or who the author is/was).
Preface
It’s told half the battle is won if a girl looks at you twice. And this article will explain you riders of the “Ultimate Cruiser” on how to achieve this. The first thing a the “other side” notices about you is your uniqueness. So if you ride and dress like a punk on a RX-100 or a potbellied-trader on a Bajaj-Scooter its probably correct to assume that her radars missed you.
How to Dress while riding
If you have a good physique and no signs of a pot belly wear colorful short sleeve shirt, show your biceps out. Dress in some tight jeans which is denim blue in color. Alternatively try 3/4ths some times (but not shorts as girls in India turn their eyes away from you (in shame) when you are dressed inappropriately).. Please remember you should sit 2 inches away from the tank. This will give you a great erect posture while driving. Look straight and pull the throttle
If you don’t have a good body (you are a body one size too big), - no problems, just dress with a blazer and jeans. Any thing to hide your paunch – dude. If a decent girl worth watching sees your, there goes all your chances. Guys with airbags in their belly, please sit as close to the cruisers tank so that it’s covered. Well. Alternately you can buy some tank bags with some vendors hawking it.
One thing good about these tank bags is that your bike will look abnormal and big, so even if you are big and abnormal, you will always get a FIRST LOOK!
Shoes
Shoes are very important! Make sure you have big boots like the one from woodland. Just don’t wear a formal black leather shoe or a cheap brown shoe. If you do, you would look great on some executive-bike. Make sure you have mud on your shoe to depict the “born tough” spirit that your dad passed to you (and his dad did to him).
How to Dress your bike
No matter how dirty your shoe it, your bike should be sparky-sparky J. It should shine. Use that waxpol polish on painted parts and chalk powder paste on chrome. Rub the chalk powder and you get shining new chrome. Bribe your maidservant to do this every two days. Positioning your mirrors is very important. You will learn about this later in this e-book.
The Thump
Its the thump that makes your bike sound different. Use the Goldie silencer. These silencers cost 2000 bucks and are peddled all over India. Don’t use the rocket silencer or the thinner one they make your bike sound like an auto-rikshaw.
So my friends don’t keep the bazooka silencer, or your bike will sound like a greeves – garuda transport carrier.
How to make them feel they are not being ogled at
The most important thing is to make the girl feel she is not being stared at. Women have been gifted with the uncanny ability to detect where in a crowd are the “stares” coming from. They usually avoid that section. So your priority is to make them feel “comfy”.
Now how do you do that ? – Optical Illusion – Stupid!
Buy a reflecting glass (these are great, women love to see themselves in a mirror - yeah) or a dark glass (this is not so great, but chalta-hai types). Don’t get a red or a blue glass, like you used to do when you went to watch chota chetan 3d when you were kids…these are turn offs
Now there is a style in looking… since they cant see your eyeball movement, don’t look directly into them. Look at the beggar on the pavement and take a glance at her (if she’s looking). My advice, forget girls on the other side of the road, she’ll be long gone before anything could happen at all.
NOTE: All these work best when you have reflecting aviators.
Final Cut - How you wear Helmet and make them feel noticed
Girls love to be curious. So lets play by their rules be anonymous! Wear a full face helmet. Typically the mouth-piece helmet should barely expose your upper lip. Follow the sixth section described here . If the girl gives you a stare, look at her and smile bright thru the helmet. She will not know for sure how are you smiling but will definitely respond back (positive or negative depends on how you did it).
NOTE: Don’t wear that flip open helmet as a. its not safe for your anteriors. And b. there is no more anonymity in you!
End Notes
Fine, so you impressed some one and she gives you the lead. This typically happens only if you are lucky and extremely good. You will see her lighting her indicators and leading you to some coffee shop (she won’t pull over unless she wants to bash you black-blue). You know what, act innocent and follow her, look and smile only when you are sure she does not have company. In fact I went lucky many times!
FINALLY
How successful you are ? It’s all about horse sense! Do mail me on yabbadabbadoo@yahoo.co.ae
Disclaimer: I never wrote this article. Infact I am not the kind to watch other females of my species. Don’t claim me liable if you get trashed by the public, or you twist your neck. I only pilfered this article from another site (and I don’t know where that is/was or who the author is/was).
Preface
It’s told half the battle is won if a girl looks at you twice. And this article will explain you riders of the “Ultimate Cruiser” on how to achieve this. The first thing a the “other side” notices about you is your uniqueness. So if you ride and dress like a punk on a RX-100 or a potbellied-trader on a Bajaj-Scooter its probably correct to assume that her radars missed you.
How to Dress while riding
If you have a good physique and no signs of a pot belly wear colorful short sleeve shirt, show your biceps out. Dress in some tight jeans which is denim blue in color. Alternatively try 3/4ths some times (but not shorts as girls in India turn their eyes away from you (in shame) when you are dressed inappropriately).. Please remember you should sit 2 inches away from the tank. This will give you a great erect posture while driving. Look straight and pull the throttle
If you don’t have a good body (you are a body one size too big), - no problems, just dress with a blazer and jeans. Any thing to hide your paunch – dude. If a decent girl worth watching sees your, there goes all your chances. Guys with airbags in their belly, please sit as close to the cruisers tank so that it’s covered. Well. Alternately you can buy some tank bags with some vendors hawking it.
One thing good about these tank bags is that your bike will look abnormal and big, so even if you are big and abnormal, you will always get a FIRST LOOK!
Shoes
Shoes are very important! Make sure you have big boots like the one from woodland. Just don’t wear a formal black leather shoe or a cheap brown shoe. If you do, you would look great on some executive-bike. Make sure you have mud on your shoe to depict the “born tough” spirit that your dad passed to you (and his dad did to him).
How to Dress your bike
No matter how dirty your shoe it, your bike should be sparky-sparky J. It should shine. Use that waxpol polish on painted parts and chalk powder paste on chrome. Rub the chalk powder and you get shining new chrome. Bribe your maidservant to do this every two days. Positioning your mirrors is very important. You will learn about this later in this e-book.
The Thump
Its the thump that makes your bike sound different. Use the Goldie silencer. These silencers cost 2000 bucks and are peddled all over India. Don’t use the rocket silencer or the thinner one they make your bike sound like an auto-rikshaw.
So my friends don’t keep the bazooka silencer, or your bike will sound like a greeves – garuda transport carrier.
How to make them feel they are not being ogled at
The most important thing is to make the girl feel she is not being stared at. Women have been gifted with the uncanny ability to detect where in a crowd are the “stares” coming from. They usually avoid that section. So your priority is to make them feel “comfy”.
Now how do you do that ? – Optical Illusion – Stupid!
Buy a reflecting glass (these are great, women love to see themselves in a mirror - yeah) or a dark glass (this is not so great, but chalta-hai types). Don’t get a red or a blue glass, like you used to do when you went to watch chota chetan 3d when you were kids…these are turn offs
Now there is a style in looking… since they cant see your eyeball movement, don’t look directly into them. Look at the beggar on the pavement and take a glance at her (if she’s looking). My advice, forget girls on the other side of the road, she’ll be long gone before anything could happen at all.
Rear View Mirror
Approach
Now you see a great gal
walking on the left. What would you do ? a) ride past her slowly and turn your head to see her or b) ride past her and see her in the rear view mirror.
Well if a’s your answer, this article is just for you !. Don’t twist
your head and sprain it. It’s not worth it dude. Ride close to her at say 10 kmph and you will see her all in your mirrors!
The Traffic Signal “turn the
mirror” approach
Ok
now you are stuck in a traffic signal and you are bored. Your sixth sense tells you that there could be a good girl in the auto-rikshaw on your right. How do you check that? Will you turn? What if she is not attractive? Save yourself the embarrassment! Twist your handle and use the rear view mirrors. – You got two of them!
NOTE: All these work best when you have reflecting aviators.
Final Cut - How you wear Helmet and make them feel noticed
Girls love to be curious. So lets play by their rules be anonymous! Wear a full face helmet. Typically the mouth-piece helmet should barely expose your upper lip. Follow the sixth section described here . If the girl gives you a stare, look at her and smile bright thru the helmet. She will not know for sure how are you smiling but will definitely respond back (positive or negative depends on how you did it).
NOTE: Don’t wear that flip open helmet as a. its not safe for your anteriors. And b. there is no more anonymity in you!
End Notes
Fine, so you impressed some one and she gives you the lead. This typically happens only if you are lucky and extremely good. You will see her lighting her indicators and leading you to some coffee shop (she won’t pull over unless she wants to bash you black-blue). You know what, act innocent and follow her, look and smile only when you are sure she does not have company. In fact I went lucky many times!
FINALLY
How successful you are ? It’s all about horse sense! Do mail me on yabbadabbadoo@yahoo.co.ae
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