I like the pic but the flash isn't in the perfect place despite what people keep saying. Having a big hot spot in a picture isn't a good thing, especially when you don't want people to focus on it. If you want people to focus on the rider, that should be where the point of greatest contrast is. If the flash were placed so it wasn't so obvious, this picture would be better.

the worst is when people say 'epic fail'. what nerd came up with that one?

you've been to most parts of the world?

aaustin--camera is tilted about 30 degrees. look at the angle of the grass, the fern and the trail in the background. it doesn't matter though because tilting made the photo better. what's wrong with that?

To all those who say this can be done with a slow shutter speed while zooming: You can only do this with a stationary object. The rider is not a stationary object, even if he tries to maintain this position while moving directly at the camera, any slight movement would show up as a blur. There's nothing wrong with using Photoshop because it's a great tool. That said, there's no point in denying it when it's used.

^^Agreed. Something funny here but still an awesome pic.

Just because someone says it's photoshopped doesn't mean that they're saying that the trick isn't real. Sometimes photos need a little boost to make the photo nicer. It's not a bad thing, that's what what photoshop is for. In this case, the sky was done in photoshop because otherwise it would have been completely white. Not a big deal.