{"id":31710,"date":"2025-12-27T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T08:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=31710"},"modified":"2025-12-19T07:38:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:38:22","slug":"phavorite-photos-luoyang-nightrider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/phavorite-photos-luoyang-nightrider\/","title":{"rendered":"Phavorite Photos:  Luoyang Nightrider"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>By Joe Berk<\/h6>\n<p>We&#8217;d been on the road for about a month, riding a big loop through most of China.\u00a0 It was the ride of a lifetime, Zongshen was picking up the cost, and we were having a ball.\u00a0 It was me, riding compadre Joe Gresh, and Sergeant Zuo, our fearless retired Chinese Army Sergeant Major.\u00a0 I&#8217;d be hard pressed to identify any other single month in which I&#8217;d so much fun.\u00a0 Great riding, great companions, great roads, great food, and great photo ops.\u00a0 My book , Riding China, is about that ride and it included a chapter on Luoyang; here&#8217;s a quote from it leading up to the photo above:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>It was dark when we walked home, and I watched people riding by in the sultry summer night air on their motor scooters.\u00a0 I knew I had to capture at least some of it for the blog and for this book, so I went back to the room for my Nikon and the 24-120 lens.\u00a0 I cranked the ISO up to 3200 and let her rip.\u00a0 It was great.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The technique is called panning; you swing the camera to stay on a moving subject, which freezes the subject and blurs the background to convey a sense of motion.\u00a0 Not every photo turns out using this technique, but when one does, it&#8217;s spectacular.<\/p>\n<p>We stayed in Luoyang for two nights, and it was a well-earned rest we all needed.\u00a0 Those were good times.\u00a0 I miss the guys we rode with.<\/p>\n<p>The above photo is one of many included in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Riding-China-Joe-Berk\/dp\/1537414895\/\">Riding China<\/a>.\u00a0 If you would like to read more about that ride, pick up a copy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Riding-China-Joe-Berk\/dp\/1537414895\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31720 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EN-Riding-China-300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EN-Riding-China-300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EN-Riding-China-300-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Join our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/528366535451405\">Facebook ExNotes page<\/a>!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Help us keep the lights on:<\/span><\/h3>\n<style>\r\n        .wpedon-container .wpedon-select,\r\n        .wpedon-container .wpedon-input {\r\n            width: 171px;\r\n            min-width: 171px;\r\n            max-width: 171px;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style><div class='wpedon-container wpedon-align-center'><form target='_blank' action='https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr' method='post' class='wpedon-form'><input type='hidden' name='cmd' value='_donations' \/><input type='hidden' name='business' value='ExNotes@ExhaustNotes.us' \/><input type='hidden' name='currency_code' value='USD' \/><input type='hidden' name='notify_url' value='https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-post.php?action=add_wpedon_button_ipn'><input type='hidden' name='lc' value='en_US'><input type='hidden' name='bn' value='WPPlugin_SP'><input type='hidden' name='return' value='' \/><input type='hidden' name='cancel_return' value='' \/><input class='wpedon_paypalbuttonimage' type='image' src='https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif' border='0' name='submit' alt='Make your payments with PayPal. 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