Sunday, May 20, 2012

Airborne

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A sequence of shots from the new skateboard mini-park in The Grove. I've said that the photographer is more important than the camera but in this case the equipment was indispensable. My Canon has very good low light sensitivity, reasonably good fast shooting and a feature that changes the focus as you track a moving subject. That made these possible.

Busy day yesterday. Got some pooch pix at the annual Bark In The Park event, a loosely-organized dog party in Forest Park, pushed some paper at the office and attended opening night at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, a big deal around here. Unfortunately, the production of Carmen was disappointing in many ways. I'm waiting for Cosi Fan Tutte, one of my favorites.

Oh, and I found another Toynbee Tile downtown, the original kind. It's badly deteriorated so I won't show it here but it will be on Flickr later today. 

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13 comments:

  1. A series like this doesn't need notes!

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  2. Great ones and a good camera. Like it.

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  3. Cool action shots, well done, Bob!! Thank you for sharing.

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  4. That's brilliant. Anything to keep them off drugs and alcohol.

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  5. The scenes are difficult to capture. Splendid shots!

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  6. Oh, that first closeup shot. Keeper!

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  7. Great action shots. Putting a skateboard ramp directly in front of a brick wall is a recipe for action.

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  8. Fabulous series of shots.. I like your featured shot best!

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  9. Your first, featured shot, says it all. Brilliant.

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  10. Fabulous sequence! I've scrolled the page up and down several times. Great job, Bob.

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  11. very good action shots , i like the first one :)

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  12. Oh well done Bob, brilliant images. Blimey that kid's pretty good!

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