Chinese acrobat II

[madamasu]

I went back to watch my Chinese friend yesterday afternoon. He was in excellent form and didn't need to do anything twice in order to finish a stunt.
This is one of his most surprising: with one foot he first throws 16 plates (each throw 4 plates) to the op of his head, then follows a cup, then the spoon and last but not least the lid, which always ends up the way it does, as the spoon is keeping it in an upright position.
Actually the pictures were a mess, as there was a strong sun on his back, so his face was almost black, when I converted the pictures at home. A lot of Adobe's 'shadows and lights' brought out his facial expression, which was very tense, when the lid was on its way up and then relaxed, when he heard the lid safely landing on top of everything.
Despite the technical limitations I put the pictures here, but will certainly be back on another sunny day, to do some better ones.

All Sonnar 2.8/180 MC @ f2.8 ISO 320

[PaulC]

What an extraordinary act. Nicely timed photo to catch the lid in the air like that.