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Related: About this forum"I felt so bad for this guy. He had good speed..was setting up for the main jump and BOOM!
Slammed right into the Sun!

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"I felt so bad for this guy. He had good speed..was setting up for the main jump and BOOM! (Original Post)
Heartstrings
Feb 2020
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CaliforniaPeggy
(156,303 posts)1. Awwww........poor guy!
Cool shot you got there!
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)2. I can't take credit for it CaliforniaPeggy
A DJ for a radio station in central WI (Dave Kallaway) is an amateur photography addict and snaps some fantastic shots of local events. This was shot at Granite Peak Ski Hill in Wausau. My favorite thing he does is taking pics of rundown barns...he calls it Barn Porn. He has given me permission to share his photos!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,303 posts)3. That's really cool, that he gives you permission to share!
I how it's presented. It's truly funny!
Talitha
(7,785 posts)4. "Slammed right into the Sun!"
Great line - my compliments to your photographer friend!
Granite Peak in Wausau is only an hour south of me.
BTW, are you a fellow Amateur? I have a 16" Dob
named Seymour (see
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)5. You must be in the Stevens Point area?
Not a photographer myself, just take pics of the grandkids when I can....
Talitha
(7,785 posts)6. Not Stevens Point, that's way too far south.
Wausau's an hour south of me, and Stevens Point is south of that. I'm in a rural area close enough to civilization, but far enough for peace and quiet.
