Tracy Moseley at World Cup Track in Val Di Sole, Italy - photo by bortels

Picture by Christophe Bortels

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POD Photo of the Day on Mar 3, 2011

Selected by IanHylands - I like the trail of dust behind Tracy in this shot, and the little blast where she's coming off the root. Body position looks good as well, and the composition is fairly balanced, light is decent, especially like the little bling of light on her helmet..

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Photo info

Album: various
Category: DH Racing
Date Posted: Jan 18, 2011 at 10:33
Jan 18, 2011
Location: Val Di Sole, Italy
Trail: World Cup Track
Riders: Tracy Moseley

Photo details

Photo Size:

Camera

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Lens

70.0 - 200.0 mm

Shutter Speed

1/320

Aperture

2.8

Focal Length

108.0 mm

ISO Speed

800

Date

2010:07:31

Time

10:33:11

65 Comments

born-to-ride (Jan 19, 2011 at 4:45)

The belgian POD factory is back for 2011 !

matthew10 (Mar 3, 2011 at 0:20)

As much as its a great shot, i don't think the focus is spot on, and in my opinion i think there are many photos on pinkbike which are more pod worthy than this one. It seems as this sort of shot is pod a lot. I would like to see a vary day to day.

IanHylands (Mar 3, 2011 at 0:59)

matthew10, you should take a look at the "more PODs" page that shows the past 24 PODs. I think you'll find that in the past 24 PODs this is only the 5th racer or race style shot, there have also been about 11 dirt jump shots, 4 trail riding shots, and 4 freeriding shots. So really that's a fair bit of variation, the only thing that there is a lot of is dirt jumping shots. Perhaps you've only looked at the site on the days that there were race shots and haven't seen all the rest?

pierszdan (Mar 3, 2011 at 1:07)

look at her eyes. she looks like shes falling asleep.

pinityoufairy (Mar 3, 2011 at 1:27)

check out this guy's album, all his shots are ridiculously good

jbike101 (Mar 3, 2011 at 6:00)

the lighting is REALLY good...

matt-bike-baha (Mar 3, 2011 at 8:10)

Well done you can take an epic shot!

bikounet (Mar 3, 2011 at 9:19)

Christophe Bortels again... Great shot!!!

DownHillCooper (Mar 3, 2011 at 17:40)

@ matthew10... maybe u should email hylands ur favorite shot of the thousands or however many pics there are on pinkbike... and u want vary? y dont u and all ur friends do a nitro circus style shoot... ya kno the first season were all o the riders and drivers flew past each other? have every discipline of biking do that and see how it comes out... obviously on a smaller scale but i would be awesome if it came out good... thats what i was thinking of doing

jbike101 (Mar 3, 2011 at 18:20)

Lush pic

valleyimagewerx (Mar 3, 2011 at 22:50)

The big perfectly exposed tree makes the shot not work (as well as it could) IMHO. If possible no flash hitting that tree would have made the shot focus more on the rider....I find the bark detail, and even the string very distracting.

DownHillCooper (Mar 4, 2011 at 13:17)

agreed^

matt-bike-baha (Mar 4, 2011 at 16:36)

Yeah what he said...

EddyDave (Mar 3, 2011 at 3:51)

I agree with @matthew10
I don't think the focus is quite right. For example the tree on the left is sharper than Tracy herself. But it does follow the rule of thirds pretty damn well.

It's still a pretty nice picture to look at

props to bortels

bortels (Mar 3, 2011 at 4:53)

nsa26.casimages.com/img/2011/03/03/110303015741250766.jpg

:-)

DownHillCooper (Mar 3, 2011 at 17:42)

well yes but she also look out of proportion with the tree... i mean she does look a little small right

FallingEqualsTrying (Mar 3, 2011 at 19:42)

Are you not realizing that any human would look small beside that tree? it's huge!

DownHillCooper (Mar 4, 2011 at 13:18)

exept for the tallest man in the world

FallingEqualsTrying (Mar 4, 2011 at 14:47)

lol yea i guess, there is a bigger tree in sacremento or something that you can drive through, tallest guy in the world has nothing on that tree.

DownHillCooper (Mar 5, 2011 at 4:56)

well wouldnt that be a redwood?

cooldudethatate (Mar 3, 2011 at 23:20)

For some reason the gnarly tree catches my eye more than the rider and the flash shining of the helmet is distracting plus i think the colors could loo better if they had a bit more contrast and they seem a bit over exposed especially on the rider.

lerot (Mar 9, 2011 at 6:38)

Again, again and again. . .

I think that you're the guy that have the most PODs on PB.
Your pictures are just perfect.

Directors from big movies, this guy is your futur photograph !
Let's go to the beautifulest trails on the earth !

You're the best.

Friendly. Lérot

woodline (Mar 3, 2011 at 1:57)

sick picture!!
but i think the rider is a bit to far on the right side!
don't understand me, it's a great picture!

paulcram (Mar 3, 2011 at 13:12)

Great shot - It highlights the rider with great attacking position, and the well exposed tree routes which are part of the course to overcome. This is improved with the aesthetic of bokeh!

GrEeeg (Jan 18, 2011 at 10:40)

Enfin! Il nous remet du Bortels! POD!

bikounet (Jan 18, 2011 at 11:26)

superbe encore... POD

shrockie (Mar 3, 2011 at 0:03)

you go Girl!! totally charging it!!! nicely done.

pawl (Mar 3, 2011 at 0:05) (Below Threshold)

CIC!!!!(chic is crazy)
sweet pod

bowers-dh (Mar 3, 2011 at 0:20)

Sweet shot, great colours

stompeinator (Mar 3, 2011 at 0:25)

pin it to win it girl

conor-lee (Mar 3, 2011 at 10:58)

I don't know why everyone always has to raise the point when a woman gets a POD; they can be extremely sick to, so why make a big fuss about it? Sick photo btw and a very good POD!

pawl (Mar 3, 2011 at 15:42)

because its not often that you see a woman get pod....duh

conor-lee (Mar 4, 2011 at 7:54)

but why does it have to be such a big deal?

pawl (Mar 4, 2011 at 10:43)

its not a big deal, but its not often that a woman gets pod.....why are you making such a big deal out of it?

KawaKX (Jan 18, 2011 at 11:05)

Tracyyyyy!!! POD!!

legab (Jan 18, 2011 at 11:12)

PODDD !!!

kastel (Jan 19, 2011 at 1:02)

Nice !! POD!

nouser (Mar 3, 2011 at 0:03)

why is there like no comments?

shrockie (Mar 3, 2011 at 0:16)

it's was 12:02am when you posted. It was only up for 2 mins.. on that note.. Good morning, England. have a good Thursday!
it's been a long Weds.. i'm headed to bed now.

gbhfghinn (Mar 3, 2011 at 0:17)

have a good night

bbrane (Mar 3, 2011 at 15:19)

HOMO(people who try to make acronyms for every pod)

kaptankaos (Mar 3, 2011 at 15:53)

+1000 bbrane

bbrane (Mar 3, 2011 at 6:20)

I like the description we get with Ian, the other guy just leavesit blank.

DownHillCooper (Mar 3, 2011 at 17:43)

yea thats the second thing i look at after the pic

SeanTheSheep (Mar 3, 2011 at 0:09)

Pinner!

lukegriffiths (Mar 3, 2011 at 1:46)

Fair play she looks pinned. factory aswell. Nice pod.

Xabbu (Mar 3, 2011 at 2:21)

So much tree.

benjamin69 (Mar 3, 2011 at 3:37)

Good pic , couldnt help to notice the huge tree with the micro pad !

Wormba11 (Mar 3, 2011 at 3:43)

POD? why? cus it's a girl? (neg prop me all you want- does not make this picture any better)

madpear (Mar 3, 2011 at 3:58)

Having been chosen by Ian Hylands himself made this POD more valuable. Once again, well done Tof

banshee161 (Mar 3, 2011 at 7:21)

nice foto

i like fox 40 ^^ pod

tristannaylor (Mar 3, 2011 at 11:47)

wow..what kind of lens did you use? its so clear.

bortels (Mar 3, 2011 at 12:00)

canon 70-200 2.8 + a flash on the right and the sun in her back :-)

marciorh (Mar 3, 2011 at 13:45)

POD.. nice..TREK..xiiiiiiiiiiiiii...

konasam101 (Mar 4, 2011 at 7:49)

Finnaly a DH POD...

fabiomiranda (Mar 24, 2011 at 9:00)

www.pinkbike.com/video/187568

ScaryGerry (Mar 3, 2011 at 6:46)

Great shot! Congrats...

livewire711 (Mar 3, 2011 at 9:14)

like it !

Matthew233 (Mar 3, 2011 at 12:24)

Sickk

JordanShabolski (Mar 3, 2011 at 16:47)

sick hptos

ride26oreatc0ck (Mar 3, 2011 at 18:36)

BEAST

danbraderz (Apr 8, 2011 at 13:36)

awesome photo

joshford (Apr 13, 2011 at 17:16)

its a great POD bros

mike81 (Mar 3, 2011 at 7:56)

This POD sux ..

Oscarmonk (Mar 3, 2011 at 10:28)

yeah :/