This guy (who probably wants to remain anonymous) is clearly waiting for the impact (get ready to crash & freeze!). Unfortunately the focus on the image is on the background, but sometimes that’s the price to pay when you’re using auto-focus…
Waiting for the impact…
The image is shot a few years ago. You can clearly tell that it’s not from this winter, because there is no snow here yet… (where are you winter?!?)
Because of the combination of an exam at the university + full-time job I had to look up the back-catalogue for this Weekly Photo Challenge…
Here’s a runner-up: A guy waiting for something next to a road and the railroad tracks somewhere in the north of India.
Waiting for something, somewhere in India. I spotted this guy as I was driving along on my Enfield Bullet and just had to stop to take a photo.
Here are some random fellow bloggers interpretations of this weeks photo challenge:
sondiphoto.com
languagesofart.wordpress.com- waiting for the metro
stumbler2001.wordpress.com
threesticksofwatusi.com
kaldirimlar.com
bebenyabubu.com
melonpops.wordpress.com
joshidaniel.com
nandinidhiman.wordpress.com
rightinfrontofme.wordpress.com – waiting for a train
amarnaik.wordpress.com
jonabering.wordpress.com
mdcphotographs.wordpress.com
latebloomerbuds.wordpress.com
pantsathalfmast.wordpress.com
theothercourtney.wordpress.com
nylondaze.com
Cardinal Guzman 
Nice! First picture really is cool, -impact- that must have been snowy. Hehe.
Thanks for the pingback. 🙂
Definitely an impact: there’s no chance for a smooth landing from that position!
Ouching in anticipation of that poor boy’s fall . . . can’t believe those skis are so far apart. Great shots!
Thanks. By the way: I like your photo of the waiting man ( http://nylondaze.com/2011/12/03/weekly-photo-challenge-waiting/ ) , but because of some security settings (adblocker & no-script) on the computer I can’t comment or click like on blogs where one has to log in (even if I’m already logged in to wordpress).
So, now you know.
(If an readers have any suggestions on how to handle this, I appreciate any tip I can get. Maybe I’ll write a post about it on the help forum?)
Crash, bang, boom! Fun challenge offering. Margie
Thanks my friend
absolutely loved the out-of-focus effect in the first pic….and can imagine the impact to be really cold 😉
Shukrya A.M-ji 🙂
Great capture on that first shot! And I love the tranquility of the second photo.
Thank you very much Travelling Angeline 🙂
Great interpretation for this week theme 🙂
Thank you Jake!
Whoa, one can almost feel like they are going down with the skier…ouch!
Thanks for stopping in with a Like over at my place and sending you *cyber success energies for your exams and work! 🙂
Thanks for your cyber success energies! I really appreciate & need it 😀
ouch – hope he didn’t hurt much more than his pride.
but i agree with an earlier comment – those skis are so far apart. unbelievable!
thanks for sharing these two moments.
Yes they are definitely far apart. Wish I was that flexible!
I hope, when he touches the icy ground, he will not loose his teeth …
His teeth are still intact, the biggest threat now being soft-drinks!
OOOpps!! That was the first thing came to my mind when I saw the first picture.
Wonderful post 🙂
Thanks for stopping by & commenting
I love that second image. Just wonderful! 🙂
It has this feeling of tranquility.
that looks like hard impact!
When the snow is like that it is actually not too bad to land in.
oh – i feel like cringing at that first shot
The harder they come, the harder they fall 🙂
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