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Original - A British competitor in the elite men's 26" division of the 2009 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships held in Canberra.
Reason
Demonstrates features peculiar to trials riding: executing the jump onto a wooden beam, good view of the bicycle - including lack of seat, extreme posture. The official in the background showing a closed fist (no penalty points) just tops it off. A few other niceties: you can see the rider's face, there is mud flying through the air, the event village can be seen in the background. Before I added this and a couple of other images, there were only a couple of fairly low quality images on the article (or indeed, on commons).
Articles this image appears in
Bike trials
Creator
User:Stevage
Comment - thanks for the comments all, they're really useful. Strangely, I didn't even notice the distracting background before, but I see what you mean. I definitely wouldn't edit out the flying mud personally - even if I did originally think it was dirt on the sensor and had to check :) Sort of agree about the DOF - I'll have to get a neutral filter, notice that the shutter speed was already maximum (1/4000th), so I actually couldn't get the aperture any wider. Pity, because that lens goes to F1.4. Also, it's doubtful whether fill-in flash would have made sense, as you can see the sun is lighting him well, it's just that in this particular pose his face is shaded by his helmet. (Also, I'd feel weird about firing flashes at a trials rider...) Stevage 13:26, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Nominate the image Noodle snacks suggested, thats very good --Childzy ¤ Talk 22:57, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Agree, a little bit less action, but way better composition. --Dschwen 14:11, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Heh, I find this one much more interesting, personally. Guess I'll nominate it due to popular demand.Stevage 13:27, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You can always use a longer focal length to get a lower DOF. --Dschwen 14:12, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:25, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]