Another great action shot, Frank. I love the way you caught him in the air approaching the rail.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:32 PM, frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > This is not the best shot the day (I think that goes to Tailwhip, > posted yesterday), but it's sort of a follow-up to Monday's Mike on > the Rail: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/06/the-mount.html > > I was trying to explain to Jack why the stunt is hard, and maybe > seeing how he has to mount does visually what I couldn't textually. > > As you can see the left peg of the rear wheel will be on the rail. To > get the right peg on the rail Mike has to bring the front wheel way > above the rail and land it "just right" so that right peg slides up > the rail. > > The end result is the rider sliding up the rail on his axle pegs, not > using the pegs on the same side as usual, but on either side of his > bike: > > http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2015/06/mike-on-rail.html > > There's a name for this stunt but Mike hasn't answered my email request yet. > > Hope you enjoy (the picture, if not the prolix post). Comments always welcome. > > Cheers, > > frank > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
