Esther's photos with the keyword: synchro

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Hot Shivers are the Italian National Champions. For information about the team, see www.hotshivers.it/welcome-en.html . AIMG_8523

Competing at the 2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Nova - Australia AIMG_8487

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Olympia - Czech Republic National Champions. AIMG_8503

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA. Team Sunthings has held the South African National Championships title since 1993. AIMG_8469

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Tartarstan - Russia 2 AIMG_8516

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Team Berlin 1 - Germany. Founded in 1994, this team has won the German national championship 14 times in a row. They finished 10th at Worlds in 2013. AIMG_8524

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA . Team Passion represented Hungary. AIMG_8476

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Hot Shivers are the Italian National Champions. For information about the team, see www.hotshivers.it/welcome-en.html . AIMG_8517

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Team Surprise from Sweden, which had won the championship six times in the past 13 years, came in seventh in 2013. AIMG_8554

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Jingu Ice Messengers Grace - Japanese National Champions I brought my new Sigma 18-250 Macro lens to try out at the competition. It is a slower lens (3.5-6.3) which meant that I had to boost the ISO. I wanted to see how quickly it would focus in low light and I was very pleased with the speed. My old Canon 40D is very grainy at 1250 ISO, but the lens was relatively sharp at all focal lengths. The graininess problem should be resolved by my next camera (hopefully the Canon 70D). There was an unusually large pincushion distortion, most of which could be corrected in Photoshop. Compromises had to be made to achieve such a large focal length, but It is superb for what it does. A spot on review can be found at www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/sigma-18-250mm-3p5-6p3-os-hs... . AIMG_8499

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Tartarstan - Russia 2 AIMG_8512

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Paradise, the Russian National Champions, came in fifth in World competition. This is not a Photoshop creation. These ladies were actually skating backwards in formation while holding onto their feet. AIMG_8585

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Paradise, the Russian National Champions, came in fifth in World competition. AIMG_8588

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Team Boomerang from Sweden finished 9th. The width of a figure skating blade is between .1 and .15 inches. These four skaters are balanced on a total area less than one inch in width. AIMG_8545

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Team Surprise from Sweden, which had won the championship six times in the past 13 years, came in seventh in 2013. AIMG_8555

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Olympia - Czech Republic National Champions. AIMG_8505

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Jingu Ice Messengers Grace - Japanese National Champions AIMG_8496

2013 World Synchronized Skating Championships, Boston, MA - Les Zoulous - France. This team has won the French National Championships 13 times. AIMG_8506