Marcin Rot at Dawid Godziek's Backyard in Suszec, Poland - photo by wolisphoto

Photo of the Day on Aug 23, 2011 - more PODs

Selected by Ian Hylands - I really like the use of the warm gelled flash to light up the inside of the building on the left of the frame. The yellow cords and jacket really go well with the warm glow of the setting sun.

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Sonicfury (Aug 23, 2011 at 0:05)

I love this photo. At first I thought the coat and cables were distracting me from the rider but the more I look at it they make the shot. The composition just makes you want to look further at all aspects of the shot, such as the field and the house in the background. Great shot and excellent timing.

specializedrider68 (Aug 23, 2011 at 0:13)

Anything you need you can find it at the market

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cools20 (Aug 23, 2011 at 0:17) (Below Threshold) show comment

epic planking!! nice shot

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sentenced2life (Aug 23, 2011 at 5:05) (Below Threshold) show comment

would have been even nicer if it was tuck no hands

xxslopestylerider9x (Aug 23, 2011 at 6:28)

Amazing compostion using the rule of thirds!Love it Salute

all-out-bmx (Aug 23, 2011 at 7:56)

He's An Angel! Eek

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curto (Aug 23, 2011 at 9:16)

tucks are piss compared to suicides

wolfe38 (Aug 23, 2011 at 16:48)

they both look uber sick. i've been doing tucks for awhile.. easy, fun, stylish, but i did my first suicide yesterday.. so much harder, but still just as fun and stylish. sick shot, sick trick, those that hate, can't do it.

patrickrupert (Aug 23, 2011 at 18:11)

f*ck broken toes...

barsony (Aug 23, 2011 at 20:31)

this really does define art..

frednewton (Aug 24, 2011 at 2:53)

good to see a proper STYLE suicide no hander instead of awkward tucked ones.

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DamsG (Aug 18, 2011 at 12:19)

La composition est super originale et la lumière orange magnifique !!!

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daigneauu (Aug 18, 2011 at 23:52)

The composition is super original and beautiful orange light !!!

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ramprider17 (Aug 19, 2011 at 20:41)

The composition is super original and the orange light is magnificant !!!

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daigneauu (Aug 19, 2011 at 20:43)

you got me there^

cmacdougall (Aug 23, 2011 at 0:03)

Gotta be the nicest POD i've seen in quite a while, can't agree more with Ian about the cords/jacket and the sunlight!

LIVE-4-WEEKEND (Aug 23, 2011 at 0:06)

ah si si senor, La composición es super original y la luz naranja es magn'fica !!!

lucasdupuis (Aug 23, 2011 at 0:27)

nice shot makes a great pod ...

JaseZ (Aug 23, 2011 at 2:52)

i don't know any french but i knew what that meant. WIN! i agree with him too it's an incredible shot, the lighting is just amazing

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haroman666 (Aug 23, 2011 at 4:59)

I'm gonna be a bit of a downer, and say that yeah the lighting is nice, and the foreground scenery adds character to the photo. But it just takes the focus away from the riding. Not in that you look at the scenery more than the riding, but it dampens the rawness and feel that you might get from a more "boring" riding photo. Maybe i'm just a cynic, but i'm finding all the fancy, wonderfully coloured photo's more of a Photographers eye candy than a riders. My opinion. Dont bash. Smile

gavlaa (Aug 23, 2011 at 5:49)

Couldn't have said it better myself chap. I'm not a fan of it really either. Ok the lighting is pretty cool but it's resulted in the rider being slightly overexposed and 'lost' amongst all the other things going on. It's kinda like a average landscape photo with a rider pasted onto it.

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motorcrosser12 (Aug 24, 2011 at 8:13)

If it is photo shopped then he has done a very good job of it...but I don't think it is. Either way it's still a great picture! It deserved POD!

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MonsterD (Aug 23, 2011 at 8:01)

Go ahead and neg rep me but he is edited in there. If you zoom in on the rider you can see he is edgy and the rear tire looks kinda flat :-P

Trujillz (Aug 23, 2011 at 8:17)

I'm no photo expert but the more I look at it the more he does look photo shopped in. Also, if you look at the way the sun is facing and the shadow of the door way...its shade is in the wrong direction.

IanHylands Mod Plus (Aug 23, 2011 at 10:21)

I'm not going to neg prop you, but I'm going to say that you really have no idea what you're talking about. There is no evidence whatsoever of photoshopping. The rider looks a little bit weird around the edges, but that's because the sun is blasting through him and there is a whole bunch of flare around the edges. Take a look at his helmet or his bars, that's just flare. If you look at it full size, 1024 x 680 there is no edginess at all, and if you zoom in more than that everything in the photo will be edgy because you're magnifying the pixels.

As for the shadows of the door, yes they're completely wrong, which is a little disturbing, but that's created by the super bright gelled light that is behind the photographer to the left and is lighting up the cords and the coat.

XitsXokayXimaXdoctorX (Aug 23, 2011 at 10:37)

i does look photoshoped but he did not edit it look at his other photos

wolisphoto (Aug 23, 2011 at 12:09)

If you have any doubts I can send you this photo in orignal size Smile

but now please watch my gallery, and think!:] I'm a photographer and I'm using photoshop only to highlight the colours etc... I'm trying to do everything with my camera during photosession, so there is only two flash lights, one outside to illuminate rider, and one inside to show coat and cables. Peace! Smile

MonsterD (Aug 23, 2011 at 16:30)

Please do.. But I guess I was being a bit ignorant. Still a bit skeptical but the lighting just makes it very easy to subject it to use of photo editing.

IanHylands Mod Plus (Aug 23, 2011 at 17:33)

Not really, the lighting makes it look a little bit fake, because it doesn't look natural, but it doesn't make it any easier to edit in any way. The first question you should ask if you think something has been edited in Photoshop is "why would someone photoshop this"
And in this image there is no reason to photoshop anything. There is nothing here that is difficult to do with just a camera and a rider, so there is no benefit to any kind of photoshop.

paulclarke (Aug 23, 2011 at 19:21)

I love it when uneducated people argue photography with a professional!!! So entertaining... Smile

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jwarn (Aug 23, 2011 at 23:27)

i miss the old days, where it was always beautiful shots, i mean alright its nice, but i wish we could go back. plus i feel like alot of them are just being picked because the people that pick are photographers...

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cat-walk (Aug 23, 2011 at 17:16)

some one should have warned me to put my sunglasses on

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kuba-foto (Jan 10, 2012 at 13:03)

Piękne zdjęcia ! Wszystkie mi się podobają...jest się od kogo uczyć Wink

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adamlabarthe (Aug 23, 2011 at 0:16)

This photo is sick i like the foreground and the background is awsome!

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vt6spd (Aug 23, 2011 at 3:41)

thats the only true way to do a no hander in my eyes.

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Bmxforlife27 (Aug 23, 2011 at 0:34)

EPIC

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m1sha (Aug 23, 2011 at 5:15)

Creative stuff, good job Smile

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tanano (Aug 23, 2011 at 6:36)

Dirt again...???... Razz

baaahhhh...!!!... > Frown

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baftijari (Aug 24, 2011 at 8:32)

wow!!!! one of the best!!!!

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KrossBikes (Aug 24, 2011 at 0:06)

Yeah

Rot rides our bikes Big Grin

http://krossbikes.pinkbike.com/

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Reset (Aug 23, 2011 at 14:30)

Takie rzeczy w POLSCE ? ;D

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xtr3m3 (Aug 23, 2011 at 1:56)

verry sick......not too god for a pod..

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mudmandhbrazil (Aug 23, 2011 at 9:28)

how beautiful this sport is.... epic shot

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bigbikechad (Aug 23, 2011 at 18:46)

My backyard will be that cool some day

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samliszt (Aug 23, 2011 at 14:29)

What camera was this picture taken by

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Azzmataz (Aug 23, 2011 at 0:03)

Yeah I love that cable to the left.. It's majestic

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JABBA2010 (Aug 23, 2011 at 16:23)

bit to bright

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Omidvahabzadeh (Aug 23, 2011 at 14:39)

Nice shot i like it

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prancis (Aug 23, 2011 at 21:26)

nice pic.

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Connnor28 (Aug 27, 2011 at 13:43)

photoshop!!

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brandon-d (Aug 23, 2011 at 17:21)

so sick!

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tylertyler (Aug 23, 2011 at 17:13)

cool

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djbruno (Aug 23, 2011 at 16:40)

siiiiick

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alinebiker12345 (Aug 23, 2011 at 8:10)

Sweeet photo!

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pokalface (Aug 23, 2011 at 1:10)

so calm and focus...

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Toby-G (Aug 23, 2011 at 2:20)

hey, I am Jesus!! =)

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pokalface (Aug 23, 2011 at 1:09)

dang,so nice,POD!

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JordieGT (Aug 23, 2011 at 0:37)

sweet as a nut

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katinasd (Aug 18, 2011 at 13:27)

POD for me bro. Love it!

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JoelBarrow (Aug 19, 2011 at 20:45)

facepalm so nice

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MaHoon (Aug 23, 2011 at 4:24)

szał !

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matthewjon (Aug 23, 2011 at 6:36)

love this photo !!! POD

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konablastboy88 (Aug 23, 2011 at 8:35)

epic

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jameswyo (Aug 23, 2011 at 9:48)

the best shot ever

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esnetni (Aug 23, 2011 at 13:37)

This is not Jesus! This is "Rot on the Kross"! Smile

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DaveDillholeDillard (Aug 23, 2011 at 10:51)

not fake.... dont be jealous because u could never get a shot like this.

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password22 (Aug 23, 2011 at 7:18)

i didn't know Jesus rode bikes?

konacoilair78910 (Aug 23, 2011 at 10:33)

@password22 is your password for pinkbike password22?

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CzesCzes36 (Aug 23, 2011 at 10:44)

Amazing!!!!!!!!!

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extremeriderD210 (Aug 18, 2011 at 11:12)

meh...

TremblayBKer (Aug 18, 2011 at 13:42)

Pod can't say anymore.

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JordieGT (Aug 23, 2011 at 0:37)

ssshhh dont feed the trolls

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herb66 (Aug 23, 2011 at 1:26)

i kind of think this might be redone with a editing software like photoshop because he is perfectly placed

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JaseZ (Aug 23, 2011 at 2:52)

i kind of think you're a dickhead

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Trujillz (Aug 23, 2011 at 8:33) (Below Threshold) show comment

If you just take the time to actually look at it closely and view how the shading is compared to the sun, its quite obvious its a fake picture. Let alone just looking at the edgy sections around the rider.

IanHylands Mod Plus (Aug 23, 2011 at 17:35)

Trujillz please stop making silly comments about something that you know very little about. Please read the comments above.

thanks!

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