Early morning sunrise on Rude Rock. (GoPro POV)
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Jun 12, 2017
Selected by Simon Nieborak - If only all Monday mornings looked like this... Great "first person point-of-view" shots like this one here make us all dream about epic rides on dusty trails.
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- New-Zealand
- Category
- Scenery/Location
- Date Posted
- Feb 5, 2017 at 2:15Feb 5, 2017
- Location
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Queenstown, New Zealand
- Trail
- Rude Rock
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- Rude Rock
- Riding Area
- Coronet Peak Ski & Mountain Bike Park
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e-van
(Jun 12, 2017 at 9:55)
you've got that gopro dialed. Mine all look like starwars in hyperspace
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@mayjamest: Actually just had it burst mode. The shutter speed seems to be high enough to keep everything sharp, as long as you don't ride fast
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@mayjamest: oddly enough, perfectly timed photo because the guy in front of him isn't moving either!!!!
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i agree, especially about the processed part. this is what you get when you play with the sliders in Camera Raw/Lightroom too much. Striking? Absolutely. Real? No.
- 8 0
Whats the difference? This shot tells the story with a hell of a presentation - period.
Setting a double standard on the equipment is a little weak. Where do you draw the line on what camera or lens is acceptable when this shot is obviously a banger? Medium format film? 35mm film? pro-body DSLR? consumer DSLR? mirrorless? point n shoot? cell phone? It shouldn't matter - if the tool works, use it.
Setting a double standard on the equipment is a little weak. Where do you draw the line on what camera or lens is acceptable when this shot is obviously a banger? Medium format film? 35mm film? pro-body DSLR? consumer DSLR? mirrorless? point n shoot? cell phone? It shouldn't matter - if the tool works, use it.
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@kent-b: Fair enough. I guess it's more that I find the point-of-view shots over the bars like that to be cliched, and I kind of associate them with look-at-me social media posts to an overwhelming degree, even if the context here is obviously different. Also looks super processed to my eye. To each his own, though.
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@geltmanl: I get where you're coming from, but I don't mind the occasional POV. I just reckon its cool that pinkbike recognizes it's not the equipment that makes the picture. I don't have an expensive camera - just happened to snap this one when the light got nice while we were riding.
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@SamWaltProductions: Cheers, man. I feel bad for being negative about it; just my own feelings about gopro as a phenomenon coming through. Congrats on the POD!
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there should be more GoPro PODs in my opinion. Action shots, not professional images. Ones from users, riders, in action on the trails.
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By all means we should protest because when a POD is taken with a manual film camera.
A good photo is a good photo, it doesn't mater what camera was used to take it. Ugh!
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@ugez: the difference is a picture from a rider vs. a picture from somebody watching a rider. Also, am I not allowed to have an opinion w/o upsetting you?
