I suspect that the photographer remained glass-calm for another few minutes, and then went off somewhere quiet and had a nice relaxing case of the jitters.
-- Steve knows folks who react to adrenaline that way.
Sure, happens in combat all the time. You do what you have to do and later on you realise you've just shit your pants. It's just that I didn't expect it from a civilian photographer. Of course, since I know nothing about him, I can't say how he got that cool.
But still, you must admit, it's pretty impressive to see.
sports photographers. its like bull riding... you fill your mouth with marbles and every time to do a gig you spit on out... when you lose all your marbles you are a pro.
Except that's not a curve. It's the only sane place to be on that segment actually, since I expect quite a few cars coming over that hump at those speeds go airborne and subsequently lose control.
Yes, it always is impressive even if you know what's happening.
I honestly think that it's often genetic, a quirk of endocrinology that the lucky(ish) recipient's biochemistry handles stress hormones in a peculiar manner... but I could be wrong on that.
-- Steve thinks that there should be studies on this out there, and should probably try looking some up when he gets some time.
PS: I've actually hit that state before in a crisis... and I've also turned into jello, too. I wish I knew how that cookie really crumbles.
D*MN, that's what you call CCC under fire... (Cool, calm, and collected.) Oh yeah- and pretty D*mned confident, too ,- that the barrier there would hold and not turn him into paste.
I'm not 100% convinced its legit - the car seems to travel through the space where the filming camera is after hitting the wall.. which has no signs of damage post crash...
It doesn't look as though he had time, between realizing the was going to hit the barrier and the car actually doing so, to consider whether the barrier would hold.
It looks like a long lens captured the action, meaning the camera was probably safely mounted on something solid farther back from the impact than one may assume. The fact that this solid thing shook a bit at impact implies a pretty good impact.
There's a tonne of studies but sadly I don't have access to PsychInfo anymore so they're considerably harder to look up.
A properly tuned adrenal system has several ways of protecting us during shocking incidents. It's related to the same mechanism that does the "slow time" thing and pinpoint amnesia for really shocking or painful moments.
It's also part of the same mechanism that they think causes PTSD when it backfires.
Ah yes. A true photographer. Instead of thinking "HOLY CRAP I NEARLY DIED", he instantly transitions into "oh man this is a perfect shot gotta take the picture" mode.
Habit... My Father is from an older generation that still believes that "Ladies" don't swear, and there's no need to pepper one's language superfluously with "Bad" language.
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Date: 2009-01-28 03:01 pm (UTC)Madness.
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Date: 2009-01-28 03:08 pm (UTC)-- Steve knows folks who react to adrenaline that way.
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Date: 2009-01-28 03:17 pm (UTC)Sure, happens in combat all the time. You do what you have to do and later on you realise you've just shit your pants. It's just that I didn't expect it from a civilian photographer. Of course, since I know nothing about him, I can't say how he got that cool.
But still, you must admit, it's pretty impressive to see.
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Date: 2009-01-28 04:41 pm (UTC)I honestly think that it's often genetic, a quirk of endocrinology that the lucky(ish) recipient's biochemistry handles stress hormones in a peculiar manner... but I could be wrong on that.
-- Steve thinks that there should be studies on this out there, and should probably try looking some up when he gets some time.
PS: I've actually hit that state before in a crisis... and I've also turned into jello, too. I wish I knew how that cookie really crumbles.
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Date: 2009-01-28 05:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-28 05:18 pm (UTC)(Yes, I know it's an unmanned hard mount for the camera...don't kill my poor joke before it has a chance to be stillborn.)
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Date: 2009-01-28 06:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-28 06:56 pm (UTC)Oh yeah- and pretty D*mned confident, too ,- that the barrier there would hold and not turn him into paste.
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Date: 2009-01-28 10:32 pm (UTC)A properly tuned adrenal system has several ways of protecting us during shocking incidents. It's related to the same mechanism that does the "slow time" thing and pinpoint amnesia for really shocking or painful moments.
It's also part of the same mechanism that they think causes PTSD when it backfires.
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Date: 2009-01-28 10:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-01-29 12:41 am (UTC)(And dammit, I'm STILL working to get over it!)
Somebody has been reading too much Heinlein
Date: 2009-01-29 06:49 am (UTC)Re: Somebody has been reading too much Heinlein
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