Scenes from a Bike - Edition 21.1 -Lunar New Year - Behind the scenes
Special bonus episode of the Edition 21 of edition of the series - Scenes from a bike
This Edition facts:
Location: It's lunar new year, and yesterday I shared pics from the celebrations in the Chinatown area of Melbourne, Australia, but today something a little different, same location, same place but this is the 'behind the scenes' stuff, what happens when the performance ends and you are just a guy or girl in a fancy outfit doing mundane stuff.
Date & Weather: Sunday the 22nd of January - weather is perfect, if not a little glary
Equipment: My Fujifilm X-T5, mated with my 23mm prime lens, which is the absolute worst lens for this job, I needed something wider, I should have taken a 10-24mm (of well)
The Concept & Finances: The concept is simple, I've bought an electric bike, on this bike I explore my hometown, Melbourne Australia and take photos, Priority 1 - Finding new places in Melbourne, Priority 2 - taking better photos, Bonus - Earn back the cost of the bike by creating content and getting paid for it on HIVE. The bike cost $1,100 USD. So far I've earned $125.05 from the previous paid out posts (with 1 pending) meaning I've paid for about 11% of the bike and I have $975 to go. This is on track for it being 'paid' by about 2027, but this is all bonus money, the joy is in the taking of photos.
Other stuff: not exif today - just accept that it's all a 23mm prime, about 200 ISO, 125 or 250th of a second shutter and you'll be about right.
Let's see what I found behind the scenes
What happens when the dancing lion take the lion costume off
What happens when the green monster stops monstering?
It's hard work being one set of legs in a a very big dragon - time for a sit down.
A low key exit is difficult in this outfit
Where to next with our giant dragon?
All the legs
and when all is said and done and the crackers have all been cracked and the offering made - there is sweeping to do
