Nam Vet Biker

[R'Dawg]

This guy is definitely a being for the darkside. He was part of a Vietnam Vet biker group in our parade. The blood on his hand is not PS or make-up, I'm hoping he just lost balance on his bike. After this shot he gave me a more evil look and saluted me, but I wasn't quick enough to catch the shot. I'm not scared easily, but this guy I don"t know......but maybe that's exactly the reaction he wanted and rightly deserved.

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[Dragon]

Great shot. :thumbsup:

I'd love to know what happened to his hand.

[waltdsgirl]

A very strong image! Great!

[Oldfireguy]

Most those guys are great guys. I have worked with them doing MDA fund raisers and they ride escort for soldier funerals. That shot is another great shot.

[oldbeachbum]

Wow - powerful image... most of the Rolling Thunder guys look wicked as hell but are as kind and genuine as can be..

[R'Dawg]

Thanks everyone, I do believe that this guy most probably dropped his bike or prevented it from falling,
happened to me about a month ago and my wrist is still whacked out.

.....yeah and he is most likely a very nice guy that just looks really mean, but this guy didn't feel very friendly to me, could be he was just very angry at what ever made this hand bloody.

[Dori]

Yes, very powerful shot!

[JonMikal]

excellent capture Dawgman! the dragan effect worked well :thumbsup:

[tjdelikat]

excellent capture Dawgman! the dragan effect worked well :thumbsup:

I agree! Strong image.

I had the opportunity to photography the local A.B.A.T.E. Toy Run last fall. Some of those guys looked so fierce but then you'd look at the Dolls and Teddy Bears in their hands and knew where there heart was. :)

[R'Dawg]

Thanks guys I appecate your comments! :)

excellent capture Dawgman! the dragan effect worked well :thumbsup:

Man, I've been away from photography so long I had to look up what the heck a "dragan effect" was. Dragan's method looks cooler than this, what you have here is just a plain old R'Dawg tweak with a combination of some old outdated filters, but I'll be looking into this dragan stuff.

[JonMikal]

i ran into the effect when i accidently clicked a wrong link. look into it by all means...i'd love to see what you come up with. here are some links i saved for later viewing: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrzej+dragan&hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS375US376&prmd=ivo&source=univ&tbs=vid:1&tbo=u&ei=FKouTLSFJcKC8gbIpdiAAw&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=10&ved=0CEEQqwQwCQ