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Myciek
(Dec 4, 2008 at 0:41)
POD!!
Great colors! Epic photo, such amazingly taken, must be POD tommorow! Guy above me is right, it's PERFECT!
wow! saw it this morning with no comments all over it, it is obvious that it will get pod in the next days and it totally deserves it!!!!
Why isn't this POD yet? It looks like art! Just amazing: the background, the colours, the lighting, the trail... It's the nicest photo ive seen on pinkbike.
Yes he used some effects on the picture but you have to be a dumbass to say that he shopped some guy riding a bike into the picture...
omg when i seen it on the page it stood out and clicking on it i do say it has to be the second best pic on pinkbike (1st is of me of course)
i know im gonna get negged but to me it just looks like they slapped a picture of a rider into that back drop, im not saying they did or not but it just doesnt look like the rider fits the background for some reason, especially the front tire
Do people not realize that when any photo is taken digitally is goes through some sort of image processing? Most of the time what photographers do in photoshop is the same stuff any processor in a camera does automatically, only good photographers can do the processing better manually.
Rant over, sorry. This pic is awesome though. It would make a great magazine ad for Fox, or even 661 or TLD.
Rant over, sorry. This pic is awesome though. It would make a great magazine ad for Fox, or even 661 or TLD.
yea i realize that its probably just a really well taken photo but it just looked that way to me at first, i just noticed there is also a shadow of the rider on the tree aswell so my bad.
my guess would have to be a low setting on a flash from the lower left hand side of the picture as well as some hdr effects similar but not brought as far to the extreme as some of dishboys photo's
i can't believe giantgloryhole is getting negative proped because he put
POY, meaning picture of the year. i say POY of 08 that is a sick pic.
POY, meaning picture of the year. i say POY of 08 that is a sick pic.
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holy shit!
one of the best dh-pics since a certain time...
props to photographer and rider!
SOMETHING LIKE THAT GOT TO BE P.O.D.!!!
one of the best dh-pics since a certain time...
props to photographer and rider!
SOMETHING LIKE THAT GOT TO BE P.O.D.!!!
that is definitely one of the best photos i've seen on here in a long time! it certainly gets my vote for POD.
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Its got my vote for POD, looks slightly computer game like but with really really good graphics, but that isn't a bad thing.
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:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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For all the photoshop comments - its an HDR image. You shoot in RAW format with the camera then build the image by creating different levels of exposure.
See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging
See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging
WOW that's one of the best PODs in a long time! (not that the other's weren't great)
But this is a sweeeet shot
But this is a sweeeet shot
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I think that they're both amazing photos. The colors are simply beautiful, and the mountains in the back don't hurt either. Huge props the photographer!
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looks like a composite? like seperate images for the rider, the ground and tree and the background? and if u look where the lights coming from the rider has no shadow?
looks pretty immense thou and if its all one pics props that some sick scenery
looks pretty immense thou and if its all one pics props that some sick scenery
that's what it looks like to me. right or wrong, it looksl like the tree/dirt/rider is one pic superimposed onto a panoramic mtn background. maybe it's just the exposure lighting that has been enhanced?.. either way, looks awesome, but not sure how manipulated it was... which may or may not matter to some.
actually, looking again.. i'd say it's 3 layers 1) rider 2) dirt/tree/roots 3) mountain background. I'd be shocked if that was an actual moment that occured and was captured.
Is this a HDR? Cant decide if it one or Not, if not, then the photog must have lugged a whole heap of lighting equipment up the mountain... respect to that. Dig the shot. Ahoy!
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pfft. poster background, photoshopped rider. not even a good photoshop job, it looks like hes going sideways into the ground
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This has got to be the most amazing picture ever! The colours, quality, scene etc are great. Props to photographer + rider
Very nice photo, but I think the rider looks a bit detached from the rest of the scene. Almost like he's missing his shadow. Maybe if the flash were off to the left it would have cast a shadow connecting the rider to the scene more.
The technique used is called HDR and is taking off the actual exposure levels of the camera. Not photoshopped.
some more HDR images here: http://abduzeedo.com/20-beautiful-hdr-pictures
The technique used is called HDR and is taking off the actual exposure levels of the camera. Not photoshopped.
some more HDR images here: http://abduzeedo.com/20-beautiful-hdr-pictures
Photoshop job if I ever saw one. Rider has no shadow, and you can tell his tyres aren't really in connection with the ground.
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Sick shot. The texture of the foreground makes it look a lot like those Shimano adverts for Shadow rear mechs.
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100% POD worthy! Looks well edited to me...bit of HDR possibly.
but who cares? Its a f*cking sick pic!!!
but who cares? Its a f*cking sick pic!!!
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can no one see that the mountains in the back drop are fakes its a good picture but its photo shopped
that and there is no shadows, who bikes in the middle of the day in the mountains and doesnt leave a shadow
Nice composite but definitely not a real shot. Have a look at it large. Under the tree to the right of the riders right shoulder you will find some blocky photo shop elements where something was clone stamped out.... Also some extract / blending relics if you look closely surrounding the rider.
Or it could all be a product of bad JPEG compression / dirt on lens / dead pixels on sensor. Maybe it is real?? Who knows.
Why do U all go so nuts on that pic whtther it is photoshop or not. The rider is one of top 3 polish DH competitors, so he's position is adequate to his skills. There is only one place in PL where U have mountains like that and it's quite small, and has very characteristic stones laid on hiking trails. And it appears that Siara (rider) lives in that area... Kayakwest U have no idea what are you talking about, that pic manipulation is a class! HDR + possible improvements. I could just take my Wacom screen and paint a shadow of the rider super perfectly and no one would ever guess! It appears that doing photomontages is my job... SIARA UR THE MAN! UR Photographer and editor IS THE MAN! Cheeers!
Just learn how to work with PS and a proper camera with proper set of flashes and then start talking crap and show off that you know what "compositing", "jpg artifact" means. f*gs! SIARA - UR the MAN!
I would also like to point out fragments of the original image flaoting around int he sky.
if this was an HDR image there would have been at least some shadow under his tires.
I understand that there has been a couple remote flashes where used, and I know how HDR images work, I have used them before.
As well on the right side of the right around his elbow we can see evidence of a softer outline then the rest, with some transperancy from a soft edged eraiser brush.
Anyways, none the less HDR or Photoshop this is still a good picture.
if this was an HDR image there would have been at least some shadow under his tires.
I understand that there has been a couple remote flashes where used, and I know how HDR images work, I have used them before.
As well on the right side of the right around his elbow we can see evidence of a softer outline then the rest, with some transperancy from a soft edged eraiser brush.
Anyways, none the less HDR or Photoshop this is still a good picture.
There are remnants of a shadow on the ground, as well as on the tree and I can agree to some degree that it might a composite, however I do not see anything wrong with the sky. I believe we can point out that there is a stain on a masterpiece... or a shadow on a masterpiece... indeed shadow should be there and a skilful cheater might add have added it.
it is the best pod ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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why do people have to photoshop their pics sooo much???? would have been a great without making it look phony
there nothing really to see here
give me neg props i dont care but hes just riding down a rocky hill its like riding down stairs big deal
give me neg props i dont care but hes just riding down a rocky hill its like riding down stairs big deal
thats f*cking sweet
who wants to buy a cheap whore 10bux and comes with spike collar and goes by name of tabitha
who wants to buy a cheap whore 10bux and comes with spike collar and goes by name of tabitha
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No Foto SUPER! Ale na moje oko to chyba fotomontaz... Nie wiem moze sie myle, ale wyglada tak jakbys byl "wklejony na tlo" Mimo wszystko POD !!!!!
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hmm.. nie zdziwiłbym się jakbyś został wklejony na tło mogę się oczywiście mylić ale i tak grube zdjęcie 
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Zakopane, Poland
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Date: 2008-12-04
Trail: Zakopane
Riders: Szymon Syrzistie
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