autofantasia's photos with the keyword: Northallerton Rugby Club

Another unused shot which I considered using for The Sunday Challenge with the theme of shoot a stranger . Like the one I ended up using as my entry, this 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. And like the other one I decided to give this a mono treatment, but I went much darker with the processing and even added in some noise. I guess I was trying to give it a timeless cinematic quality as if it were taken in the days of "Easy Rider". Not quite sure I achieved that goal, but I still like how it turned out.

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to take a new photo for the challenge, but this week I decided to look through my archives and find some previously 'unpublished' shots that might suit the topic.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?