nice shot. great intersection of line bringing our eye right to the riders. the other mentioned photo has great mood and color treatment. this one is more geometric, and appeals to me as a photog for sure.
I think both are great as photographs regardless of similarity, its a little unfair that this one gets ragged on for being second. Both are beautiful. Like how many blown up berms have we seen? I just think that this deserves its props regardless of the fact that it has a similarly memorable predecessor.
I know for Europeans, Canadians and USA people this might be normal but for us that doesnt exist(chair lifts) This picture reminds me of me going up for training during the world championships in Bromont in 2003 with the same weather.........very exciting to say the least.
Not the greatest pic agreed but when I saw this my brain went ahh. It was a mean 90 degrees by noon on the trail yesterday for me. I soaked my head in a creek just bit of relief. Next week it's due to be over 100.
The forest is so dry here, if you hang our tongue out our mouth too far you're likely to get ripped right off your bike as the forest attempts grab the smallest amount of moisture.