Canon Ambassador and extreme sports photographer Jean-baptiste Liautard used a wheelbarrow filled with water as a mirror to create this award-winning reflection shot. The image shows rider Jéremy Berthier performing a stunt on his dirt jump bike near Lyon in France. "I used a couple of flashes to backlight the jump and the smoke, leading to this silhouette effect," says Jean-baptiste. Taken on a Canon EOS-1D X Mark II (now succeeded by the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III) with a Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM lens (now succeeded by the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM) at 26mm, 1/80 sec, f/5.6 and ISO640. © Jean-baptiste Liautard
"I'm just trying to take another approach to mountain biking photography," he explains. "I try to do my own thing, something a bit different and arty. That's what people tell me; my photos are different."
Born and raised near Lyon, France, where he is still based today, Jean-baptiste's first love was mountain biking, before photography became his passion. "I got into mountain biking when I was about 14," he says. "There's a hill near my parents' place and I always saw people biking on the trails – one day I tried with a friend and I got hooked."