not a Para-athlete but an athlete none the less

This was bloody difficult to get. With a limited shutter-speed of 1/200th I had to get this image just right when the ball is in picture. The problem was of course that that meant I had to snap at the moment when the ball went through a space of about 1 meter wide while the ball was traveling at about 80 km/h. not easy. This was of course the second photo I took. the really frightful thing is that I was in the cage with the him while he was swinging and the ball passed less than 50cm away from me. Thanks to JK for not breaking my camera or my face.

Para-Athletes continued

I am now mostly finished with the athletes and have recently started with the swimmers. More about that later. This is the last of the para-athletes I took photos of. Lize won 3 medals at the Beijing Paralympics. the dude, whose name now escapes me, is currently training for the next games in London.