autofantasia's photos with the keyword: DSC_0007

The theme this week for The Sunday Challenge was shoot a stranger . More often than not I like to take a new photo for the challenge, but this week I decided to look through my archives and find some previously 'unpublished' shots that might suit the topic. This one was taken at Northallerton Rugby Club when the Harley-Davidson Riders Club of Great Britain used it to stage their North East Rally back in 2013. Unlike the vast majority of car/bike shows that I attend this one wasn't open to the public - it was more an event for members with entertainment laid on over the weekend. However, I had a word with the guys on the gate to see if they thought people would mind if I went in to take some photos and they kindly agreed to let me do so. The man in this shot was one of the first people I met and, like everyone else there, he made me feel welcome and not at all ill at ease. No real surprise though to me as I mixed with a great many real biker types during my young adult life. In fact, my best man when we got married was an ex-biker. Anyway, back to the shot in question. I was quite happy with it in colour, but decided the subject matter might lend itself to the mono treatment, which is the route I ended up taking. Hope you guys like it?

Yes, I know that's not how you spell it. Just a play on words to go with my latest orb, which is based on an arty shot I uploaded a while back featuring an Austin Seven logo. The background has been separately produced using the same base image, which you can see in the Notes.

Took a few snaps of this old Peugeot. In good, but not excellent condition. Amazingly, according to the mileometer it has done less than 40,000 miles ... unless it's on the second time around.