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Breaking away from the ordinary

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Rob

Hi everyone, I’m back from my wilderness retreat and I come bearing gifts.  From the cold frigid air of St. Petersburg, Russia, the #Leeds suspension crew makes it a point to break away from the mold when it comes to suspension photography.  Now don’t ask me how this photo was obtained, as I have it on good authority that the last person to cross the #Leeds crew is still hanging from hooks somewhere in Siberia.

The ModBlog margins don’t do this photo justice at all.  There’s such a contrast between the calm expression on his face and the chaos of the cords shattering behind him, that the only way to appreciate it is by going to the #Leeds Suspension team gallery.

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6 responses to “Breaking away from the ordinary”

  1. Tobias Avatar
    Tobias

    The last updates I’m seeing on that gallery are from May 6 and definitely don’t have these photos…

  2. Tobias Avatar
    Tobias

    The last updates I’m seeing on that gallery are from May 6 and definitely don’t have these photos…

  3. NakedLens Avatar
    NakedLens

    Wow! I’m jealous.

  4. NakedLens Avatar
    NakedLens

    Wow! I’m jealous.

  5. Arseniy Andersson Avatar
    Arseniy Andersson

    Tobias, we still have only several shots from that set.
    Will get em and upgrade it soon, in a few days i hope.

    actually, i can say that it is not a snow or some/
    this strange effect was obtained by our photographers using light and.. i don’t know, really! it should be pure magic! 😀
    the shot was done in a photostudio where we hold on some of our suspensions.

  6. Arseniy Andersson Avatar
    Arseniy Andersson

    Tobias, we still have only several shots from that set.
    Will get em and upgrade it soon, in a few days i hope.

    actually, i can say that it is not a snow or some/
    this strange effect was obtained by our photographers using light and.. i don’t know, really! it should be pure magic! 😀
    the shot was done in a photostudio where we hold on some of our suspensions.

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