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Old 07-02-2009, 02:16 PM
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When shooting somewhere that is hazardous use your head and don't put you self into someplace unnecessary dangerous....unlike this photographer....link goes to video.

Very Stupid Photogapher Video
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Old 07-02-2009, 02:26 PM
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Brilliant.

I think the worst I've done is sacrifice my lens hood to the gods of a 150 year old mine. Seeing as that's all I lost, I'm happy.
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Old 07-02-2009, 02:27 PM
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I've done some stupid stuff to get a shot. Think gators, and snakes, but that's just insane.
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One day he will win a Darwin Award.

I'm amazed the range master allowed him to do that.
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Old 07-02-2009, 02:52 PM
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And I thought I was an idiot for letting college basketball players run into me.
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Old 07-02-2009, 03:18 PM
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I'm amazed the range master allowed him to do that.
Same. That's about as dumb as they get.

On the video description: See if you can spot what's wrong with this. Aside from the idiot in the photographer's vest standing between two targets, Im gonna say the guy holding his pistol pointed up about an inch from his FACE.
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Old 07-02-2009, 03:33 PM
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And I thought I was an idiot for letting college basketball players run into me.
Yup...always dangerous along the sidelines of not only sporting events but everything else in life. Really dangerous situations..isn't that why we purchase radio remotes
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Old 07-02-2009, 03:46 PM
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Craziest thing I ever did was stand out on the ice of my frozen-over pond taking photos of my son, my neighbor, and four other kids flying around on the ice on their quads, at top speed....sometimes they missed me by less than two feet (not because they were aiming towards me, but because I'd purposely get in front of them as they approached). A little too close for comfort at times, but I got some amazing shots!

At least I wasn't dodging bullets.
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how true.....I've dodged a bullet or two or three or four in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf. But that was okay, I got myself small enough to hide behind the 35mm film camera
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Do you think he was trying to get a shot of a moving bullet. He put it in burst mode and it sounded something like this...pop, click, "damn it"...pop, click, "damn it"...pop ,click, "damn it!" : )
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