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Old 07-28-2009, 06:59 AM
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I've been busy with life lately and haven't been around much, but I'm glad to be back. On my way home today I pulled over to thoroughly enjoy these folks practicing their skydiving skills. Personally I will be happy to stand firmly on the ground and capture the moment with my camera. It was really a sight to see.
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Hope you enjoyed my first attempt at capturing skydiving.
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These are great, Mom! I am gonna go get some of these shots myself someday. You beat me to it! Looks like a lot of tandem jumpers.You captured them all very well. I agree, I think I will stay on the ground and shoot them coming down. I have no desire to ever free fall.
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Awesome photos....this brings back some amazing photos....My mom and I did a sky dive jump for mothers day a few years ago.....so much fun, I think everyone should try it at least once.....
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Those parachutes are dure colorful. Nice job Toyvlle but, I'm with you. There's nothing wrong with the ground I'm styanding on or the planes I ride in so, I'll stay where I'm at thank you!
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These are great, Mom! I am gonna go get some of these shots myself someday. You beat me to it! Looks like a lot of tandem jumpers.You captured them all very well. I agree, I think I will stay on the ground and shoot them coming down. I have no desire to ever free fall.
Thank you Michelle, it was so fun. I think it was the very best part of the long drive, thats for sure. I know you want to go, I want to go back with a different lense, its really fun,
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Awesome photos....this brings back some amazing photos....My mom and I did a sky dive jump for mothers day a few years ago.....so much fun, I think everyone should try it at least once.....
Ohhhh my, you both really jumped ??? I'd be much too scared and I don't really like
the feeling of falling, guess I'm just meant to be grounded, LOL. The folks doing it sure were enjoying it a lot, wish I'd had a different lense to capture their expressions too.
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Those parachutes are dure colorful. Nice job Toyvlle but, I'm with you. There's nothing wrong with the ground I'm styanding on or the planes I ride in so, I'll stay where I'm at thank you!
Thank you Fred ! I think I was having just as much fun trying to photograph them as they
were having. It was a colorful and beautiful sight.
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Angella's right...we did it about three years ago on Mother's Day....it was so much fun..I'm glad I did it once.
Your shots are wonderful.
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Great shot Michelle! I notice that all 4 were tandem jumpers as well. When I was younger I apirations of trying this, but now, I'm content to watch. We watched the Parasails in Hawaii last week, that looks fun as well.
Thanks for Sharing these
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