The view from above.

The view from above.

Living atop a high rise is fun.  Daily I can look down at all the little people (literally…I live on the 32nd floor) and see all kinds of activity from a different point of view.

A few days ago, I glanced down at the third floor courtyard and garden and noticed a girl in the common area preparing to do something.  All of a sudden she started doing back flips and twists.  I quickly realized she was a cheerleader (or gymnast but I’m certain she was a student from HPU) and grabbed my newest toy, my Canon 1D Mark II (it beats the hell out of that tinny 5D!) and a 400mm lens.  At 10 frames a second, I rattled off a succession of images of the cheerleader jumping backwards.