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Published: 2005-04-04 17:45:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 417; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 59
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Well mike d hasnt uploaded this on his page yet so i take it that he doesnt mind me uploading it, lolThe photo is of Brad doing a tabletop over a dirt jump in petersfield Uk
Photo was taken by *Cogito-Ergo-Doleo
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I think alan-whit is just trying to help you define your shots more.
Personally my 3 categories for actino shots are-
Focus on the rider
Focus on the stunt
Focus on the glamour/art
Since this doesnt show the takeoff/landing, it isnt the 2nd. You cant really see the rider up close so it isnt the first, and it really isnt the third (which is usually the still life kinda perfect studio lighting shot).
It's a good picture tho, the flash does help the rider pop out of a messy background. I like how the tree behind him seems ot be "framing" the front of his body, but I do agree that you have to subject it a bit more.
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What are you trying to show off? The Rider, the Location, or is it an artistic shot? If its all three then OK, showing off the rider is good by having the tires inine, but the crop needs to be tighter. and to show off the location there needs to be something on the ground posibly out of focus. I like this location because of the shiluetes that can be made with the trees.
all my views are personal - Alan
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~MTBfreeride is all about riding shots.
As a riding shot it's not meant to reveal the location 
As for the crop, something this loose gives a greater feel for size and surrounding, whilst also carefully avoiding location as mentioned above. To crop it tighter would have given a fuller image so to speak, but a lot of key unique elements to the photo would have been lost in doing so.
Also, if the ground was in shot, there is no way it could have been thown out of focus
Hope that clears a few things up for you
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OK, I think you miss understand me!
* I don't care where your locations are.
* If mtbfreeride is all about "riding shots then I recormend looking at Aphtermath's Gallery as I think he has some great shots.
* Third, finally, and most importantly, any comment that I make on any of your photographs is a purely personal comment and merely a surgestion to what I would may have done.
Alan (fellow biker!)
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Thanks for your consideration 
Ride on
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cool shot!!
i bet the old people in the bottom right hand corner thought it was a
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