A few years old now, but one of my favourite shots of the boy-child engaged in his favourite activity. Image: Su Leslie 2010
Skater in action
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A few years old now, but one of my favourite shots of the boy-child engaged in his favourite activity. Image: Su Leslie 2010
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A definite keeper!! Great action shot
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Thanks Tina.
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very cool shot. The boy-child sure is good at those jumps. 🙂
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He certainly puts in the hours practicing 🙂
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Oh, my! How did you capture that!? Great photo.
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I used to be his “official” photographer. Before he could drive I had the job of taking him to skate spots and then filming him repeatedly trying to achieve whatever trick he was aiming for. I seem to remember we got a lot of good shots that particular day — which wasn’t always the case.
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Very cool!
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That’s a real action picture, Su.
Leslie
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Thanks Leslie 🙂
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🙂
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Great action shot of your boy. Such concentration in that face!
(Though I am a little worried that he has been in a messy accident in that ‘blood’ splattered T-shirt) 😀
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Hehe. I think it was a phase he and his friends were going through. There was a bit of a production line at our place; paint and t-shirts everywhere.
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I had the same thought!
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Recognized him immediately. I like the woman in the background. She gives an interesting perspective to the photo.
janet
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🙂 she’s in exactly the right place — quite by accident.
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😎
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Ha ha, Jude has said all the things I thought, so I don’t need to bother!
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🙂
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The action caught exactly at the right split second, marvellous shot, Su!
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Thanks Peter 🙂
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Great shot, Su. Such a contrast with the stillness behind.
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Thanks Tracy 🙂
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A brilliant shot, Su. The boy child is almost in flight! Must have been a very satisfying feeling for him.
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Great shot! I love the processed result. 🙂
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Thanks Amy 😀
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Supercool…and the mother(?) standing there. Great deapth/dimension and I love the edit.
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Thanks Leya. I don’t know who the woman was; she was just beautifully in shot. The mother was behind the camera. 😀
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Wow! Awesome shot, Su! I used to skateboard when I was a teen but never managed to jump this high. 😄
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You so have to meet the boy-child!! Btw: have you seen this. He told me about this project and it is very cool. https://theculturetrip.com/asia/afghanistan/articles/skate-girls-of-kabul-photographs-of-afghanistan-s-skateistan/
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Thanks so much for sharing this link and article – it´s perfect! I totally love it! How wonderful that there´s no a possibilty for the young girls to have some fun, do sports, develop confidence and pride in their skills!
I remember when I skated as a kid, I was the only girl doing it, all the others never showed any interest in it, so I had to hang out with the boys after school which was kind of weird but soon was more fun than hanging out with the girls and discussing boy-bands. 😉
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I’m glad you liked it. I think they are so cool.
I know what you mean about being the only girl interested in something. I really never “got” the music girls at school listened to nor saw the attraction of their pop idols. To be fair, this was the era of David Cassidy and Gary Glitter 😝, but there were girls I knew who were crazy for them.
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I try to imagine someone being crazy for Gary Glitter… nope, won’t work. 😉😂
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Me neither. I think it explains why I didn’t have many friends at school 😂😂
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