self-portrait for Trek Scratch Air 8 review
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Aug 13, 2011
Selected by Ian Hylands - I think the thing I like most about this photo aside from the great composition and color is that it's a self portrait. A great many photographers struggle with a shot like this of another rider, and Brad took this one of himself...
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Photo info
- Album
- 2011
- Category
- All Mountain/Enduro
- Date Posted
- Aug 7, 2011 at 11:28Aug 7, 2011
- Location
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Bellingham, Washington, United States
- Trail
- yes
- Riders
- Brad Walton
- Articles
- Trek Scratch Air 8 Review
Photo details
- Photo Size:
- Camera
- Nikon D700
- Lens
- 17.0-35.0 mm f/2.8
- Shutter Speed
- 1/250
- Aperture
- 2.8
- Focal Length
- 26.0 mm
- ISO Speed
- 1600
- Date
- 2011:07:26
- Time
- 03:00:30
94 Comments
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Freenorco
(Aug 13, 2011 at 0:02)
After he rides by, a panther with gleaming yellow eyes rises the horizon and stands tall on the rotted stump.
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After he rides by, a panther with gleaming yellow eyes rises the horizon and stands tall on the rotted stump, flips open his Zippo and lights up his long stemmed pipe..."Sweet POD gentlemen" he says...
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luke that was the first thing it came to my mind. really looks like a Jurassic Park scene, love it! Really good picture.
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This photo sums up the way I feel in my head about riding in the Pacific Northwest. It's difficult to really explain to anyone how crazy it all looks as your blasting through the green. Surfing has it's green room, but so does Pacific Northwest freeride.
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what and where did you get your triggers from? i want to have a go at this. only way ill get a riding shot of me.
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I've been on pinkbike for a long time, and I've seen a lot of PODs come and go. I've got to say this is without a doubt one of my favorite shots I've ever seen.
Everything is so green and lush. It's like you stepped off the world we live in and entered some biking nirvana.
Oh wait you just live on the Wet Coast. Keep it up man.
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ive managed to make some triggers. still need some mods but worked ok.
www.pinkbike.com/photo/7068411
www.pinkbike.com/photo/7068411
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Great pic, this shows how simple a good shot can be. Don't need massive air or tight pants or no foot can can's.
I would LOVE to have that set to play around with though!- 1 0
Out of interest, how'd you trigger the camera? I've been doing some self porties with a little, bar mounted trigger that I soldered up and cabled to a PW.
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I use the Time Machine (www.bmumford.com/photo) with Infrared Beam trigger. Beam is placed in the path of bike/rider at the exact moment photo is to be taken. Sometimes this is not possible and beam is placed in earlier position, then delay is set on Time Machine up to 1/1000th of a second accuracy. I usually have to ride the scene anywhere from 3-20 times to get the precise focus, timing, and lighting I want. I wanted to spend a little more time on this shot but it was starting to rain and my gear was getting soaked.
6 PW's total, 1 on each of 3 flashes, one on Time Machine, one to trigger camera, one on camera to trigger flashes, on various channels for relay.
6 PW's total, 1 on each of 3 flashes, one on Time Machine, one to trigger camera, one on camera to trigger flashes, on various channels for relay.
