The photo sequence atop this post speaks for itself: Skimboarder Bill Bryan is depicted as jumping over the sun during a recent session in large shore-pounding surf.
Photographer Robbie Crawford shared the sequence Monday on his Facebook page with a vague caption that reads: "Not many people can jump over the sun… But Bill Bryan can…"
As of Wednesday afternoon it had been shared more than 350 times.
Because people might be curious about the location and technical aspects of this photo session, I asked Crawford to share some details and here's his response:
"The photo was taken in Laguna Beach at one of the heavier shorebreak spots in California. I shot this image with a GoPro HD2 on 10 shot in 1-second burst mode.
"I had been working with Bill Bryan a lot over a couple months and we were coming up with some pretty cool angles. On this particular evening the tide was rising and there was starting to be a really heavy surge where head high waves would break just feet from shore.
"As the sun was setting I said to Bill he should try to jump the sun. So I set up with the sun directly in front of me and Bill Bryan being the amazing athlete that he is did it on his first or second try. He's one talented human."
--Pete Thomas
--Note: Find Robbie Crawford and Bill Bryan on Instagram
I love this! Great work!
Posted by: Scott Sansenbach | Mar 27, 2013 at 02:50 PM