July 1st, 2009
A New Sport : Extreme Panda Portraits

The object is to contort yourself into a position that enables you to take an extreme, one-handed, on-bike photo without falling on your head. Don’t try this at home kids.
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The object is to contort yourself into a position that enables you to take an extreme, one-handed, on-bike photo without falling on your head. Don’t try this at home kids.
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13 Responses to “A New Sport : Extreme Panda Portraits”
Ha, I can barely manage to take a regular ol’ panda shot. I need to start a rigorous training schedule for this new sport.
Not a portrait but took some videos while on a tour on the Montour, GAP and C&O a couple of weeks back. Here’s one while passing over a viaduct ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpC9fHOIgjk )… if you’re afraid of heights, it’s extreme. Another while riding in the rain and extreme mud on the C&O ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IeMVGYp6sQ ).
While some are not extreme angles many of them are while riding in adverse or extreme conditions. More here ( http://www.youtube.com/user/twodeadpoets )
Cheers!
tdp
it is a dangerous passtime and this is what can happen if it goes wrong…
ooop…
this —> http://www.flickr.com/photos/placid_casual/3275096566/in/set-72157612059142251/
my personal favorite panda was extreme in my book: a Polaroid Pinhole panda (not mine).
Cool! A new panda pic sub category is born: panda crashes!
@bongobike
LOL. Anything to “get the shot”…
Fun topic! I posted my crash panda.
It’s funny you bring this up, Alan, because yesterday I set out to get some shots of pedaling from pedal level, Thankfully no crash pandas from me, but I’ll have some pix on my website on Saturday. Nothing as colorful and striking as you guys have!
I think I’ll name my next band Crash Panda…. ;-) Okay so if it’s crash pandas we’re posting (and if you didn’t see the rest of my vids) here’s an almost crash panda after I exit a long tunnel (so keep watching till the end): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qib6mlFOylQ
Also if you watch this video till the end you can hear me squeal like a little boy when I almost loose it into the canal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qib6mlFOylQ
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Beautiful picture! I wonder if I could do that on my next trip to Colorado….
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