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MochaSkyChick

My First Skydive pic - How to up the quality

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Both pics are great!
That's a VERY honest exit photo.
....I was a "real man" my first 2 jumps:
Sept 29th 1991: 1st= froze stiff and out the door, 2nd=MANly tears welling up while crawling to the door:ph34r:( I swear it's true)
-Grant
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:D:)B| ...awesome picture to have!

When the old slide show is played at our d.z. there are many slides of me, like my face on my first solo dive from the aircraft...also some are used to train students, talk about embarrassment!!!!

hey- 15 yrs. later they are my pride and joy!

I can record still images with my digital video Palmcorder-
but....fine resolution is only 640 x 480.
When taking a still from video in my program- can never get good quality, even when the clearest image is chosen.

Smiles ;)

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OH MY GOD!!! ROFLMAO! :D Yes, I am still laughing, but I am thinking that you are so cool for posting that. Wow...your face was so contorted that you slightly resembled a terror striken Gumby. It is adorable, and I love it!

You know Mocha, my first jump was an AFF1, and I am sure that the sheer fear in my eyes along with my death-grip on the door would have been priceless in a picture. Sadly, I did not film any levels. The first film that I saw of myself was when my instructor filmed my 20th, A-license graduating jump! It was his little gift to me (Shhhh! It's a secret!) He even edited it with music. It was so awesome. I had noooo idea that I smiled so much during freefall. When I made the second dive of the jump down to him and finished my second dock, my smile was sooo huge that my face looked like it might split in two! Priceless. It also showed what a scary, huge gap that there is between the dip in my lower back and the container. :o

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That picture is hilarious, Mocha! And, from looking at the other picture, you have a beautiful smile. :)
She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

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OK, you can stop laughing now.



No. I can't. :D

I love the Omar story too!

You go girl! From looking that scared on a first tandem, to jumping with the 'prince of the sky'... what a great story!

"If all you ever do is all you ever did, then all you'll ever get is all you ever got."

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You go girl! From looking that scared on a first tandem, to jumping with the 'prince of the sky'... what a great story!



I'm so glad I have this picture. Anytime I get down about my progression in skydiving I can look back on that picture and see how far I have really come. :)

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Zarza R[red

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Anytime I get down about my progression in skydiving I can look back on that picture and see how far I have really come. :)



FAR! :) Always milestones and goals to reach. And, loads of really cool people to meet and help you each step of the way.

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That picture is brilliant! Just beautiful.

That's the joy of shooting tandem video. At least once a weekend I get to watch the transformation of somebody from that face "NO!NO!NO! sounds just like GO!GO!GO! once the door's open, lady:ph34r:" to a commitment to mastering bodyflight.

Thanks for sharing that. :)

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And once again congrats on your night jumps, did you pass your D on the first shot?



Thanks Chile :)
Have a safe trip to you next destination and hope to see you in Monroe again. I'll be sure to make a mental note of the advice you gave me while I was packing on Saturday. Black over Black, not Black over Gray. :D:D

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Zarza R[red

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