Lycra Lads by judithg

Lycra Lads

I've been looking for a shot of an eight being lifted into the river for ages and caught this lot on my dog walk this morning. Cool blues, warm day, splendid. And on the way home a nice man had left the prunings from his bay tree on his railings with an invitation for passersby to help themselves - so I did - and there are several fresh leaves in the casserole for later and I'm disproportionately pleased by that!
What perfect timing to capture these eight "lycra lads". Love that title. The shimmery reflection in the water reminds me of a painting. Well done.
February 26th, 2012  
Bet they're not related to the likely lads! Love the symmetries in this.
February 26th, 2012  
Excellent timing - I think you planned it really - and a brilliant shot.
February 26th, 2012  
@fueast Bet they don't even remember the Likely Lads but that song gets in my head every time I see this!
February 26th, 2012  
@judithg The theme tune or the libertines? I like the Libertines song. Oh what became of the likely lads....
February 26th, 2012  
Ha! Well caught! Lovely shimmery reflections. Going to school in Kingston, way back when, I used to see and know a lot of rowing lads, mind you, they didn't wear lycra then!! but it was the time of the Likely lads! I do that with our bay clippings....they soon disappear!
February 26th, 2012  
@fueast The soundtrack which morphs into The Stranglers: No More Heroes. Libertines is good though! @Cherrill You're a good woman!
February 26th, 2012  
Eight times great! Love all the blues caught in this shot. What are you making with the bay?
February 26th, 2012  
Cool Shot, Love the colours.
February 26th, 2012  
Amazing relections and cool shot, yes I think Lurve agrees with me :D
February 26th, 2012  
Great shot!
February 26th, 2012  
Woah! This is fabulous - how lucky to see this!
February 26th, 2012  
It doesn't take much to make us happy!!! Love all the blues.
February 26th, 2012  
Love the composition and colors of this photo - a fav for me, Judith!
February 26th, 2012  
Wonderful colors, composition, blues. boys. Worth waiting for
February 26th, 2012  
@meisen325 Beef and root vegetables cooked in Guinness - all eaten now!
February 26th, 2012  
Excellent shot, and appropriate light blues! I like the mercurial effect of the ripples on the water.
February 26th, 2012  
love this with the blue tones and reflections
February 26th, 2012  
Wow..what a super shot....luv it....
February 26th, 2012  
fabulous show. I love this. The colors, the reflections,awesome. GREAT job
February 26th, 2012  
I love the shot. They're a sort of push me pull you team :)
February 26th, 2012  
Fantastic timing, and the sun adds so much colour!
February 26th, 2012  
Kim
lovely bright shot.
February 26th, 2012  
Great crispness! Love the reflections and how they are not all pointing in the same direction!
February 26th, 2012  
the guys in Lycra I mean, not the reflections...
February 26th, 2012  
Brilliant shot. More than just lucky , as you had been looking for so long.
February 26th, 2012  
Wonderful colors, composition and sharpness.
February 26th, 2012  
A perfect sunny day to capture the lifting of the boat like this, great shot!
February 26th, 2012  
Fabulous shot! Great light and reflections. Almost looks like Spring!!!??!!
February 27th, 2012  
fav - love the blues and the reflections - great shot
February 27th, 2012  
Lycra lads...you crack me up! This is great! How are they going to walk with that boat when they aren't all facing the same direction? :-)

Love the colors and the reflections. That building is awesome too
February 27th, 2012  
4am being a bit bleary eyed when I first looked at this I thought some sort of railings in front of the building lol. to add to my comment I agree with all the comments above, there's not much left to say apart from its a fav
February 27th, 2012  
A beautiful sight for sore eyes and I don't mean just the reflections and bright colours ;). It always makes me happy to see your shots!!!
February 27th, 2012  
Nice view!!! My vote is for the one second from the left.
February 27th, 2012  
Great capture Judith :)
February 27th, 2012  
really like this - loads of interest; LOL to @bmnorthernlight, made me wet myself laughing - I was musingthey were not all in the same direction and wondering what is wrong with the guy thired form left who has trousers on?! great blues shot. And the stew sounds good - beef and guinness was one of the meals I did a mass cook up on for the freezer last weekend...can't beat it!
February 27th, 2012  
The blue of the house and the water completely pull together in this. Great timing with the rowers, you've been hanging out there just waiting!
February 27th, 2012  
Great shot!! Wonderful reflections.
February 29th, 2012  
Congratulations on the PP. Again!!!
February 29th, 2012  
Love this photo!
February 29th, 2012  
I saw this the other day and didn't have time to comment on it. love the vibrant colors and the whole composition, reflections, everything.
March 1st, 2012  
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