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The Dangers of Photography

Postby dviv on Tue May 20, 2008 11:26 am

ouch!

http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/photographer-speared-by-javelin/2008/05/20/1211182745559.html
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Re: The Dangers of Photography

Postby Greg B on Tue May 20, 2008 11:41 am

The Dangers of not paying attention to the warning signs too!! Guy was pretty lucky by the look of it, could have been much much worse.
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Re: The Dangers of Photography

Postby Glen on Tue May 20, 2008 12:55 pm

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Re: The Dangers of Photography

Postby Pehpsi on Tue May 20, 2008 1:46 pm

Damn! He is a true tog though for getting a snap of it! Wonder if he spot metered?
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Re: The Dangers of Photography

Postby digitor on Tue May 20, 2008 7:18 pm

The bloke who threw it went on to win the state javelin title - I would have thought you'd need to be a better shot than that! :shock: :lol: :lol:

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Re: The Dangers of Photography

Postby mansunzz on Tue May 20, 2008 7:25 pm

"It wasn't real painful. ... <--- must be really painful to be marine and i hope he keeps part of the javelin as a memorabilia.
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Re: The Dangers of Photography

Postby Big Red on Thu May 22, 2008 4:33 pm

yep ... sometimes you can't see whats in front of you when looking at life through a viewfinder :mrgreen:
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Re: The Dangers of Photography

Postby potato1 on Fri May 23, 2008 11:37 pm

Talk about commitment to the job. I assumed someone else took the photo but seems the guy took the photo of himself!
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Re: The Dangers of Photography

Postby phillipb on Sat May 24, 2008 12:17 pm

digitor wrote:The bloke who threw it went on to win the state javelin title - I would have thought you'd need to be a better shot than that! :shock: :lol: :lol:

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Re: The Dangers of Photography

Postby aim54x on Sat May 24, 2008 7:49 pm

phillipb wrote:
digitor wrote:The bloke who threw it went on to win the state javelin title - I would have thought you'd need to be a better shot than that! :shock: :lol: :lol:

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Why, He didn't miss! :twisted: :P


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