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    How far would you go for a picture?

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    I wasn't hanging off a cliff, but I did walk through knee-deep seawater with 1-2' waves crashing, 7D and Sigma 8-16 around my neck (and held up above my head) to get some cool shots at Phillip Island a few weeks ago.
    Camera was fine, it was only when I got back to the car I realised that my phone and car keys were in my (now saturated) shorts pockets.
    An awful lot of electrons were terribly inconvenienced in the making of this post.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr Croubie View Post
    ...it was only when I got back to the car I realised that my phone and car keys were in my (now saturated) shorts pockets.
    Aww! I feel for you - but I did have a little chuckle at the forgetfulness. It sounds like something I would do. ;-)

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    Funny you would post this today. I almost took a dip in the frigid ocean today while capturing this shot. I was right on the edge of the rock and it was really slick due to low tide. The wave splashing up in the picture almost caused my demise.


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    Haha water made me buy a so called "construction-worker"s cellphone
    But the most dangerous times I had were definitely with motocross and wide-angle lenses Talking about it...next weekend I will be taking shots at a local eastern cross-event...should be fun

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    Quote Originally Posted by jrw View Post
    Did the dangerous motocross shots involve hanging out right under a ramp so you could capture the bikes and riders isolated against the sky? Does make for cool shots though.
    I might have been standing inches from the tape which marked the track, some riders seem to have problems jumping straight But yea I got some great shots

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