Fall/2008 GRU Frisbee Tournament

Here's a mish-mash of pictures from the 2008 Fall GRU Tournament. The Canon 40D (w/55-250 lens) used for these shoots 6.5 frames/second ... so I included a few sequences of the action on a picture-perfect mid-November day in Colorado.

Big Mike in a classic frisbee pose - 1/6 second earlier

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Great Concentration and dive for the disc

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GRU women battling it out

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League Coordinator Donnie (nice job BTW) lets out a "Rebel Yell" as he hucks

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Another "about to dive" play in the end zone

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A nearby Art structure ... is that a football or disc they are diving for?

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Jeff is ready for the catch ... but note the fast-closing arm entering the picture

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Yea, it was a clean swipe - good "D"

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Jeff just missed this one ...

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... but does come up with the catch here (and many others)

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But turnabout is fair play as Orange brings one in despite Dave's big leap

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Someone took a few pictures of Yours Truly the Photographer

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An almost full moon was overhead - cool moonset sequence here

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A Flock of Geese overflew the fields

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Plus a Gull came by to check out the frisbee action

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And even an old B-17 ... other warbirds from the Rocky Mountain Airport Airshow

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Time for the next game ... with Barack Obama on a nearby sideline courtesy of Chris Wirth

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Grady seems to be saying "Mine, Mine, Mine!

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"Upon review of the Instant Replay, the Catch was out-of-bounds"

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Doing the GRU Bump-n-Grind?!?

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Some misc. closeup pictures

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David tries the Kung-Fu "D"

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Stop-Action sequence of a "Battle for the Disc"

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An "All Thumbs" Catch

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Frisbee Dudes trying to keep up with a pretty girl who left 'em in the dust ... ;-)

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More frisbee pictures - and for wildlife fans, here's some Dogs battling a Coyote and some nifty shots of a Red Tailed Hawk.