 Just bikes. Bikes. Bicycles, Scooters, Motorcycles – they come in all shapes and colours, and they can be found anywhere. In cities, on the countryside, inside buildings … They can be dirt cheap or insanely expensive. They can be brand new or terribly battered. In some countries, they’re the primary means of transportation. But above all, bikes are everywhere. In fact, they’re so common we often don’t realize they’re even there, and thus might overlook an interesting scene. With this gallery, my aim is to capture scenes with bikes involved, no matter how ordinary they might seem. Because sometimes, it’s the ordinary that’s special!
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We were on a bike tour today and wanted to cross the river at this bridge, but it looks like some planks got loose, so they closed it for all traffic. Had to take a minor detour, through which we got to see some new places 
“Bridge closed for ALL kinds of traffic!!”
 "Bridge closed" | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/4000 sec, ISO 200
It’s been too hot recently to sit down and process pictures, so there was no update for the last six days. Now I’ve finally decided to reduce the heap of unprocessed pictures on my memory card … Here’s one from yesterday.
 "Three in line" | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/250 sec, ISO 200
Grabbed this shot quickly out of the car on my way to work this morning. We’ve been having great skies since the weekend, have taken at least a dozen shots so far
 "Great skies" | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/4, ISO 200
One from yesterday. It’s quite difficult do get good results in post-processing when the lighting isn’t ideal. The slightest bit too bright or too dark (or the wrong color temperature, for that matter), and I don’t get the pix to look right. Add to this that I was tired from the heat today … I hope it looks decent, anyway.
 "The chain" | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.8, 1/125 sec, ISO 200 Yesterday and today I was shooting the Olympus again – I’m currently giving the Leica a few days off I was pretty annoyed by the unreliable autofocus that wouldn’t focus on anything I pointed it at. Hell, I was more precise with that shifting Nokton! (Okay, that was a bit exaggerated, but I am spoiled by the M8’s rangefinder’s accuracy …)
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July 19th, 2010, 8:45 pm | 
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