Lewis Gething

Yeah and I think that my frame shows that. Been cracked for a good few months and I've ridden it as normal without anyyy trouble Still, the guy you got it off should really accept full responsibility for it

Heatsink Steve and the 20" pizza on saturday night

No worries man, I'd be happy if I can help you out The reason I shoot 9 images is that I have found that it gives a far smoother picture than if I had just shot say 3. Particularly in areas where there isnt much detail such as the sky, you will often see artifacts where the software has not been able to smoothly join the images together. I take 9 images, each at a 1.5 stop increment, and do this by using Magic Lantern firmware on my camera (available here: http://www.magiclantern.fm/downloads.html ). The smaller the increment the less artifacting you will get once they are stitched together, and the more photos you take the greater the dynamic range will be As far as processing, I use 'Photomatix Pro', then tweak the basic look to what I want, then save the image as a 16bit TIF. Then I will open that TIF in either Lightroom or ps and do further adjustments such as sharpening, clarity, split tone etc. Another tip if you want to try this out is to take 1 photo of your hand infront of the lens at the beginning of each new sequence, so when you get back to your computer you can see which photos belong to which sequence easier. I hate writing long answers cos I feel geeky but I hope that helped hahaha If you need anything else answering fire away

Cheers! The purpose of doing multiple shots like this is that often when taking a single photo your camera will be unable to capture the brightest or darkest parts of the scene correctly, leaving you with an image where the sky is blown out or the foreground way underexposed. By taking a series of images at different exposures, you are able to capture a wider dynamic range. HDR images can also allow you to create a 16 or even 32bit file which gives you tonnes of colour detail and latitude Here is an example of what I would have ended up with had I have just taken one shot (The sky was very much brighter than the land when I was shooting these). It sounds fairly techy and what not but its not really, and the results are definitely worth it. Hope that helped

Cheers Jake, nah I have had the Giro for about 3 years now, going back to it as am fed up of the piss pot haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXPitzUL1P8

Been a while since I have really done much photography, really been concentrating alot on my filmmaking. The shots of the downhillers were taken a couple of months ago in Llangollen at the BDS, and I never bothered to put them on here so I thought I might as well do it now And these two were taken last week, both HDRs compromising of 9 different shots!

Cheers Jake, shame you couldn't make it I just didn't feel very enthused about making one at the time, but now I really wish I did because it was an awesome weekend. Still I got to ride alot more than Radfest which was cool. Somewhat related, these were filmed on the monday after Tartydays. Again I had wanted to make an edit but just couldn't summon the effort I was knackered too which meant my riding suffered, but oh well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEaP9NZACxY

What can I say Adam. I really admire what you have done for the trials community over the years, this event was exceptional, I had a fabulous time and was saddened that you guys had left before I could say goodbye and thank you. Thank you for such an amazing weekend Cheers Jack, feel exactly the same way about you Really enjoy riding with you, take care dude x Yeah Flipp, really was insane to watch Ali doing the brakeless challenge, I too am glad I got it on video

I chose not to make a full video of TartyDays, but had filmed these clips prior to making that decision. Still some great riding in there, just don't expect a full video because this is all I had. Thanks again to mick and maria for letting everyone use Radical Bikes, and to Tartybikes for their incredible organisation of the event, as well as everyone else involved of course Getting to see Ali C, Danny Mac and Dani Comas ride was incredible, my favourite moment of the weekend was Danny Mac throwing freebies to distract the kids squirting him on the balance beam section of the eliminator trial

Hahahahaha thats so good, legs look horrid to me now lol

Ahhh so thats who the dude was who was killing it on the Genesis at Radfest!! Quality stuff dude!

I have ridden both, and have been impressed with both tyres. However, in my experience, I think that the Monty's are even better than the Try-Alls, the grip is better, the weight is less, the bounce is better and from my experience, the puncture resistance is on par or better. Only downside is the fact the Montys wear a lot faster, and that they cost more. If you can afford them again, go with Monty

Cool video Brad, I really enjoy watching your riding now, you have progressed loads on that stock! You going to Tartydays?

Will you be at Tartydays? Haha thats awesome, but yeah sad to think its another year off

Okay great Will get my dad to get some tickets sorted this week hopefully

Awesome, and awesome

Adam, are there any plans for somebody to make an 'official' video of the event?

Thanks Will, appreciate it! I was really looking forward to seeing you at Radfest, and was disappointed that you couldn't go

Thank you Max! Yes, mostly the 17-40. Most B-roll clips of the tents were filmed with my 70-300 Tamron and those clips were shot in Magic Lantern raw, something which I was very happy with at the outcome, even though the workflow was difficult Also used a 50mm for some clips

Cheers for all the awesome comments guys! Really enjoyed making this one and I am proud of the outcome And yes Dan, that was me haha Probably didnt recognise me because I look so different when I have helmet hair, I tend to always push my hair back off my face lol I didn't see very much of you to be honest, but I should have spoken to you more Once again thanks so much everyone. Almost at 1,000 views which I am really happy about (sad I suppose).

Hi guys, Here is my video of this year's RadFest. A massive thanks to Jack Meek, Mick Mitchell and everybody else involved in the running of the event, without you guys it wouldn't have happened! Also a huge thanks to Adam and Stan for sticking it out the whole weekend offering free bike tweaking and maintenance, which was a huge help to a lot of the riders, myself included. Thanks to all the stands for offering their awesome products (cheers Steve @ Heatsink for the two sets of Cousts!). Without further ado, here is the video, hope you guys enjoy Lewis

Likewise. I await the explanation

Yeah course man, it rides awesome