Fleur Simons in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain - photo by steveshannon

Jungle magic on La Palma.

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POD Photo of the Day on Feb 1, 2017

Selected by Scott Secco - A serious contender for POY. The light is and location are otherworldly!

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Photo info

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Category: All Mountain/Enduro
Date Posted: Jan 15, 2017 at 23:07
Jan 15, 2017
Location: Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain
Riders: Fleur Simons
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Photo details

Photo Size:

Camera

Sony ILCE-7RM2

Lens

Metabones EF-S17-40/4+2x

Shutter Speed

1/800

Aperture

5.0

Focal Length

17.0 mm

ISO Speed

3200

Date

2016:11:16

Time

11:09:34

Stephen Shannon

31 Comments

15 1

jubs17 (Feb 1, 2017 at 0:10)

Arn't there supposed to be hobbits on this trail? Basically straight out of LOTR

10 3

WAKIdesigns (Feb 1, 2017 at 9:47)

They sit hidden by the side of the trail... read/watch it again darn it!

jptothetree (Feb 1, 2017 at 12:10)

@WAKIdesigns: HA! This.

Pisgah69Freeride420 (Mar 4, 2017 at 7:02)

@WAKIdesigns: We are the Dark Riders....

khinds01 (Mar 9, 2017 at 13:59)

Get off the trail...quick!

yenrab (Feb 1, 2017 at 4:58)

love the way the light comes through like that and highlights a great shot?

robb (Feb 1, 2017 at 10:09)

Beauty shot steve, digging the light and texture in this photo!

steveshannon (Feb 1, 2017 at 22:19)

Thanks Robb!

stefanfresh (Feb 4, 2017 at 12:42)

This will be a Spanish POY!

webermtb (Jan 17, 2017 at 7:47)

OMG! The light! Stunning shot!

CHRISMANO (Feb 1, 2017 at 1:11)

peace....

davidlalanne (Feb 1, 2017 at 4:32)

Beautiful shot!

bunjiman82 (Feb 1, 2017 at 5:38)

That's atmosphere, wow, gorgeous!

theflyingz (Feb 1, 2017 at 11:29)

This should make the cut for photo of the year contest

theflyingz (Feb 20, 2017 at 18:40)

Now I wish I could have placed a bet on this photo!

keithrad (Feb 1, 2017 at 14:56)

Mountain bikers heaven...

fattyheadshok (Feb 1, 2017 at 17:21)

Hard to believe places like this still exist. Gorgeous shot.

yackubu (Jan 19, 2018 at 1:47)

The place is called La Palma, The Canary Islands.

JennekaPlug (Feb 2, 2017 at 14:31)

Wish I was there! Great photo!

Escaflowne (Feb 11, 2017 at 6:31)

hope this pic wins the PB-Contest

pinnityafairy (Feb 18, 2017 at 6:27)

Congratulations on photo of the year. And thanks for sharing your view.

bikeordie2772 (Mar 30, 2017 at 8:12)

setting computer screen saver in 3-2-1

h82crash (Jan 16, 2017 at 17:37)

So good.

JoeRadzif (Feb 1, 2017 at 6:02)

a ride in the land of elf...

Ironchefjon (Feb 1, 2017 at 6:05)

amazing picture

FrozenTreads56 (Feb 1, 2017 at 13:49)

I want to go ride there

captyvatemedia (Feb 1, 2017 at 14:23)

Dem rays!

BrutalSyl (Feb 13, 2017 at 12:13)

beauty

sethiermtb (Feb 14, 2017 at 9:46)

Amazing shot !!

gladiax87 (Feb 15, 2017 at 6:33)

My winner !

tuckersam (Feb 18, 2017 at 17:53)

angel boners