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Don't ride into a head-height fence line





This is one of the things I managed to do while in Queensland a few weeks back - VERY lucky to make it back, even more amazed that it seems to be healing quite well now.

Apologies for the quality of the photo's, obviously self portraits with the camera on the phone

As I said before Leone - Yowsa

*OUCH!*

....... I get the same thing, from the neck strap on the D2x!

Glad to see you are still in one piece!!!

dude that looks nasty. Glad that you are okay-ish after that ordeal.

Aww Gee shucks....that looks bad! NOT

Try getting thrush, PMT, period pain ect....followed by giving birth

You men are such wimps

hmm, i could swear pmt is worse for me.

and i'd have rather given birth that have 3 fingers stuck in a 3 tonne press or have 2nd degree burns across the webbing of my thumb, that hurts like 3 panadeine forte every 8 hours for a week.

i've been there during child birth, it didnt seem so bad. the gas was actually fun.

Sheepie,

The composition isn't bad, but there's a nice fluroescent colour cast over everything that you might want to fix in PP.

In all seriousness, this thread is turning into one of the most disgusting threads I've ever seen.

I don't think that you adhered to the 3rds rule here in either shot sheepie and your shots are worse for it, also you really need to try and get the "CUT SHARP" focus happining as these are a bit blurry.

Nnnnsic wrote:The composition isn't bad, but there's a nice fluroescent colour cast over everything that you might want to fix in PP.

Sir Tristram wrote:I don't think that you adhered to the 3rds rule here in either shot sheepie and your shots are worse for it, also you really need to try and get the "CUT SHARP" focus happining as these are a bit blurry.

Wonderful, guys

Nnnnsic wrote:In all seriousness, this thread is turning into one of the most disgusting threads I've ever seen.

Surely this isn't as bad as some of Dug's injury shots

Ouch Leon! Glad you're ok matey!

Suuure you rode into a fence....

You cut yourself shaving and don't want to admit it

Either way... looks nasty. How fast were you going at the time?

Paul

leone, mate you are bloody lucky and well glad to hear you are getting better. Your sore neck, my sore belly with an 8 inch cut down the centre and now after laying on my bed sort of sitting up my leg from hip to knee is all numb so maybe a pinched nerv so yeh we are in the wars mate.
least when they cut me open i was knocked out and no picking on a fence.
Cheers
John

sheepie wrote:Surely this isn't as bad as some of Dug's injury shots

OK so I have some competition at last

Nice start sheepie but you really need more gore, try barbed wire next time.

I still have the scars from when I tried that with a motorbike back in 1970.

Seriously, You were lucky to survive this what was the fence made from?

Leon, glad you are ok, looks really nasty. I assume it was a bicycle, not a dirt bike, there have been a few cases of people almost decapitating themselves when disgruntled land owners put wire across tracks

Glen wrote:Leon, glad you are ok, looks really nasty. I assume it was a bicycle, not a dirt bike, there have been a few cases of people almost decapitating themselves when disgruntled land owners put wire across tracks

hehe - you assume wrong, was a 4wheeler, and I was going somewhere around 30, maybe up to 35km/hr.
yes, extremely lucky to still have my head

Was on the farm my nephew is currently working on, their bike. They had let me go off on my own while they started work on some fences. They hadn't realised I'd headed in the direction of an unfinished fence though! Luckily I had a handheld CB with me, and was able to call them to come collect me - I don't think I was in a good position to find my own way back to the farmhouse! (also lucky I had only just left where they were working on the fence a couple of minutes before, and had followed the fenceline)

Learning from this whole thing is when on a farm or similar land, always ask if there might be hazards such as unfinished fences, etc.

It's not their fault, just one of those things - one of those things that makes you realise just how fragile life can be at times

Hi Sheepie,
Wow that looks nasty. Glad to hear that you lived to tell the tale. Just further confirmation of a decision I made today to sell my trail bike and buy more camera gear.

Leon, next time DUCK. (There's a pun there somewhere)

You are very fortunate to not suffer any 'serious' injury. Make sure you buy a lotto ticket.

Very lucky indeed Leon. Good to see you are OK
cheers
marco