Robin Schmitt at OnTop in Calizzano, Italy - photo by Laue

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POD Photo of the Day on Dec 21, 2011

Selected by Ian Hylands - Wow, haven't seen a great all-mountain/trail riding shot from Christoph in quite a while, and this one is awesome! Amazing job on lighting such a large area, it's surprising how much you can create at f/3.5

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Photo info

Album: Behind-the-Lens
Category: All Mountain/Enduro
Date Posted: Dec 18, 2011 at 5:47
Dec 18, 2011
Location: Calizzano, Italy
Trail: OnTop
Riders: Robin Schmitt

Photo details

Photo Size:

Camera

Nikon D200

Lens

10.0-17.0 mm f/3.5-4.5

Shutter Speed

1/125

Aperture

3.5

Focal Length

10.0 mm

ISO Speed

100

Date

2011:10:21

Time

06:51:09

54 Comments

22 3

grinsekater (Dec 18, 2011 at 9:21)

Nice to see you in the mountains!

14 1

mooseduck13 (Dec 21, 2011 at 0:01)

This gets me so stoked to ride tomorrow. Gotta love a good AM/trail POD

13 0

thenegpropper (Dec 21, 2011 at 0:04)

first leg of the race... Start at the Peak of the mountian!

20 8

RideFree420 (Dec 21, 2011 at 0:37)

You cannot simply bike into mordor

23 4

njdfan101 (Dec 21, 2011 at 0:40)

^Just like the arrow to the knee joke, that is way overused and no longer funny.

Grips (Dec 21, 2011 at 4:00)

He must have been pretty SPOKED to ride that track!

pope924 (Dec 21, 2011 at 5:54)

THANK YOU njdfan101....I've been wanting to say that....

singletrailrider (Dec 21, 2011 at 7:43)

Such a beautiful picture. Is it fisheye or are you just so up high that the world is not flat anymore? I know I know...

fergiesindahoose (Dec 21, 2011 at 10:36)

One cannot simply take an arrow in the knee to mordor...

Yarlezy (Dec 21, 2011 at 16:54)

and why not?

potatoracing2 (Dec 21, 2011 at 18:00)

Grips - Whatta PUN!

D-Owen (Dec 21, 2011 at 21:26)

stunning

devonbalet (Dec 21, 2011 at 15:37)

The first word that comes to mind... WOW! Perfect sunset and very nicely lit. Just like Ian had said the photog did a great job lighting up such a big area. That can always be extremely difficult when using wide angle. The use of wide angle really accentuates how high they are. Nice work!

trailchef (Dec 21, 2011 at 0:02)

4 pounds of back bacon, three french toasts, two......

alexblayden (Dec 21, 2011 at 4:54)

thats alot of bacon! how many people are you cooking for btw?

gouty (Dec 21, 2011 at 6:02)

In Canada one person eats 4 pounds of bacon.

Draggon (Dec 21, 2011 at 9:10)

Bacon is Gods way of showing us he loves us........

leelau (Dec 21, 2011 at 13:44)

Its basically a citizenship requirement to eat bacon 3x a day

njdfan101 (Dec 21, 2011 at 0:07)

People talk about mountainbike vs bmx POD's, but what about guys vs girls, they should get more acknowledgement.

23 2

IanHylands (Dec 21, 2011 at 0:10)

I have no problem with that, but we need more quality shots of women riding. The photo and the action still need to be just as good as any POD.

12 0

S-Moore (Dec 21, 2011 at 8:52)

@IanHylands Agreed, can't just choose based on sexyness factor............ unless it is off the chart.

halfpipefreak (Dec 21, 2011 at 11:17)

looks like another planet man ... awesome !!

imagine DH on mars or something haha or in a big oll crater on the moon making huuuge airs lol

nice picture !!

Worm-Burner (Dec 21, 2011 at 3:03)

I wonder how this photo was lit?...

alexisinflames (Dec 21, 2011 at 0:00)

looks like i've got a new wallpaper

JacobNeufeld (Dec 21, 2011 at 0:02)

I didn't see him at first... But then I saw those AWESOME SHORTS!

DEFCONmedia (Dec 21, 2011 at 0:06)

Budlee (Dec 21, 2011 at 0:17)

This will work well in the presentation I am doing on the topic EPIC.

Luke-VTT (Dec 21, 2011 at 6:33)

Great colors and really nice trail!

TheLongMan (Dec 21, 2011 at 8:11)

Super nice pic! (the spot is not so far from home either

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nsoul (Dec 21, 2011 at 8:37)

holy flash. cuttin'r close for daylight

ROL-ANDO (Dec 21, 2011 at 10:08)

great pic and the rock are zpoky

radek145 (Dec 21, 2011 at 11:04)

oooo really nice. I like this photo. Congratulations.

ojornrager (Dec 21, 2011 at 11:29)

If only we had terrain like that in Ireland

ScaryGerry (Dec 21, 2011 at 12:11)

chairlift must be on the other side...

jgottya1 (Dec 21, 2011 at 13:34)

The essence of what most all of us seek !!! Awesome shot !!

iridebikesh (Dec 21, 2011 at 17:20)

talk about big mountain riding!

TomMurphy (Dec 18, 2011 at 6:25)

That's sweet

matteoganora (Dec 18, 2011 at 6:32)

great!

Rolas (Dec 21, 2011 at 1:16)

That's like POY brother

biiiiikerben (Dec 21, 2011 at 1:40)

stoked

WellDone (Dec 21, 2011 at 2:44)

yeah nice dude

eddleston (Dec 21, 2011 at 3:36)

Just wow.

bermtastic (Dec 21, 2011 at 6:35)

wow!

Adrian95FR (Dec 21, 2011 at 7:46)

POD !

specializedrider0 (Dec 21, 2011 at 9:25)

Sick picture!

therealtylerdurden (Dec 21, 2011 at 9:26)

This photo is DANK!

jarrett-lindal-media (Dec 21, 2011 at 9:57)

the dank*

therealtylerdurden (Mar 2, 2012 at 15:41)

Naw just dank

shrockie (Dec 21, 2011 at 9:51)

looks like an asteroid.

Konanemia (Dec 21, 2011 at 19:19)

SICK SHOT!

Fierro (Jan 9, 2012 at 13:02)

That POC is the green?

JaseZ (Dec 21, 2011 at 0:00)

That's sick!

nouser (Dec 21, 2011 at 8:39)

Theres more mountain and fuck all bike ! Shit.

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