Peralta Cliffs Base Jump
My photo of the week draws a pretty good portrayal of life in the desert southwest. An outstanding sunset, stately saguaro's, serious lack of clouds, jumbled array of rock & mountain topography and yes, a base jumper.
I can fairly easily include all of that list on almost any day of the year taking photos, except for that elusive jumper. This jumper is tied to the popular Arizona BASE Boogie, and my boogie connection is through a good, base jumping friend of mine, Gauge Score.
I get a small bundle of credit for ushering Gauge into adventure sports. I introduced him to bungee jumping, and he has taken adventure to new heights (and cliffs, antenna's, bridges, etc.). Sporting only a couple of sky dives and a single base jump (tandem), I am a long leap from real base jumping and livin' the life, but I am still jazzed to have been at the event. My friend, Eric Peffer and I did our best to capture the amazing jumps, the stunning scenery, and the fun moments that a crowd of crazy people will bestow.
After taking over 800 photos (whew!), I chose the photo up top as my favorite. We had shot at Saguaro Lake early in the day and ended up at the Peralta Cliffs. This is the only photo that I snapped that had a base jumper and the sunset. There were only a few that came down that late in the day and it took one to go a little off course to sneak in the disappearing orb in the sky. I was lucky to get a few saguaro's into the frame and to get the reflection of the sun on the canopy.
Oh, and one last note. This jumper happened to be the only naked jumper of the day. You get to witness the 'G' version of of his clothes-less flight.
The real photo of the day award goes to Eric for taking the shot of me, below. The landing area had around 70 people and he did a great job of framing it, sans people, with a glorious backdrop.
I can fairly easily include all of that list on almost any day of the year taking photos, except for that elusive jumper. This jumper is tied to the popular Arizona BASE Boogie, and my boogie connection is through a good, base jumping friend of mine, Gauge Score.
I get a small bundle of credit for ushering Gauge into adventure sports. I introduced him to bungee jumping, and he has taken adventure to new heights (and cliffs, antenna's, bridges, etc.). Sporting only a couple of sky dives and a single base jump (tandem), I am a long leap from real base jumping and livin' the life, but I am still jazzed to have been at the event. My friend, Eric Peffer and I did our best to capture the amazing jumps, the stunning scenery, and the fun moments that a crowd of crazy people will bestow.
After taking over 800 photos (whew!), I chose the photo up top as my favorite. We had shot at Saguaro Lake early in the day and ended up at the Peralta Cliffs. This is the only photo that I snapped that had a base jumper and the sunset. There were only a few that came down that late in the day and it took one to go a little off course to sneak in the disappearing orb in the sky. I was lucky to get a few saguaro's into the frame and to get the reflection of the sun on the canopy.
Oh, and one last note. This jumper happened to be the only naked jumper of the day. You get to witness the 'G' version of of his clothes-less flight.
The real photo of the day award goes to Eric for taking the shot of me, below. The landing area had around 70 people and he did a great job of framing it, sans people, with a glorious backdrop.
Great post!
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