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Slippery Green Slidy Day of Fun

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Equal Parts Fun and Terror

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
At The Brink of Greatness

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/125 sec, f/8, ISO 360 — full exif & mapnearby photos

In my previous post, about fun on our trip to Blumeの丘, I recounted how fun the go-carts were, but that the real fun had only begun. The real fun was a short hill covered with some slippery surface down which you could toboggan.

Toboggans could be rented at $3 for 20 minutes. We rented two for an hour, and had great fun.


Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/125 sec, f/8, ISO 360 — full exif & mapnearby photos
First Trip

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/125 sec, f/8, ISO 450 — full exif & mapnearby photos

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/125 sec, f/8, ISO 400 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Race with Daddy

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1/125 sec, f/8, ISO 450 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Returning for Another Run

Each trip down the short hill took about 10 seconds.


Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/125 sec, f/8, ISO 640 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Rocketing

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Head Start

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Flying in Formation

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 56 mm — 1/500 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Flying Hair

We mixed and matched in every permutation....


Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1/320 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Backwards

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Two-Man Run

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1/250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Backwards and Forwards
( Fumie ended this run with a spectacular crash, doing a backwards somersault at full speed )

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/160 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Headfirst

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Upside Down and Backwards

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/320 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Both Backwards
( they're receding from the camera in this shot )

I tried a number of runs where I went down backwards ahead of Anthony, facing him with the camera as he followed. It was bumpy and crazy, so for the most part I just kept my finger on the shutter rapidfire and hoped for the best.....


Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 48 mm — 1/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Start of a Run

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 48 mm — 1/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Increasing Speed, Increasing Fun

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/320 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Terminal Velocity!

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 32 mm — 1/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
Abandon Hope All Ye Who Slide Here

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 29 mm — 1/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — full exif & mapnearby photos
The End

I have no idea where the camera's focus was in that last shot, but the fun on Anthony's face is nevertheless wonderfully apparent.

We can't wait to go back.


Comments so far....

Awesome photos and looks like a darn good time. I wish we had one of those here in the States, and I wish this location was closer to my wife’s home town (Hiroshima).

— comment by Scott B on October 1st, 2008 at 7:28am JST (2 months ago) comment permalink

It looks really funny and scared! I like the first shot. The scary face is very cute!
We will try there!!

— comment by Anonymous on October 1st, 2008 at 6:13pm JST (2 months ago) comment permalink
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