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Post by ivyplus on Jan 30, 2007 8:45:31 GMT 12
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Post by meandog on Jan 31, 2007 13:32:57 GMT 12
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Post by meandog on Jan 31, 2007 13:36:29 GMT 12
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Post by ivyplus on Feb 11, 2007 7:40:05 GMT 12
I have to share this one with you. A friend of mine has sent it to me: I like my photography, but......This is a case of photographer photographs photographer. The following photographs were taken by photographer Hans van de Vorst at the Grand Canyon, Arizona. The descriptions are his own. The identity of the photographer IN the photos is unknown. I was simply stunned seeing this guy standing on this solitary rock IN the Grand Canyon. The canyon's depth is 900 meters here. The rock on the right is next to the canyon and safe. Watching this guy In his thong sandals, with a camera and a tripod I asked myself 3 questions: 1. How did he climb that rock? 2. Why not take that sunset picture on that rock to the right, which is perfectly safe? 3. How will he get back? This is the point of no return. After the sun set behind the canyon's horizon he packed his things (having only one hand available) and prepared himself for the jump. This took about 2 minutes. At that point he had the full attention of the crowd. After that, he jumped in his thong sandals... The canyon's depth is 900 meters here. Now you can see that the adjacent rock is higher so he had to land lower, which is quite steep and tried to use his one hand to grab the rock. We've come to the end of this little story. Look carefully at the photographer. He has a camera, a tripod and also a plastic bag, all on his shoulder or in his left hand. Only his right hand is available to grab the rock and the weight of his stuff is a problem. As He lands low on his flip flops, both his right hand and right foot slip away... At that moment I take this shot. He pushes his body against the rock. He waits for a few seconds, throws his stuff on the rock, climbs and walks away.
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Post by Dalbyj on Feb 11, 2007 9:06:21 GMT 12
Thats just scary! I've heard of extreme sports but never thought photography would be included in that category!
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Post by meandog on Feb 11, 2007 11:21:04 GMT 12
Those pics sent the screaming heebie jeebies up and down my spine. LOL
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Post by OasisNZ on Feb 11, 2007 12:15:22 GMT 12
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Post by ivyplus on Feb 11, 2007 12:24:30 GMT 12
But love you took out the excitement of this post!! ;D
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Post by Dalbyj on Feb 11, 2007 13:37:55 GMT 12
an interesting angle ... all I can see is a grumpy face lol!
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Post by ivyplus on Feb 11, 2007 13:39:51 GMT 12
an interesting angle ... all I can see is a grumpy face lol! The same happens to me. But when you click the link and scroll down you can see it.
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Post by Dalbyj on Feb 11, 2007 13:53:54 GMT 12
Ahhh yes now I see.
Still looks incredibly scary to me!
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Post by OasisNZ on Feb 11, 2007 13:54:41 GMT 12
OIC, I just looked at ivyplus's computer, it doesn't do that for me on firefox...
I think what's happening is, you aren't allowed to IMG links from that snopes site...
Yeah, just click the link to go and see the story...
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Post by OasisNZ on Feb 11, 2007 17:19:18 GMT 12
Is anyone else still seeing a big green angry face in place of any of the above pics? ...
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Post by Dalbyj on Feb 12, 2007 7:07:18 GMT 12
Not any more
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Post by ivyplus on Feb 16, 2007 19:10:08 GMT 12
Big is beautiful!
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Post by meandog on Feb 16, 2007 19:22:20 GMT 12
Big is beautiful! Perhaps this should be in the thread "Do you think this woman is fat?" LOL. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by ivyplus on Feb 16, 2007 19:27:04 GMT 12
Big is beautiful! Perhaps this should be in the thread "Do you think this woman is fat?" LOL. ;D ;D ;D ;D Have just found this thread! Yes you are right!
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Post by Dalbyj on Feb 20, 2007 9:32:21 GMT 12
A keyboard for fanatics ... ;D
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Post by ivyplus on Feb 20, 2007 17:14:11 GMT 12
A keyboard for fanatics ... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Dalbyj on Jan 8, 2008 9:07:58 GMT 12
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