In honour of the Olympics: acrobatics in a favourite family’s lounge
Yesterday I featured some still lifes from a balmy winter’s afternoon. Today is the turn of anything but still lifes taken on the same afternoon – an acrobatics display from the teenager of the house. And all quite appropriate that the Olympics gymnastics competition was on at the same time!
Firstly, there was the warm-up in the presence of Olympic competitors.
Next, we moved on to a bit of tumbling and other moves which I’m convinced a body shouldn’t do that effortlessly. I fell on my head doing gymnastics when I was younger. This brought back nightmarish memories of that occasion but I swallowed the anguish and snapped away (with my camera) …
Acrobatics in the lounge from Roobo69 on Vimeo.
And then, gobsmacked at what her body could actually do, I brought out my wide-angle lens to capture the outlandish contortions this teenager was capable of…
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Great pictures! Not easy when there is movement involved, I imagine.
Wowee, who on earth is this girl!?! Sjoh she is brilliant! Well done Rob in capturing this and sharing it with us.
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Ha ha ha ha! The perfect place to use “oufti!”
Amazing! I imagine it wasn’t easy to get pictures like that. I love the third and fourth pictures–such a pretty face to go with the gymnastic abilities!
Unbelievable! And to think I thought my hand-stands on the trampoline were cool…
She’s awesome!
Bianca, I wouldn’t call that “awesome”……………..I would call it “How does she do that with her legs, man!?”.