A few skydiving shots

ZeeZee Registered Users Posts: 98 Big grins
edited September 11, 2008 in Sports
My girlfriend and I did some skydiving up in New York over Labor Day weekend. We took her brother on his first tandem and we also managed to jump through a hail storm - 120mph through pea sized hail - OUCH!!! That was a week ago and I still have little bruises all over my body :D


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  • chuckinsocalchuckinsocal Registered Users Posts: 932 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2008
    All I can say is WOW over and over again. Stunning photos! clap.gif
    Chuck Cannova
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  • johngjohng Registered Users Posts: 1,658 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2008
    fantastic stuff!
  • jbakerphotojbakerphoto Registered Users Posts: 251 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2008
    Insane......Why anybody would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane is beyond me......Laughing.gifLaughing.gifLaughing.gif :crazy

    That being said Great Pics!!!clap.gif
    40D,Rebel XT,Tamron 17-50 2.8,Tamron 28-80 3.5-5.6, Canon 50 1.8, Sigma 70-200 2.8, Canon 580EX , Sunpack 383 w/ optical slave

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  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2008
    Stunning .... wow... holy sheetz... all fit. Nice fisheye shots... clap.gif

    How did the photog in #2 trip his shutter? (& see his viewfinder?)
    Rags
  • ZeeZee Registered Users Posts: 98 Big grins
    edited September 9, 2008
    torags wrote:
    Stunning .... wow... holy sheetz... all fit. Nice fisheye shots... clap.gif

    How did the photog in #2 trip his shutter? (& see his viewfinder?)

    Thanks. He uses the same set-up as I do, only with different cameras. I trigger the shutter release with my tongue. I have a little micro switch wired to the remote port on my camera that I press with my tongue.

    There's no way to look through the view finder so you have to sight in your cameras so you know where they're pointing - I use a polarized ring site - it's covering my left eye in the picture.


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    chuckinsocal wrote:
    All I can say is WOW over and over again. Stunning photos!
    johng wrote:
    fantastic stuff!

    Thanks. I appreciate it.
    unclejon wrote:
    Insane......Why anybody would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane is beyond me......Laughing.gifLaughing.gifLaughing.gif

    That being said Great Pics!!!

    Thanks....and there is no such thing as a perfectly good airplane rolleyes1.gif

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  • jonh68jonh68 Registered Users Posts: 2,711 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2008
    WOW!clap.gif
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  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2008
    Hey Zee, that's a nice setup. Well done considering the clever setup.

    With so much to do, I probably would forget to pull the cord; that is if I was concious.

    :D

    Rags
    Rags
  • Matt336Matt336 Registered Users Posts: 303 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2008
    Amazing shots! 3 is my favorite by far. I wish I had the guts to do that. I'd be afraid of losing my camera.
  • ZeeZee Registered Users Posts: 98 Big grins
    edited September 10, 2008
    Matt336 wrote:
    Amazing shots! 3 is my favorite by far. I wish I had the guts to do that. I'd be afraid of losing my camera.

    Thanks. I've actually had that happen once lol. My helmet come off during deployment. I'm pretty sure there's a cow somewhere in central Texas wearing a $4,500 camera helmet for hat :D

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  • coldclimbcoldclimb Registered Users Posts: 1,169 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2008
    Awesome! I love these! Nice work! :Dthumb.gif
    John Borland
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  • ZeeZee Registered Users Posts: 98 Big grins
    edited September 10, 2008
    coldclimb wrote:
    Awesome! I love these! Nice work! :Dthumb.gif

    Thank you very much

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,942 moderator
    edited September 11, 2008
    I dig the perspective fisheye gives to these shots. Very cool indeed.
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  • IPClarkIPClark Registered Users Posts: 2,355 Major grins
    edited September 11, 2008
    WOW.. those are crazy shots. I'm dizzy just looking at the ground in them, damn, full screen and you'd almost think you were there taking the shot yourself they're so good.

    Fantastic stuff.
    Ian Clark
    My Smugmug gallery

  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited September 11, 2008
    Nice to see a different perspective :D

    I'm really diggin the last fisheye shot, but also that group shot from directly above, with the earth below, nice and soft. nod.gif
    Erik
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  • ZeeZee Registered Users Posts: 98 Big grins
    edited September 11, 2008
    ian408 wrote:
    I dig the perspective fisheye gives to these shots. Very cool indeed.
    IPClark wrote:
    WOW.. those are crazy shots. I'm dizzy just looking at the ground in them, damn, full screen and you'd almost think you were there taking the shot yourself they're so good.

    Fantastic stuff.

    Thanks
    DoctorIt wrote:
    Nice to see a different perspective :D

    I'm really diggin the last fisheye shot, but also that group shot from directly above, with the earth below, nice and soft. nod.gif

    Thanks. I took that last one with a 50mm 1.8.

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