Torque Drive System
Pentax K10D, SMC PENTAX-DA f/3.5-5.6 18-55mm AL @ 43mm, ISO 400, f/8, 1/60 sec, +0.7 EV, IS on
I love rusty old mechanical stuff. This bike has been slowly rotting on the bike rack outside my building all year. The afternoon light was really nice when I took this shot. I shot it at f/8 because I knew that at this close distance it would give me a bit more depth of field and would really make the detail pop. I processed my RAW file in Adobe Lightroom using the Direct Positive preset. The only other thing I did was bump up the Recovery a bit to bring a little more detail back into the highlight areas.
August 16th, 2010 at 9:15 am
I am repairing a bicycle for a homeless person. He recently had a bicycle accident. I need that back derailleur in the photograph for his bicycle. Where are you? Can you please donate that derailleur to my friend. You said the bicycle is rotting. I could use that replacement derailleur.
Tom
September 11th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
I have one of those derailleurs, Tom. It’s a Falcon. If you want to buy it, you can. I’m not a charitable guy.