BO15 WAHA-SEDB-3 (TRIKE-TOR...2nd Place)

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I picked up the lettering on Friday. They supplied two sizes plus shadow sets. I’ve done the multiple color thing before and it’s always hard to register them just right. I experimented on a piece of flat metal stock.
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You can see the overlaps so decided to skip the shadows. I was having trouble getting the letters to release from backing maybe due to outside temperature so I took them inside and they released better.
I had full inch set and a 72pt set. I went with the smaller.
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Hopefully they will stick to the rust (patina) for a while. Decided on the copper color so as not to overpower the David Bradley logo.
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Lighting affects their visual presence.
I had an old RatRodBikes.Com transfer left from a few years back and decided to burn it on the down tube.
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Hopefully final photos tomorrow morning, a sort of Devine experience to say the least. Communing with nature and a blacksmith shop on tap. View from chair...
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Tractor Trailer Rig, MazdaFlyer and Trike-Tor hit two photo off site locations this morning. Still not the best light but out of 93 photos I think one of them will have to do. About 7 or 8 various backgrounds.
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A few more...
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The real deal shot may be lurking on my computer, need look at the shots more carefully. Some detail photos to follow.
 
Tractor Trailer Rig, MazdaFlyer and Trike-Tor hit two photo off site locations this morning. Still not the best light but out of 93 photos I think one of them will have to do. About 7 or 8 various backgrounds.
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A few more...
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The real deal shot may be lurking on my computer, need look at the shots more carefully. Some detail photos to follow.
I like #3 and #4 with the trees and the last two with the red barn background best, but they are all good.

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Incredible engineering feat you pulled off here. I honestly didn't think you'd be able to make it work when I first saw your plan.

Looks really cool too. Great job!

Not sure about the “Incredible Engineering” feat but I’ll take it anyway. Thanks for the support!!!
More about shade tree ingenuity, SWAG, KISS, trial and error, experimentation principles and repurposing of HD/Menards supplies and other found non bicycle parts.
 
I like #3 and #4 with the trees and the last two with the red barn background best, but they are all good.

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I shot 93 photos today the last photo above at the barn was the last shot today, weird. I like the views that are more frontal, but the 3/4 side views probably show more of the details, guess that’s why I’d like to see two photos in the voting thread.
 
The woodsy shots seem too busy to me. The Trike-Tor is the star of the show.

I would suggest cropping it in close and stick with a non competing background. Remember that a lot of folks will view it on a tiny phone screen.

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That's why I like barn shots of the side of the barn with the board and batten siding rather than the smooth flat doors. The vertical lines kinda break up the red and to me at least help the TrikeTor to stand out.

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