Had to go to the archives for today's shot as I was preoccupied with watching the Titans and the 49ers win their respective American football games (it's conference semi-final weekend).
Our annual Harley gathering took place in Deadwood, South, year, a true old west town, complete with cowboys, guns, whiskey, and cows roaming the bars. We visited the week after the famous Sturgis gathering. During Sturgis this street is choked with bikes and people, so this is considered to be very light traffic.
I decided to give it a little sepia and texture treatment since it seemed to be appropriate for the setting.
@maggiemae Ha ha! I expected nothing less from you, Maggie. ;-) Actually up at the end of this road was where the Indian folks were set up with their display. We who ride Road Glides were particularly interested in the Challenger. It's been getting very good reviews!
Love your processing here Ron! Bikes instead of horses parked outside - fabulous! I’ve never been on a motorbike but I quite like the armchair look of a Harley - not so much leaning over as you go round a bend. I may be wrong of course! Lol!
Really suites the image Ron, lovely detail, depth of field and perspective, I see its popular not a parking space to be had and not as crazy as Sturgis or Daytona bike week:)
If the bikes were horses, this would be the gold mine town straight out of the television series. The sepia edit is perfect. Your 49ers are surely going to the Super Bowl!
@pamknowler Thanks Pam. Actually you'd be surprised how far you can lean a touring model Harley over. I'm sure that many of those in this photo have some pretty good scrape marks on their floorboards and pipes! Some of them likely acquired in the hills nearby here at Deadwood!
@pcoulson It doesn't come close to Sturgis, Peter. The traffic is so thick that you often just sit with the clutch engaged hoping to inch along. The ol' left gets quite the workout!
@louannwarren Thanks Lou Ann. I guess I succeeded in achieving my objective of portraying the bikes as horses. Oh, and I am not anywhere close to being a 49ers fan (I grew up in Pittsburgh, so you know who I follow). But I am a fan this week! I'm looking forward to seeing San Fran and KC in the Super Bowl!
@gilbertwood Thanks Denise! Great to hear from you! Sorry to see that you aren't posting regularly, but I get it. Not that I'm all that good about posting myself. It does get busy for me come summertime (summer on this side of the equator, that is) ;-)
@stray_shooter I think you are spot on with your prediction of the two super bowl contenders. We love Mahomes because he went to Tech, what a fine young man.
January 19th, 2020
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