ISPO is the abbreviation for International Trade Fair for Sports Equipment and Fashion, and it's the worlds largest sporting goods trade show. It takes place in Munich, Germany in January every year, and covers many different summer and winter sports.
This year they're running a photo competition called "The Best Photo in Sports Business 2014" and this mountain bike photo is currently in second place. The photo was taken by Markus Greber, who I think is probably one of the top photographers in bike industry, and the rider is Andreu Lacondeguy who should need no introduction.
The contest is open for voting until January 15th, so do your bit and go vote, and get on facebook and tell your friends to vote as well. Lets help a great mountain bike shot win a contest against photos from other sports! You can see all the entries and cast your
VOTE HERESee more of Markus' work at
Markus Greber dot com
Besides mountain biking?
Looks too unnatural to me , the sun is clearly behind yet the photo is over lit in the front.
Looks like it's been cut and pasted ( i know it hasnt )
Source: Searched google images for Fiat Nine Knights mtb.
Wait, maybe we should make this into a reality show?
The "to 11" part is a spinal tap joke. Perhaps the word amateur should have been left out. But otherwise this is a specific and justified criticism. Take a look at the photo again. Do the overly sharpened edges of the mountains, jumps and towers look natural to you? To me, within the first second of seeing the photo, that's what stood out. It immediately looked overly tweaked.
You must disagree with that point. But instead of choosing to discuss the actual photo, you've chosen to insult people.
When a photo is entered in a photo competition, it is fine to critique that photo. WTF is the competition for if not to evaluate the quality of photos?
This is a great image of a great rider taken by a photographer with amazing skills. But to vote for an image based on our alliance with the subject matter is shallow & arrogant to say the least. And for what end result? To make mountain biking that much more mainstream? Count me out. My hat is off to Markus for creating a fantastic image, but don't expect me to vote for it simply because I also ride a bike.
On the other hand the swimming photo looks pretty natural, and the way it captures the wakes, bubbles, and refraction of light through the water is amazing. If it was a "photo of the coolest trick" contest the mtb pic would win, but it's a sports photography contest and I think most of the other pics are better photos (in my unqualified amateur opinion).
@LTmtb Personally taking a close look at this image I think the only editing is probably a bit of sharpening. But I applaud your decision to vote for the photo that you liked best instead of just voting for this because it's an mtb shot.
www.pinkbike.com/photo/10505454
We, as a culture, are marching towards Idiocracy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vw2CrY9Igs
opinion: too much sponsors
And what the hell is the dungeons and dragons climbing shot about, even his chair is made in Photoshop..
My vote goes to the surfer, every other photographer probably had a tripod, this guy is in a barrel!
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FS: pair of eyes