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12/17/2009 11:13:27 AM · #1 |
I searched for this on the forums and didn't find it so if this has already been posted please forgive me:
//www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234929/Cheating-death-The-moment-British-photographer-narrowly-escapes-crushed-runaway-drag-race-car.html
How far are you willing to go to get "the" shoot?
:)
eta: I didn't watch the video at the bottom before...WOW!
Message edited by author 2009-12-17 11:16:48. |
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12/17/2009 11:29:21 AM · #2 |
| I always liked this one.... YouTube Link |
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12/17/2009 12:32:00 PM · #3 |
Great photos. He even got the crowd in the shots. He was a little too close for good flash photography in the first shot.
He was very fortunate. That event could have ended a lot differently had anything been a little different. It happened so fast that I doubt that he had time to think about his own safety. Had he been standing 20 ft to the right, the wheelie bar would have taken his head off when it came across the barrier.
I would have probably done the same. When I am "in the zone" I don't always do the safest things.
It's a very good example of "no guts, no glory." He got some amazing shots.
Message edited by author 2009-12-17 12:35:58.
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12/17/2009 12:34:35 PM · #4 |
| The video at the bottom of the page shows he does end up backing up a couple of steps, but I doubt her really thought hard about his own safety. I'd have been right there. Once I'm looking through the viewfinder and "in the zone" I have a tendency to forget about other things. *shrug* |
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12/17/2009 01:04:58 PM · #5 |
| I'm guessing he froze with his finger on the shutter button. Just didn't react fast enough rather than choosing to stay and "get the shot". :) |
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12/17/2009 01:51:59 PM · #6 |
| Holy handgrenade, Batman! If that concrete abutment hadn't been there...*shudder* |
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12/17/2009 01:58:27 PM · #7 |
i think the holy hand grenade is monty python... :)
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12/17/2009 02:00:53 PM · #8 |
| But there's nothing quite like marrying two pop-culture references either, is there? ;-) |
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12/17/2009 02:01:29 PM · #9 |
I prefer the pic of the photographer himself.. It's super cool the way the car's flying in the air with him standing inches away..
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12/17/2009 02:53:09 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
But there's nothing quite like marrying two pop-culture references either, is there? ;-) |
no you did good. i always laugh when batman is running around the harbor with that endless wick on the bomb...
ETA - and OT again but... the best part - i think - of the original batman movie - is whenever the bad guys are on film the camera angle is crooked. crooked like crooks :)
Message edited by author 2009-12-17 14:58:35.
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