Me and Ryan had contest to see who can get the closest…… he won, as seconds after i took this shot his bike and him self went crashing into my arm.
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Selected by Sterling Lorence - It's all about the effort in trying something new here. Many locations that we choose to try and record mountain biking, are easy to be and access. This is a cool angle, even if it failed. lessons learned....failure makes for a better photographer. I won't get too into the technical weaknesses, but will add that choosing longer focal lengths can help reduce the amount of optical distortion that warps the scale of the two wheels...
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Photo info
- Album
- Dirt
- Category
- Dirt Jumping
- Date Posted
- Jun 5, 2011 at 9:43Jun 5, 2011
- Location
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Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
- Trail
- Holeshot
- Riders
- Ryan Nangle (Cranked365 Team Rider)
Photo details
- Photo Size:
- Camera
- Nikon D300
- Lens
- 10.5 mm f/2.8
- Shutter Speed
- 1/400
- Aperture
- 2.8
- Focal Length
- 10.5 mm
- ISO Speed
- 2000
- Date
- 2011:06:04
- Time
- 19:10:23
135 Comments
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joesimkins
(Jun 5, 2011 at 9:56)
PODDD!!!
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i looked as this shot on the homepage and i was like cool? a pod of just a bike? and then i enlarged and i was pleasantly surprised by this POD. so sick.
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i dont care what anyone says, this is a sick pod and i love everything about it, even the distorted wheels
- 10 58
yep this is how the conversation went:
cameraman: okay i stand here, and you do a tailwhip
biker: um but wont i hit you if i do?
camerman: nahhhh ill be fine
biker: okayyyyy
a few minutes later
-biker goes into tailwhip-
SMACK!!!!
-cameraman takes a headshot, camera destroyed, biker might of ate shit-
THE END
cameraman: okay i stand here, and you do a tailwhip
biker: um but wont i hit you if i do?
camerman: nahhhh ill be fine
biker: okayyyyy
a few minutes later
-biker goes into tailwhip-
SMACK!!!!
-cameraman takes a headshot, camera destroyed, biker might of ate shit-
THE END
- 1 22
i love how i get all kinds of neg props, its pretty funny, its not like it does anything, people are still gonna read it
- 3 0
Haha thanks buddy!! 
its was so funny taking it when Ryan hit mr arm with his wheel, so amazing ! haha
its was so funny taking it when Ryan hit mr arm with his wheel, so amazing ! haha
Still think it works well though 
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Thanks for the comments everyone!! So stoked with getting pod!! Was a bit of a shame that the rider is not in complete focus, as the lighting conditions was pretty poor. So i had to use a slowish shutter speed (1/400) and a death high iso (2000) haha. Was really fun taking this shot though!! Ryan's such a sick rider too!! Big thanks to him for being in the photo!
Was a bit of a shame that the rider is not in complete focus, as the lighting conditions was pretty poor. So i had to use a slowish shutter speed (1/400) and a death high iso (2000) haha. Was really fun taking this shot though!! Ryan's such a sick rider too!! Big thanks to him for being in the photo! - 2 0
Think it's a great photo- well done for being brave and getting so close...
What the Sterling Lorence said about the POD though: "I won't get too into the technical weaknesses, but will add that choosing longer focal lengths can help reduce the amount of optical distortion that warps the scale of the two wheels..." hmmm... It's a fish-eye lens, the great thing about the photo is that it IS distorted, fish-eye gives a unique perspective- and it works in this photo, doesn't matter it's slightly blurred either. So aye, great effort but shame the person choosing it had to say that!
What the Sterling Lorence said about the POD though: "I won't get too into the technical weaknesses, but will add that choosing longer focal lengths can help reduce the amount of optical distortion that warps the scale of the two wheels..." hmmm... It's a fish-eye lens, the great thing about the photo is that it IS distorted, fish-eye gives a unique perspective- and it works in this photo, doesn't matter it's slightly blurred either. So aye, great effort but shame the person choosing it had to say that!
