Joe Esnouf at willis point in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - photo by JinsleyPhoto

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Selected by Ian Hylands - There is something fairly magical about riding through an old mossy west coast forest, and this photo really captures that. Great shot, and I love how the framing and composition really accentuate the trees soaring up into the sky...

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93 Comments

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urbancamel (May 30, 2011 at 1:37)

Really great setting,but it would be a better photo if it was better quality.

matt-bike-baha-3 (May 30, 2011 at 6:25)

yeah zoro

alexblayden (May 30, 2011 at 6:47)

we're building a trail right now that looks just like this one, going to be sickkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

bikounet (May 30, 2011 at 7:17)

This is really nice!

The colors are specials though...

bubbaleech (May 30, 2011 at 9:53)

Those trails look like so much fun!

JesseBMXs (May 30, 2011 at 16:02)

damn, thats a badass pic!

ChineseAlan (May 30, 2011 at 16:20)

SCHWEET!

helibike (May 30, 2011 at 20:22)

Is that Frodo Baggins hiding under that root?

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camman15 (May 30, 2011 at 5:00)

his front diskbrake looks chopped in half

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dhjose1 (May 30, 2011 at 0:12)

welcome to the jungle!!!!!

cyfa89 (May 30, 2011 at 16:34)

yeah i was thinking that
its like the bike predator

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faaz (May 30, 2011 at 3:55)

very noisy.....

doubledeuce (May 30, 2011 at 10:52)

I was actually looking through the page of comments to see if I was the only one who noticed that haha. Noisy/grainy. Nice shot, but definitely noisy!

Dazza-V17 (May 30, 2011 at 13:03)

Yeah first thing I noticed too, probabally a high iso I'm guessing.

doubledeuce (May 30, 2011 at 14:09)

That's what I was thinking too. The ISO must have been too high, seeing as the terrain is pretty dark/forest, but with a shutter speed needed to capture the rider, it would have been wiser to run a flash setup, or some sort of lighting. Compensating with a higher ISO just made it grainy! Frown

Too bad too, since the angle and shot is actually very nice!

JinsleyPhoto (May 30, 2011 at 14:37)

Haha, im surprised its only being noticed now. And yeah, in order to get the 1/1000th to freeze Joe, I had to jack the ISO all the way up to 6400.
next time, going to bring the beauty dish out with me, going to be amazing.

doubledeuce (May 30, 2011 at 19:08)

Oh don't worry, I noticed... LOL I'm just slow to open pinkbike in the morning and I never really comment! haha joking, but its a good shot man! Like you said, bring some dishes/lighting whatever is needed next time, for round two, and post it up!

joeesnouf (May 31, 2011 at 0:56)

round 2 sounds hard. haha

doubledeuce (May 31, 2011 at 6:42)

LOL I am sure he can pull it off Smile

faaz (May 31, 2011 at 11:36)

Still a great picture, don't get me wrong!!!!

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Sata2007 (May 30, 2011 at 19:17)

This pic is awesome...but as Ian said...the trees are awesome....reminded me a NatGeo program trying to capture a photo of a gigantic tree (i know in spanish are secouya but don't know in english sorry) but it took the guy like a year to be able to capture the tree....and now seeing this picture really gives props to the photographer to get a photo like that nicely done....

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gravity-sux (May 30, 2011 at 19:26)

this would make a sweet poster. the grainy effect makes it almost dream like.
as if hes going to pop off your wall and ride past you.

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MTBurned (May 30, 2011 at 0:33)

I had been staring it for a minute until I remembered to pick my jaw of the floor...!

RaleighVoid (May 30, 2011 at 6:26)

starting to get sick of that line tbh

RaleighVoid (May 30, 2011 at 10:51)

"ohdfohdfihsfh;d sorry that was my wiping the jizz off my keyboard/picking my jaw up from the keyboard...."

over used, not funny, any more.

MTBurned (May 30, 2011 at 12:28)

I just wrote it because that was literally what happened.

RaleighVoid (May 30, 2011 at 12:31)

ahh, ok

JHewitt (May 30, 2011 at 17:19)

somehow i doubt thats what literally happened...

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jgottya1 (May 30, 2011 at 8:47)

Epic shot !!! Awesome prehistoric looking growth and background from an under angle shot......looks way cool !!

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Worm-Burner (May 30, 2011 at 2:07)

Another rider narrowly evades Shub Niggurath...

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mountainyj (May 30, 2011 at 0:00)

Sick pod. No comments yet? Weird

sx-ripper (May 30, 2011 at 0:02)

herp derp durp

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jeremy-sawatzky (May 30, 2011 at 0:08)

there they go riding on pandora again... HOW THE HELL DO YOU GET THERE!!!!!!U!#Y#$*!#$*

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nrgmedia (May 30, 2011 at 1:33)

im a c*nt

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nick09 (May 30, 2011 at 2:43)

we know ^

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andrewgrant (May 30, 2011 at 11:35)

Love the shot but it's kinda grainy/not very well-focused...still a great POD though, some awesome riding at Willis Point

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JohnFinnigan1 (May 30, 2011 at 17:05)

I would favourite this if it wasn't for the gigantic watermark that ruins the shot.

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wreckedrider (May 30, 2011 at 12:51)

One of the coolest pictures ever!!!

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JABAJABA (May 30, 2011 at 14:16)

Perfect !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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tgotto (Dec 1, 2011 at 14:51)

Where in Victoria is this!?

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hamncheez (May 30, 2011 at 8:52)

good, but could be better if he used HDR to get the sky exposed properly

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davinmatzig (May 30, 2011 at 9:59)

pretty chill looks like some avatar shit

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DeepInTheForest (May 30, 2011 at 11:37)

awesome photo. great timing with the rider.

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two-tyred (May 30, 2011 at 11:07)

sniper! nice shot!

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badbad74 (May 30, 2011 at 0:18)

nice joe

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pieman6 (May 30, 2011 at 21:59)

yeah joe!!

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KGPHOTO (May 30, 2011 at 0:21)

suuuper tight composition Jord!

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citizenlee (Jun 2, 2011 at 1:20)

Awesome shot! Only think missing is some Ewoks! Big Grin

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NWA911 (May 30, 2011 at 21:50)

sick joe

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pokalface (May 30, 2011 at 15:45)

POD!

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jcavelti (May 30, 2011 at 0:01)

looks gnarly

sx-ripper (May 30, 2011 at 0:02)

sick shot

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tenoch (May 30, 2011 at 16:17)

nice

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josecampos (May 30, 2011 at 14:01)

amazing!

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anthodirtjump (May 30, 2011 at 13:11)

SICK angle!!!!!

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kohl33 (May 30, 2011 at 10:15)

so sick...

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Alefaelder (May 30, 2011 at 10:51)

just a perfect shot

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Tioz (May 30, 2011 at 0:39)

Sick place

KGPHOTO (May 30, 2011 at 0:47)

Beautiful BC

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BLIPDH (May 30, 2011 at 0:16)

where's the trail???

mooseduck13 (May 30, 2011 at 0:56)

When will people learn

joeesnouf (May 31, 2011 at 1:07)

Canada

BLIPDH (May 31, 2011 at 21:18)

ya its a joke dude

BLIPDH (May 31, 2011 at 21:18)

now that i look at it though that was kinda stupid

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2big4u (May 30, 2011 at 0:04)

Cool looking trees!

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Squid321 (May 30, 2011 at 6:29)

Just a sick photo!

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bennerlur (May 30, 2011 at 0:59)

good day of stumpjumping

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bbeaudoin (May 30, 2011 at 0:25)

Hello!!

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jdavidson (May 30, 2011 at 0:18)

jooooeeeee

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CharlieFieldhouse (May 30, 2011 at 2:06)

sick pod

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Chrisman97 (May 30, 2011 at 0:03)

Lovin the backround!

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xxjakeeboixx (May 30, 2011 at 1:56)

good but dont think pod worthy

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rewster (May 30, 2011 at 10:04)

I love searching your photo descriptions for grammatical/spelling errors....you never let me down!

bwoodhull (May 30, 2011 at 10:59)

I read this and went to see what your profile looks like. Then I noticed that you pretty much never say anything positive. I guess your just a person that wants to complain about everything.

rewster (May 30, 2011 at 11:46) (Below Threshold) show comment

It's "you're", not "your." Not trying to be a d*ck but if you are going to run a respectable outfit, you have to act the part. The same can be said about many articles that are posted daily by this site. PB is a joke, tailored to serve a ~12y/o audience.

rewster (May 30, 2011 at 11:48) (Below Threshold) show comment

Ha, you're 31 years old....surely you at least received the same public education I did. Use it.

pheonix-up (May 30, 2011 at 13:34)

Well biking and building trails makes me feel 12 years old again, so pinkbike is doing it right. And rewster, if you're gonna hate, take it somewhere else because you sucking all the fun out of the room. Sic POD!

bwoodhull (May 30, 2011 at 19:11)

I doent kare if I spel everytheng wrong. If yoo hate pincbike so much then wy do u cum here duch bag asswhole?

leelau (May 30, 2011 at 20:26)

Spelling flames on a mountain bike site. Did your e-penis get bigger rewster you big grammatically correct pedant you?

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dunford (May 30, 2011 at 2:20)

amazing!

i love how the rider is emerging from inside the trees, with the overgrown moss on the trees and roots, simply amazing. The only thing that could be better is if the shot was taken slightly later so you could see the rider more.

POD! Big Grin

aflo661 (May 30, 2011 at 2:30)

Wicked photo. That must be one of those spots that just needs to be photographed, it looks beautiful.

nrgmedia (May 30, 2011 at 2:31)

ROCK ON MAN EPIC SHOOOOOOT!!""""!"!!!!!"!!!!!"! w00000000000000000000t pl0x

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gabbarida (May 30, 2011 at 2:36) (Below Threshold) show comment

to the POD on may the 27, 2011 i said that i like the picture in my words and i got neg propped.... sooo...
this picture has a nice angle.. and the trail looks awesome... i like it and think rider and photographer did a good job...hope i don't get neg propped now... whut ever your problems are..

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gabbarida (May 30, 2011 at 3:13) (Below Threshold) show comment

pinkbike sucks. good bye mfckers

lukegriffiths (May 30, 2011 at 3:38)

Man up and stop crying gabbarida.

Junior-DH (May 30, 2011 at 3:39)

Gabbarida, don't attention seek and you wont be neg propped.

mtbtyrrell (May 30, 2011 at 4:59)

is this one of the scenes for the new harry potter? jokes, great photo!

Azrun (May 30, 2011 at 7:10)

could be havent read the last book but would make a much better film if they used sessions instead of broomsticks haha

lukegriffiths (May 30, 2011 at 8:40)

You neg propped me for telling someone to man up? Grow some balls.

mtbtyrrell (May 30, 2011 at 9:50)

i neg propped you cause i love being a c*nt

lukegriffiths (May 30, 2011 at 10:33)

See people like you I like because your funny and upfront but Nobs like the others can suck dick.

mtbtyrrell (May 30, 2011 at 11:26)

i was only messing anyways dude Smile

JHewitt (May 30, 2011 at 17:22)

... people care so much about their precious props

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