Harris Hill Ski Jump

Dale's mom and we went to the Harris Hill Ski Jump in Brattleboro, VT yesterday.  It just opened again after some good number of years and many significant renovations, and jumpers from all over came to compete.  There were folks from Austria, Slovenia, and EVEN COLORADO!!  Whoo!  (I'm being funny there.)  Well, of course we took over 300 photos and of those 300, a few of them were OK.  We apparently shot many of these from off-limits areas, however:  The side we were on was a photographer's dream, so few people; all of them had cameras.  Then someone asked if we were press, and kindly threw us out.  Apparently the few other cameras along "our" side of the jump were press, not spectators.  Whups!  Thanks to Dale's mom for the potty break... otherwise the guy may not have noticed!  LOL

Anywho, a few shots from yesterday can be had at www.mount9.com, but here's my favourite.  The reason I like it is because the picture itself isn't particularly focused, and most of it is so light compared to the left corner.  So my eyes are immediately drawn to that corner where the figure is looking down.  It's really not the greatest shot, especially considering that I meant to blur the people down below far more than they were, but I still like it.  And yes, the angle was intentional.  I got something right!  By the way, it is VERY hard to focus on people at close range going 50mph+.  Just for the record.