The Dangerous Selfie

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted November 29, 20151,001 views2 comments

August 22, 2015 at Bryce Canyon Sunrise Point, Utah. While it is a wonderful location to set up an shoot, I was aware of the cracks in the rocks and the fact that over time they do erode and dislodge. The ledge is very narrow next to the tree, and you must step over the roots, one of which is visible in the lower left corner, to get out to the point. This fellow peered over the edge with his wife close behind him, and on the way back stopped to rig his iPhone and took a selfie. Afraid of heights, I would never climb out on this narrow perch hundreds of feet above the canyon floor and my bad knee caused me to have over abundant caution.

Nikon D800 Nikkor 24-120 46mm ISO 200 f/11 Manual RAW White Balance Auto Processed in LightroomCC2015, PhotoshopCC2015, NIK and TK

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 29, 2015 at 7:49 PM

I hope him and his wife had a plan if things started to go south - at least you would be there to tell their family what they were doing in their last moments! A nice capture of today's culture

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on November 30, 2015 at 10:53 AM

Afraid of heights, I would never climb out on this narrow perch hundreds of feet above the canyon floor and my bad knee caused me to have over abundant caution.

Yep, sadly it's these type of folks that make the news many times. Although it is innocent enough looking, one has to out think the possibilities. It's easy enough from here to see the undercutting of the ledge they're out on too.

Where as you it is a bad knee, with me it was a broken ankle that never healed right. As well as extreme fear of heights also.

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