Went Skydiving the other day

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Up north, Innisfail Qld is famous for its 'Mundoo' skydiving centre, which attracts skydivers from around the world - both for novice 'dual-person' and 'solo-experienced' jumping
For me - I'm a wimp ... I have the T-shirt that says "why jump out of a perfecly good aeroplane"

I did some shooting over several days when the weather was okay - shooting with the Panny FZ200 racked out to 24x zoom [600mm or thereabouts] with 1,5x in-camera digital zoom on occasion when I was hunting for the moment that the divers exited the plane at over 9000 feet up
All images on "S" mode at1/1000s, auto-ISO [usually around 100], apertures taken care of by the camera

Here's a couple of shots ...

1- the moment of no return ... and down below we hear the free-falling start [sounds like paper rippling in the breeze]


2- one of many brightly coloured chutes in use


3- many divers crossed paths in the sky with others in the group


4- same as above


5- and some liked to try some aerobatics [hope they hadn't eaten recently]



As always, comments welcome
Phil

[Alan]

Moruya Heads is equally famous, I think, as a training centre for world wide competitions. Some come down incredibly fast

Our house is almost under the drop zone and several times a day we hear the sounds you described, followed by the

'whoop" as the chute pops open, and sometimes you can hear the yelling as probably a tandem jumper gets a bit excited

I'm still not tempted. An experienced jumper died here a few years ago...

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-...218-2blld.html

Nice to see you back Phil btw

[HansE]

Looks like the sort of fun I would do possibly go for as a spur of the moment but not if I get to think about it!

[seaslug]

Stretching the limits of the little Panny there Phil.

[Isac]

Wonderful shots BUT WHY IS THIS NOT IN THE CURRENT COMP "Tell me a story" ????

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Wonderful shots BUT WHY IS THIS NOT IN THE CURRENT COMP "Tell me a story" ????

Isac - As Alan notes, I haven't been active for a long while and thus I don''t know what the current comp is 'at'
I find myself going thru yo-yo enthusiasm levels for my long loved photo hobby - but the offering above is something I hope

Phil

[Toddyh]

I've sky dived. Nothing like it. Was an amazing experience and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone.

As for the photos, I like #4 the most with the varied coloured chutes in the same frame.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

I've sky dived. Nothing like it. Was an amazing experience and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone.
As for the photos, I like #4 the most with the varied coloured chutes in the same frame.

Thanks mate

Yes - I also prefer those where 2 chutes are in the frame - I did get a few, incl one where they bumped and you can see the movement in the strings/ropes whatever you call them ... and I don't know whether they are supposed to do that with tandem jumpers

Phil