Asia Pacific Yoyo Championship 2008 - Qualifiers

[rotisiao]

Went to visit my friend who was at the Asia Pacific Yoyo Championship qualifying round. First time approaching yoyos and the cameras autofocus got a good exercise.

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Event is Ishop's 3rd anniversary


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In conjunction the yoyo championship qualifiers.


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CHIJ girls opening with a dance


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Yoyo contestants practicing


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Waiting for the competition to start..there were many fellow photographers. A dude's D200 resting here

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Video cams would probably cover this event better...there were tons of them lined up.
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(whats with the censored thing? couldnt link my pic here.)

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Some yoyo practicing before they take the stage


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knots!


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Concentration


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Was this the previous years champion? Jap dude. Got quite a bit of attention.

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L lens spotted!


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Cool guy starts the qualifiers


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A smile on a relaxed guy

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Come back yoyo!


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"wooooooooo!"


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Double the fun!


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Counterweight yoyos spinnin

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"Art is what you can get away with"


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Thats a funny expression. haha


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Red line red circle.


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Thats one bling backpack!

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Grabbing some air


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My friend on the stage


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Pulling some strings


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The thin green line

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Spinworkx booth...one of the few specialist yoyo shops.


Thats all! Learned lots of the different types of yoyo from this experience. Hope u had fun looking at the photos as i had shooting them. Comments welcome!

[Lumiere]

nice captures

[hidden3]

flash sync! Hahaha. You had a hard time shooting right, Yoyo so small, hard to focus, and summore so fast!

[rotisiao]

Originally Posted by hidden3 flash sync! Hahaha. You had a hard time shooting right, Yoyo so small, hard to focus, and summore so fast!

yep...put sigma's hsm and nikon's autofocus module to the test.

some shots i lazy just focus on the player or their hands

[rotisiao]

Originally Posted by Lumiere nice captures

thanks!