Walking is one of my favourite hobbies. I used to walk around Singapore within 3 days with a permanent 20kg load in my backpack (stuffed with phonebooks and sandbags) to train for a gruelling mountain climbing expedition. I have to admit I’m very out of shape now, and I envy these guys who did their grafity defying stunts with relative ease.

This dirt track requires a little walking before you get to the entrance. It was raining the whole day and we were so worried that our stuff would be soaked. But we did it anyway. I didn’t want to miss the fun.

How i took the shoot

I stood somewhere at an adjacent hill with my AF-D 80-200mm at f2.8. To shoot a fast moving object at this speed, i had to prefocus at the tip of the hill and anticipate for the stunt rider coming in. Before firing off, i spent 15 minutes observing how high and fast the guys rolled in. I started when i knew that 145mm would do it for me.

Exposure Settings
iso200, 1/500, f2.8, 145mm