Hayabusa at Woodbridge

[Bikemansteve]

I ride a Hayabusa and in between runs at woodbridge Suffolk, took this of my mate Mike..........Bear in mind, I
was still breathing hard from my 185mph run, this was handheld with a 35-105 Canon zoom and is heavily cropped to show it as close as it is on here - the original is pin sharp

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1669/Mike_launch2_Medium_.jpg

[Dal]

Very nice capture. Although I feel you have cropped the photo a little bit too much. try leaving some more room in front and above the rider.

On a side note, superbikes don't really do it for me but those Busa's are such a nice design, and damn fast. your a brave guy :-)

[Bikemansteve]

Thanks for the comment - here's a different version.....

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1669/mike5_Medium_.jpg

[bsmotorsport]

prefer the second one mate, hats off for taking one up to 185! Watch these at elvington with the extended rears, absolutely crazy machinary :cuckoo:

[Bikemansteve]

prefer the second one mate, hats off for taking one up to 185! Watch these at elvington with the extended rears, absolutely crazy machinary :cuckoo:

Cheers....I've just got the new K8 Busa, so I'm hoping to crack the 190mph mark next month at Woody :thumbs:

[Matt Sayle]

Chirst your nuts! Nice capture, good luck on cracking 190 you unhinged person. LOL

[knb25965]

Nice pic, and well done for 185mph, any dates for the next meet as would love to come and have a look and try to take a few pics........

[EdinburghGary]

Cheers....I've just got the new K8 Busa, so I'm hoping to crack the 190mph mark next month at Woody :thumbs:

Be careful!!! Jesus, I start to get cold sweats at 120 in the car, I can't imagine 185 on a two wheeled rocket!

G.

[RobertP]

the original is pin sharp



I just sharpened the first image you posted and it came up nicely. I've deleted my edit now as you don't have the box ticked in your profile to allow editing of your images ;).

[Bikemansteve]

Nice pic, and well done for 185mph, any dates for the next meet as would love to come and have a look and try to take a few pics........

If you do decide to go, let me know......it's May 10th / 11th + it a fiver to spectate..:thumbs:

[Bikemansteve]

I just sharpened the first image you posted and it came up nicely. I've deleted my edit now as you don't have the box ticked in your profile to allow editing of your images ;).

I'll change it now - I'd like to see the difference - if you do, please tell me/us what you have done....:thumbs:

[knb25965]

If you do decide to go, let me know......it's May 10th / 11th + it a fiver to spectate..:thumbs:

cheers steve, will be in touch nearer the time.........:thumbs:

[Dal]

I'll change it now - I'd like to see the difference - if you do, please tell me/us what you have done....:thumbs:

Steve, I had a little play with the image. Was done in Lightroom. I've given the image a sharpen, upped the saturation & Vibrance, and also upped the contrast a bit.

Took about 2mins.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/DemonEscortS/Busa1.jpg

[Bikemansteve]

Wow, really nice ..............a touch too much colour saturation for my liking but it looks great :thumbs:

[andyjayh]

Had a quick go myself, thoughts?

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj172/andyjayh/TP%20Retouch/Mike_launch2_Medium_v2.jpg

Gave up on the out and out speed stuff some time ago and traded my Blade in for a Ducati. Now I just looove the noise, got'a love race termies :D and the looks.

[Bikemansteve]

Had a quick go myself, thoughts?

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj172/andyjayh/TP%20Retouch/Mike_launch2_Medium_v2.jpg

Gave up on the out and out speed stuff some time ago and traded my Blade in for a Ducati. Now I just looove the noise, got'a love race termies :D and the looks.

That's even better - not too much colour saturation:thumbs:









Here's my new Busa near Snowdon a couple of weeks ago.......






http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj64/skomansteve/Busa2.jpg

[andyjayh]

Interesting new look that one, oh and great background :D

[Bikemansteve]

Interesting new look that one, oh and great background :D




Also - how do you all get that black edge round your pictures??

[andyjayh]

I use CS3 and followed this tutorial;

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=32694

I now have it on an action key so I only have to press F2 and boarder appears :D Done the same thing with a watermark as well :thumbs:

[Bikemansteve]

I use CS3 and followed this tutorial;

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=32694

I now have it on an action key so I only have to press F2 and boarder appears :D Done the same thing with a watermark as well :thumbs:

Cheers Matey, I'll give it a try later:thumbs:

[BOM]

Bikemansteve, tell yor mate he'll go faster if he puts his feet on the pegs ;)

My mate had an original Busa, before they limited them to the gentlemans agreement of 185mph, 200+ he reckons he saw on that clock! :eek:

My bike is a bit of a slug in comparison, a 99 ZX7R, only does a mere 170mph with a 0-60 of 2.8 seconds ish :D

Have fun reaching for the magic 200 :D

[stan the man]

nice shot...my brother has had 4 eyeabusers,including the K8 model which is the same colour as you have.me myself, i had a blackbird for 2 1/2 years which was bloody quick,and it saw 180 with me on it(on a racetrack of course occifer).i now have a K7 gixxer 750 which i love and is fast enough for me :lol:

[Bikemansteve]

nice shot...my brother has had 4 eyeabusers,including the K8 model which is the same colour as you have.me myself, i had a blackbird for 2 1/2 years which was bloody quick,and it saw 180 with me on it(on a racetrack of course occifer).i now have a K7 gixxer 750 which i love and is fast enough for me :lol:


Thanks Stan :thumbs:............if your Brother has internet,tell him to go to www.ukbusas.org for all things 'Busa' - I'm known on there as Skomansteve...:thumbs:.....he may even be a member on there allready.....

[stan the man]

Thanks Stan :thumbs:............if your Brother has internet,tell him to go to www.ukbusas.org for all things 'Busa' - I'm known on there as Skomansteve...:thumbs:.....he may even be a member on there allready.....

yeah,he has t'internet access..i'll mention the website to him,but as you say..he may well already be a member :thumbs:

[Bikemansteve]

I polished my bike the other day and took this at an unusual angle - Taken with my Canon Powershot A630 -- I like it..................:shrug:



http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj64/skomansteve/IMG_0509Large.jpg