It was bound to happen sooner or later.
In the six or so months that Manny and I have been taping boomerang throwing sessions, we somehow avoided striking the camera itself. Boomerangs have overflown the camera several times and landed just shy of it on more than one occasion. And maybe once did I become entangled with the legs of my tripod.
At any rate, we never landed a direct hit...until Saturday. But what a hit! On video tape, too!
Here are some amusing stills I took from the video recording.
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"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Colonel, that thing's coming right for us! We've got to move!"
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The signature shot.
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Is it just me, or is the boomerang flexing significantly?
That's the Mozzie by Adam Carroll framed so perfectly in the above photos. If only the camera had hands with which to catch it!
On a slightly more serious note, we were fortunate that the boomerang and camera left the scene intact. Manny and I had anticipated that this might happen, so we purchased relatively cheap video cameras that we could abuse. No strange repair jobs required. This experience also doubles as a reminder to pay attention whenever boomerangs are expected to be in the air. I can only imagine what might have happened had it been, say, the Spinback-55 that struck my camera. Worse, what if Manny had also been crouching in that spot with his back turned to me?
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this little tangent!
"Putting my spin on boomerangs..."
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