scott kirkpatrick
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Skydiving for beginners
Spent a few hours at Pepperell, MA's skydiving center, using the X Pro2 and 35/2 for quick shots. You may have heard about parachutists landing on the run, or in a "parilette" roll to cushion the impact, but for the first-time tandem ride, in which the parachutist is strapped to an instructor with a big chute that opens automatically, landings are butt-first, sitting back:
DSCF1090 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr
The instructor gathers up acres of chute and lumbers off to get ready for the next ride
DSCF1149 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr
while the passenger, ecstatic, rejoins her relieved family
DSCF1146 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr
One disappointment; I lost several shots of the jump plane taking off, with blue sky behind, trees below, and grass in the foreground, when the AF chose to select the grass, leaving everything out of focus. Setting infinity focus and getting the camera to leave it there is tricky.
scott
Spent a few hours at Pepperell, MA's skydiving center, using the X Pro2 and 35/2 for quick shots. You may have heard about parachutists landing on the run, or in a "parilette" roll to cushion the impact, but for the first-time tandem ride, in which the parachutist is strapped to an instructor with a big chute that opens automatically, landings are butt-first, sitting back:
DSCF1090 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr
The instructor gathers up acres of chute and lumbers off to get ready for the next ride
DSCF1149 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr
while the passenger, ecstatic, rejoins her relieved family
DSCF1146 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr
One disappointment; I lost several shots of the jump plane taking off, with blue sky behind, trees below, and grass in the foreground, when the AF chose to select the grass, leaving everything out of focus. Setting infinity focus and getting the camera to leave it there is tricky.
scott