ARTICA - SHAKE A LEG

Another activity beyond the imagination of clumsy me. Consider the coordination and strength required. Note also that they are walking on pegs across a rough field. And the man has one foot in the air. And no one fell down.           

LEAP DAY, SORT OF

This is the closest picture I could find in recent inventory of someone leaping. It's February 29, the rare slice of time in which we adjust the measure of our orbit around the sun. I have a sister in law who was born on this date so she's only 16 today.                    

SPECIAL EFFECTS

One of my habits when shooting parades is to go to the staging area about an hour early. Everyone is getting ready and not yet on the march. They all look strange in their own way and are happy to pose.The woman in the first picture was doing stunts with the hoop that a still picture can't capture. The second one boggles me. After I took the picture she was walking around as free as you please, and rock steady. How do you learn how to do that without cracking your head open?