Image captured at the Front Range Classic in Fort Collins, Colorado on May 1, 2010. The height of 16' 3.25" was cleared on this day in the Pole Vault event.
The title was inspired by the following poem:
High Flight
by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds...and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of...wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up, the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor even eagle flew.
And while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space...
...put out my hand, and touched the face of God
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Pole vaulting good capture ..did you try any other positions like when his bending the vault back to go over the bar that would have been a great shot just a thought Well done good stop action
Ok on a second thought, you do get an upgrade in score from me. I think you are definitely worth an 8. You have symmetry, leading lines, clarity, focus, good colors, and the picture has a personality. Enjoy your new score: 8/10!
damn that tree! really, the only thing between an 7 and a 10 would have been to have shot from a lower perspective, removing all elements but the jumper and the bar.
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