Big Rig Bike
By: gustavHoiland
| Aperture: | f/8 |
|---|---|
| Focal Length: | 17mm |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Shutter: | 1/125 sec |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 7D |
This here fellow rode in two days from New York City to catch Boston’s Wednesday night polo action. The first leg of a multiweek, even multi-month trek up the eastern coast and deep into Canada. Roughly paraphrasing, “I’m like the semi-truck of bikes,” referring to his 70, maybe 90lb machine.
I couldn’t help but take a quick portrait. He was even sitting in my self-portrait chair in front of the white backdrop when it hit me, that “I need to photograph this right now or I’m going to regret it for at least a year” feeling.
And like all of my favorite photos, there’s something in it just for me. That mug he’s holding. It’s full of a brew of tea that I split into my cup and his. An end-of-day comedown. To anyone but us, it’s but a minor element in a frame packed with all sorts of objects.
The fuel tank is running on Skippy.
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