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Not as Planned
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Not as Planned

by Richard Olsen

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted May 12, 2014939 views11 comments
I was photographing my kids as they mountain biked off some ledges. My daughter in law made a run and things didn't go as planned. After making sure there were only scrapes and bruises...no broken bones I reviewed the photos and gave a fist pump for this one.

Canon 5D III
Canon 17-40 @ 40mm
f8 1/4000

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 12, 2014 at 12:47 PM
Some of the best shot are 'Not as Planned' Richard.
And this is one of them!
Very cool, very well done! :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Alan LaFaver on May 12, 2014 at 1:24 PM
Killer.
Sure looks like it could have been catastrophic. Glad it wasn't. I think you could sell this to Mtn. Bike mag.
Registered on February 28, 2014, 18 Posts, 147 Comments
Comment posted by Harley Goldman on May 12, 2014 at 2:01 PM
Great capture! Glad all turned out well with your daughter, but very nice of her to model for the excellent stop-action image. :toast:
Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
Comment posted by Michael Cothran on May 12, 2014 at 6:54 PM
Talk about a story teller. This is great!!
Registered on December 5, 2012, 31 Posts, 730 Comments
Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on May 13, 2014 at 12:05 AM
Wow, quite an action shot. Glad she was OK as it looks like it could end up quite badly. Congrats on capturing quite a moment. Very nice comp adding to the action.
Registered on November 11, 2011, 404 Posts, 1639 Comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 13, 2014 at 12:34 AM
Caption contest?? :biggrin: glad she wasn't hurt - this is really a once-in-a-blue-moon shot
Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Leggett on May 13, 2014 at 9:32 PM
OUCH! Looks dangerous on sandstone, Richard. She's lucky. You really nailed the timing for this.
Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Smith on May 14, 2014 at 2:23 AM
Whew! Glad nothing was broken… So, that leaves us with…as Luke said, …”caption contest”…. I CAN FLY!
Registered on September 5, 2008, 449 Posts, 2444 Comments
Comment posted by David Chauvin on May 17, 2014 at 4:45 PM
Talk about peak action! Glad everything turned out ok.
Registered on August 5, 2004, 1007 Posts, 5595 Comments
Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on May 20, 2014 at 11:01 PM
Ouch !! Glad every walked away but ouch !!
Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments
Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on June 9, 2014 at 2:28 PM
What a great sharp action photo. I'll bet she wears gloves for now on.
Registered on February 17, 2004, 236 Posts, 1197 Comments