Thursday, February 4, 2010

Fly a kite

Today was the annual kite flying day of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's School of Architecture. A couple of hundred architecture, technology and interior design students take part in this ice breaker event at the start of a new year. Unfortunately the Windy City didn't live up to its reputation and the kite fliers struggled a bit to get their creations into the sky. This guy with his kite on a fishing rod was one of the successful fliers who stayed airborne for more than 5 seconds.


Due to the fact that the wind wasn't playing along I couldn't really get any pictures of lots of kites in the sky at the same time, but I did catch Spongebob Squarepants soaring overhead.
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9 comments:

  1. What fun to see creative kites. Too bad the wind didn't cooperate. Nice capture of Springbob.

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  2. Totally love the shot of Sponge Bob! I really do enjoy visiting your blogs :o) By the way...the photo of St Augustines is suberb! Awesome perspective :o)

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  3. The first photo today is wonderfully dramatic! Stunning, actually. The lines and tension work well.

    It looks like the person flying the kite is using a fishing pole ... is that correct?

    Very well done!

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  4. Love both shots but that first panned shot featuring the fishing rod kite flier is simply awesome!

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  5. Lovely pics....I liked the second one

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  6. Very interesting event. Looks like it was a great day for kite flying too. Nice photos.

    Have a good weekend.

    Alexander
    Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex

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  7. How fun! Sponge Bob looks great up there in the sky! love the color contrasts! Enjoy the week and thanks for visiting my SWF.

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