Casino Beef Week Show & Shine 2014 Photos

Went to the Show and Shine at Casino  on Saturday of the 2014 Beef Week . Got there early and took a few photos  before it rained .  A pity and I recon it turned a lot of people off .  Anyway I had fun , met  a few people and had a few laughs .  Many car clubs there and a wide range of vehicles  to suit all spectators .  Back next year for sure ... Holty...

Casino Show & Shine Photo Album  on Holtys Photos Facebook page

Ray Owen Classic Bike Show & Swap Meet Photos 2014

Back from the  Canungra Showgrounds and the Ray Owen Classic .
A brilliant show , well attended  and I will let a few photos tell the story. Use the link below to go to the complete album , Holty...

Photobucket photo link here . 

Holtys Photos Facebook LINK

Fine Iron Rod and Custom Club Show , Shine and Swap Meet 2014

Add caA "FULL HOUSE " at EBBW VALE Soccer Ground

Spent the weekend in Ipswich sussing out the Show and Shine  and then hoping to get a few photos of the cars being driven around town .  As you can see by the header photo is was  a full house and luckily the weather stayed away .  As usual I will chuck the album on Photobucket when I'm finished editing some of them  but if you want to see the LO RES copies they are on Facebook at

Holtys Photos  HERE .

Get there early

Without the "HI VIS" mob these events would not happen .

Doing the Ipswich "lap"

Big Boys toys . :)

Welcome to Ipswich Central .

Garterbelts and Gasoline 2014 Photos ( Saturday ONLY )

I rocked up to Tamborine Mt  on Saturday to check out the Billy Cart Derby and then cruised around to get a few photos of some of the cars on and around the mountain . I was going back Sunday but crowds and I don't go together and I could see parking was going to be an issue  . .   Nice location that reminds me of Leura or Blackheath in NSW but a lot smaller  .

Got a few Holty Happy Snaps  and I will put a link on here later this week when I wack them on Photobcket..

 

  Garterbelts and Gasoline Photos Photobucket LINK

We were ALL freezing , I didnt see them or their cars again !

Mums and Dads with their "jockeys"

The "real " mountains in the background.

Red , White and Blue..

"Daisy Chaining " them back UP the hill.

Holtys Photos  on Facebook

All Indian Rally Easter 2014 Photos

Back from  Murwillumbah and got some photos of the All Indian Motorbike Rally being held at the Showgrounds  .  My mission   is to get shots of the bikes being ridden that I can make black and white to look "aged"  without  any crap in the background . No "post editing " allowed ...
I'm looking forward to this and have been for months  , hope the rain gods are smiling   and as usual any decent photos will be put on Photobucket  for the owners to copy  if they wish .


 The link to the photos are her on Photobucket  , I will add more tomorrow and early next week .

All Indian Motorbike Rally Easter 2014  Photos

Holty....

Nailed it ..

Holtys Photos are  also on Facebook

Northern Rivers Team Penners April 2014 Photos

A few photos on here  and a link to  photos taken on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning at Alstonville Showground of the NRTP in action .  I have been up there a couple of times trying to photograph very specific photos  and always come away happy . Why , because these people are infectious , the most laid back , happy and contented group of people I have come across in a VERY long time .

NRTP Photos on Photobuckt LINK

Holtys Photos  on FaceBook

NRCMCC Motorbike Show 2014 Alstonville Plaza

Northern Rivers Classic Motor Cycle Club 2014 Show n Shine 

ADDED 24TH March

This is the link to the Album on Photobucket with the Trophy winning bike photographs added . The album is in timeline order if your looking for one  of your bike, .

  NRCMCC Show and Shine Alstonville 2014 Photos

Rocked up to Alstonville Plaza on Sunday to have a look at and photograph a few bikes at the NRCMCC s first attempt at a Show and Shine  that was happening in the front car park  . While this show was only open to members bikes  with close on 90  on display from a quess I recon at least the same number or more  visitors bikes turned up over the morning to have a look and swap stories . 

 I was there early and got a couple of  reasonable photos in before it became packed but I was more interested in who would win the Jack Ahearn Trophy . If you don't know the name your not into World Road Racing history . Anyway this photo below is the one I wanted and is going to take something special to beat it this month or year. 

Once I get the "trophy " photos done this week I will put them  and about 20  taken from Sunday   in an Album on PhotoBucket  . In the meantime here are a few "Holty Happy  Snaps" from the event .

 An immaculate Norton Atlas

 I should sent a copy of this Ducati to an  ex flatmate , a long story about kicking them over with the timing out ! Especially inside a house with low ceilings. 

 Santa doesn't always use  reindeer . Nice bike and a good bloke.

 Old BSAs and chrome tanks , photographers nightmare . :)

When you cant ride them all  at once ..

A visitors "postie bike" . Personally I love it and that this comes out of someones head makes me laugh . The "mind is a wonderful thing " if you get off your arse and use it . I overheard some of the "nut and bolt police" lampoon it as a joke . You loose , its meant to be .

More stuff soon , Holty....

 Holtys Photos on Face-book

Revs and Rockabilly Photos 2014

Muscle Cars

Revs N Rockabilly photos taken at Pioneer Country Tweed Heads yesterday . There are about 100 photos , some are double ups as I'm playing with new gear and new software trying to outsmart Facebook's  poxy photo upload restrictions . Ever wondered why any photo you upload looks crap on there , its because they "flatten"  files DOWN by up to 80%  , JPEG and Tiff. .

BTW:   If you are looking for "your" photo  they are roughly in timeline and you may be on there twice in different locations . IE: coming in off the road , coming out of the cow paddock  and or   static displays  if I could get in close without too much background noise .

 As usual click on the magnifier to enlarge and feel free to take what you wish .

Revs N Rockabilly Photos on Photo Bucket

One day I will get this right.

Mellow Yellow.

Pump Up.

Red and Yellow make .....

Shit happens , missed it by half a second ..

Rays Honda , like bees around a honey pot . He is one clever man .

Holtys Photos on Facebook.

Photo Editing Software 2014

Being from the old school  and enjoying photography far more than photo editing and I wont go to graphics editing . Yes I will , putting my head on Rambos body with a background from somewhere on the planet with a skyline from mars ISNT photography.  Thats better , purged now . :)

I have always looked for software that suited my eye and my requirements .    My eye ? , the interface  , something quick , simple  and I don't need  a degree to learn to use it . At best I'm nothing more than a enthusiastic  Happy Snapper taking around 4 to 5000 frames a year on cropper Canon cameras with the vast majority going on the net and never getting printed at more than around  A3 or A4  .  OK , software . I have gone down the Adobe route and don't like it  apart from an old Elements  I use for cloning out telephone wires and Garbo bins etc.  I call it "Bloatware"  2.46 GIG  ..

My New Years resolution for 2014   , "Find Something Holty"  and I think I have . Over the past 6 weeks I have download  around 4 gig of trials and updates etc    and compared them side by side to see  if there is anything new  or with new improvements over the past 12 months .  Yes, I even downloaded new Adobe stuff as well  including Elements 12  . 

OK what stayed   , got upgraded or purchased   and I will  put them in no order ..

• Oloneo

While it may be a HDR  program  I use it on single images  and I love it , so simple and quick , I have shown people printed photos  including Lab tech's and  no one picked   HDR .

• Photomatix Pro 5

A lot slower than Oloneo with an interface that looks Windows 95  in comparison BUT a great ghosting algorithm  , especially for hand held shooting. .  I have made some of my own "presets" that make the photo look non HDR , just a little more punchy to put on the net , especially Flat Face Facebook . If you ever want to see a good photo look like crap put it on there .  .I am VERY surprised Facebook haven't come up with a  "Hi Res " membership  that allows better quality  photos , sizing  and graphics on sites when you consider how many businesses are now using it .

• DxO Optics Pro 9

Very sexy , if you can call software sexy .  A bit slow on my box but I love it for when I get serious . Quality breeds quality and  for me this is it . It has even made me get off my butt and go out and take some decent photos because I wont use this program for happy snaps.

• LightZone

I saved "MY" best until last .  Not long back from who knows where and now Open-source  and cross platform with a user base of 35,000 and growing rapidly . You can read the spiel on their site and while it has an unusual process of membership before downloading I can see the reason in their methodology . I have only just begun to use this but within minutes it fitted "my eye" and  logic .  Once I get more familiar with the program I will put a few photos online  in my Photo bucket site . The irony of this is  being Open-source it is free  and compared to some of the other stuff I have played with over the past 6 weeks or so  I would gladly pay $100 dollars for it . I cant even make a "donation " .

ADDED  14th FEB

• FastStone Image Viewer

Sorry guys windows only  . I don't know where this has been hiding  but is a no brainer for me and within an hour of finding it  I put it on both machines and deleted programs I have used for many years .  Simple to use , quick , well quick enough for me but I don't have huge downloads / folders because I don't shoot 1200 frames a session  at  8 FPS  then sort and throw out  1000 .
 The only thing to date it doesn't have that I use is a Perspective function  but apart from that its great .  If  this program ever gets it  I can stop using an old Elements 10  and then I will be totally Adobe FREE  !!!!

BTW:
 Love the full frame viewer with the hidden menu bars that don't hog screen space and only "pop up"  when you scroll over them when needed  . Also I have set the 100 % magnifier to "click" so if you left click and hold down  you can scroll at 100 % anywhere on the image .  Finally we wont mention footprint size will we Adobe bloatware.

Footnote: These are my personal choices and comments  , you are entitled to yours .

Holty..