ya u are

 Agreed. So guy.

 so fuckin true

 Amen.

 Sorry are we looking at the same picture? This is sick!

 It's called an opinion. Learn to respect them. I think it looks bad, doesn't have any flow, nothing artistic about it. Doesn't make me want to go out and ride. It just doesn't stir anything in me.

*shrug*

It may well be great, to you.

 Of course you are entitled to your opinion, just as I am entitled to disagree with it. In two short sentences you have managed to completely contradict yourself, impressive.

If you are going to criticize somebody's work, it helps to have something constructive to say. You have, however demonstrated some of this in your ridiculously pretentious reply to me, so I guess I'll let it go.

I'm struggling to comprehend exactly what you mean by saying the picture "doesn't have any flow". Purely out of interest, what sort of shot demonstrates this?

 "ridiculously pretentious"

You certainly are one to talk.

In terms of flow, I meant how the picture guides your eye gracefully through the shot. The composition should be pleasing to the eye. What "sort" of shot demonstrates that... any well-composed and framed shot, I would guess.

I was going to apologize for being a bit too negative with my initial comment, but you, having shown yourself to be just as pretentious as you claim I am, kind of soured that idea. No hard feelings.

 In my humble opinion the shot is pleasing to the eye. The contrast of the almost lunar landscape with the two harshly-lit riders creates an image that stands out from the thousands of similar photos we see every day. Perhaps there is a little bit too much dead space in the bottom half of the picture but that helps to demonstrate the size of the hip Blake is hitting. I've made my point, you've made yours. We can agree to disagree. Apologies for being argumentative, not having a good day. Happy Trails.

 Good work guys - you brought it back rather than blowing it up. I agree with some of the points here, the dead space I believe is required to tell the full story and size of the riding, however, due to the fact this is shot at dusk the terrain is kinda lost here. The shot was unused in the MBUK article it was shot for so I knew it was flawed, just thought it a shame to die unseen on my hard drive.

 I've been looking at it some more and it doesn't seem as bad as I originally thought it to be. I guess it's just not in my taste. *shrug*

It's very crisp, though. I'll say that much. Congrats Rob on the POD, to Rory - I feel you. Hope you guys have some rideable terrain out there. It's all ice and snow here in Moscow by now.

 im happy to say i have no idea what is going on

 and becides, it's about the picture and it's quality and whatnot, not as much about what's being performed, POD is meant to bring respect to both riders and photographers, not just the rider

 Thanks for totally missing the point of the comments both I and Rory made. Try not to injure your sphincter whilst getting your head out of your ass.

 Lol i think you might need to explain your last comment to him in more detail as well