Selected by Matt Wragg - The dirty secret among most action sports photographers is that most of them are just as happy shooting kittens, rainbows and pretty flowers. Getting bike riding and flowers in the same shot is a slam dunk for POD then.
this is where Sasquatch banged me girlfriend and ran off with my jack links beef jerky... never to be seen again, but seeing this bring back good memories. i think they have two hybrid kids and he has got to put up wit the bitch now. that is probably what i hear at night... messing with Sasquatch.
I actually like the darkness, but the clairity and sharpness that should come from this lens is not there. i would have probably tried to use a lower ISO. still, a better photo and nicer equipment than I have now.
Lots of photo critics here who have no clue what they are talking about.
@t-turi-mullett ISO has no efect on sharpness until you start pushing things really far (well above 2000 on a 5D MKiii). This was shot at 320 which is already exceptionally low for shooting action, and going lower would change nothing. The shot is "soft" because it is shot at f3.2 and anyone who uses zoom lenses on a regular basis will tell you, wide open apertures tend to be a bit soft when focused on something a good distance away.
The shot is dark because, well, it was dark out at 7:30 am on an overcast day.
Perhaps the photographer (Joey Schusler, who knows what he is doing) WANTED the shot to be dimly lit and a bit softer to give it a certain feel to best capture the moment in front of him? This photo was just one of many that was used to tell a bigger story of a 500 mile bike packing trip on the Colorado Trail so it's safe to assume it is shot this way to fit into a particular part of that story.
If he had wanted to stop down to f5, bump ISO to 1000 and shoot at a faster shutter speed to get the image YOU wanted him to take he certainty would have. But he didn't and that's why we have this beautiful image to enjoy.
Holy shit, why is everyone so offended? I said I LIKED the image. I think it is simply fantastic. I am no photo critic, but i have been taking photography classes in school for four years and I do lots of research and practice in my free time. I am far from being a fantastic photographer, and even farther from owning fantastic equipment like a 5D Mk III or any L lens for that matter. I was just voicing my opinion and don't mind being corrected as long as you don't come across snobbish.
i hate to be this guy, but there is too much focus on the flowers. I don't think that i am the only one who thinks that a POD should be mostly about the rider, like the one 2 days ago.
I think its a matter of taste. In my opinion POD's should be about what we like about mountainbiking. So while some ppl value "shredding" and appriciate if POD's focus on that, other people might value the experience of being outdoors in a nice surrounding more. Since it's hard to wrap every aspect in one picture, a daily change of POD allows for a coverage...
i have no problem with these types of pictures, honestly, but for me , lately there have been a lot of (sometimes boring) panning shots with the riders merely an addition it seems. look at the other POD's from yeti... thats what i like to see! www.pinkbike.com/photo/9186709 www.pinkbike.com/photo/9868055