So Exciting!

John started his 1953 Mac Velocette this afternoon for the first time. Eighteen years since it last ran! He was so excited too, he just about ran into a bush! It has a lovely throaty deep sound and the neighbours must have wondered what that old geyser next door was up to!

[tony gig]

A wonderful bike Maggie, great effect also.

[Mike Pittman]

Great shot and effect!

[Arthur Loosley]

I too like the action effect in this. Nicely done!

[Gena Pegg]

Cool shot of this bike!!!

[Caroline]

Love the high key action here. I hope he had a great time!

[8yearson]

Love how you've done this!

[Jo]

Love what you have done here.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Cool shot , you have created a wonderful piece of art here Maggiemae ---A fav tor me

[Deb]

I smiled when I saw this! I was excited for him too! I love the motion blur.
Love it :D FAV

[Mags ッ]

vroooooom! Excellent shot :)

[Michelle]

Oh that is fantastic :) x

[Rick Schies]

The excitement got the best o fhim

[Ceeceebee]

Love the processing, a cool shot.

[Pat Knowles]

Ooh good for him & you have caught the excitement here beautifully maggiemae...next time the rally is on he will be there!!!! Fabulous swish of colour & John bent low over the handlebars.

[Pat Knowles]

Ps Fave!

[richard saffold]

mr. man must be jealous.

[❀ Lynn]

Great shot and effect. I can feel the vibrations thru the photo!

[Kerri]

Very cool

[Yvonne]

What a fabulous shot. Fav for me. I agree with Richard--I have a feeling Mr. Man was pretty jealous ; )

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Well- that's exciting. Mr. Man, Yolanda and you two will have to take a ride together now.

[Elizabeth]

Really cool effect. fav

[Anne Mary]

Brilliant - has he been working long to get it going again?

[sue-capetown]

oh this is fab and I shall fav.

[Phil Howcroft]

very artistic and a lovely narrative too

[Maggiemae]

@lynnb actually it might have been me vibrating with excitement, Lynn!

[Maggiemae]

@suelaubscher thank you Sue for your fav!

[Maggiemae]

@happypat this is a mystery photo, Pat - he is going the wrong way or I am on the wrong side but it doesn't matter! Ta for the fav!

[Maggiemae]

@yonnie Yvonne, I was so excited when I first heard that sound, I couldn't speak - all choked up! I didn't think he could do it so soon!

[Maggiemae]

@annemary he got the bike about a month ago, Anne but really has just been waiting for several parts to arrive by courier and they did this day!

[Maggiemae]

@deburahiru @beryl Thank you, Deb &Beryl for liking the photo! It was rather a flash in the pan as I didn't have much time for focus!

[Jennifer]

Great bike and processing!

[Trisha King]

This is really interesting, makes a great abstract.

[Dorrena Ortega]

Excellent work! Just look at all those favs. You can see this is a good direction for you.

[Leslie]

Wonderful processing of a special event

[Nathan]

Awesome and the photo too!

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Congrats on the bike e starting AND congrats on the PP with this COOLio shot! Love it!

[Terry]

such a great feeling I am sure

[Dawn Reilly]

i love the processing!

[Maggiemae]

@espyetta Thank you Mary- it really was an accident! - the photo, that is, not John falling off!

[Luretta]

Oh, yeah! Awesome photo, spirit, bike, photographer, eye! Following. Kudos on making it to the 'big' page! Following...

[Linda]

Saw this on pp and really like it!

[TarBaby]

WOW, congrats Maggie on pp page. Just love this capture with the bit of colour...impressionism!

[Mary Downing Hahn]

Your processing really captures motion!

[Margaret Gozzard]

cool shot

[Rohini Gupta]

Love action processing. I can feel the movement.

[Steve Angell]

Great shot, and the editing is cool!

[Cathy]

How good is this effect. Just love it Maggie. How did you do this?

[Maggiemae]

@kcman5 hey Cathy - he just started the bike without me knowing and I rushed out with my camera and went blonk, blonk, blonk!

[Cathy]

@maggiemae Well.... whatever that blonk was... you need to do it again. The effect is amazing

[Jason Daniels]

What a roar that would have been!