Esther's photos with the keyword: twist

2014 United States National Figure Skating Championship - Championship Men Free Skate - Gold medalist Jeremy Abbott AIMG 2324

2014 United States National Figure Skating Championships - Championship Pairs Free Skate - DeeDee Leng and Timothy LeDuc AIMG 1861

2014 United States National Figure Skating Championships - Championship Pairs Free Skate - Tarah Kayne and Danny O'Shea AIMG 1838

2014 United States National Figure Skating Championship - Junior Pairs Free Skate - Bronze medalists AnnaMarie Pearce and Jason Pacini performing a triple twist lift AIMG 1531

2014 United States National Figure Skating Championship - Junior Pairs Free Skate - Olivia Oltmanns and Joshua Santillan perforning a split twist lift AIMG 1486

Triple Twist Lift. He has to catch her to break her fall. 2014 United States National Figure Skating Championship - Championship Pairs Short Program - Caydee Denney and John Coughlin - bronze medalists AIMG 1281

Harry Lauder's Walking Stick (Corylus avellana 'Contorta') - Corkscrew Hazel. AIMG 2328

2014 United States National Figure Skating Championships - Junior Pairs Short Program - Kaitlin Budd and Nikita Cheban doing a double twist lift "A twist lift is a pairs figure skating hand-to-waist lift. The man lifts the lady in the air, where she performs one or more rotations in a laid-out position. He catches her in the air and lets her down onto one foot." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twist_lifts Normally, I like to freeze the action in skating. I set the aperture and try to pick a fast enough ISO so that the shutter speed will create a sharp image. In this shot, the speed was not fast enough, but the resulting blur and the snow scraped up from the man's skate seemed interesting to me. I'm not thrilled about the background advertising. Although it shows the panning blur, it is distracting. What do you think? AIMG 0995

2014 United States National Figure Skating Championship - Novice Pairs Short Program "A twist lift is a pairs figure skating hand-to-waist lift. The man lifts the lady in the air, where she performs one or more rotations in a laid-out position. He catches her in the air and lets her down onto one foot." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twist_lifts AIMG 0507