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Peanuts · Oct 2, 2006

Well, I haven't really been in the photo groove the past few months, until I took a photo workshop this past weekend. (I might post photos from that a little bit later.) Anyways, I just attended a mandatory science camp, and snapped a few pictures for the group presentation. They really aren't anything more then snapshots, as I would be working in the mud, then see a photo oppurtunity, grab my camera, turn, click, continue working. But all I can say is I had a great time (surprise, surprise) and had a great group of people.

Though these aren't really technically perfect, any comments or critiques would be great

Sorry about the corny border. I used these ones for the presentation and didn't really have any reason to take the borders out.

Thanks,

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3. Argh. I should have asked her to move her arm and 'her face' would have been in the jar.

4. Colour is slightly too red here

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6. Blew the highlights

7. Note the lack of shoe due to an incident in the stream

8. Whoops. Didn't quite crop the top correctly

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LaFoto · Oct 2, 2006

Hey, these may have been taken quickly, but they are far from being only snapshots! Brittany, how dare you call these photos that!

So do you show in any of them? Like: are you the one who lost her shoe in the river?

So many different techniques and POVS and DOFs and whatnot used in these, I am always in awe about this amount of creativity. The fact that you can put so much of it into such quickly taken photos shows that you do know (for sure!) what you are doing when you pick up your camera. Wow!!!

Peanuts · Oct 2, 2006

Okay, try number two. They appear to be working better, but if it is still way slow on other people's computers, just tell me and I will try to fix it

Thanks LaFoto. I think half the reason they were all duds was the fact that my group was so willing to play along. Nope, I am not in any of those, but I am in this one:

Big Mike · Oct 2, 2006

Jeez, you sure are a picky critic of your own work...I think they are pretty darn good. #6 really stands out, great work.

tpe · Oct 2, 2006

They are all very nice, they raise your mood as soon as look at them, thats very important and rare, great stuff.

tim

oldnavy170 · Oct 2, 2006

I love the ones of the kids jumping in the air........great shot!

AIRIC · Oct 2, 2006

Very cool, fun shots. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Eric

Chiller · Oct 2, 2006

I think these are really cool shots Peanuts. Shows a real good time. Very well done.

Peanuts · Oct 3, 2006

Thanks everyone. It truly was amazing what a little bit of teamwork mixed with a few songs set on mini speakers could do to boost the enthusiasm during a two full day camp geared completely toward science.

LaFoto · Oct 3, 2006

So you mean to say it is your FEET in the last one?

Mansi · Oct 3, 2006

whoa brit!!! these are farrr superior from the snapshot variety... looks like fun and you captured it so well... theres a great quality in your photographs... and im glad i didnt miss out on seeing these... and yes.. you will get back into it.. no worries...

lovely angles and compositions

thanks for sharing these... looking forward to more

mansi

Mohain · Oct 3, 2006

Great fun shots. Made me smile. Thanks for sharing

chris82 · Oct 3, 2006

I think they are excellent,how could I possabley crittiuqe these when the are so good.considering im a beginer.

JTHphoto · Oct 3, 2006

great shots peanuts, so different from my kind of snapshots... these are inspire me to try to see things differently. i think you did a tremendous job, i'm sure everybody is quite impressed. #6 is my favorite of this series too. they can jump high!

what kind of science? renewable natural resources? or all kinds?

Peanuts · Oct 3, 2006

Glad people had fun looking at them, I appreicate all of your too kind comments.

LaFoto - Yup, those are my feet. Probably not the best decision to wear shoes that had somewhat opened toes. My feet were the same colour of my shoe at the end of the day. :lol:

JTH - This was actually an IB (International Baccalaureate) Group 4 project which entails physics, chemistry and biology together. In this case it was environmentally oriented and our group pretty much determined the difference in soil make-up in relation to the stream and how this proportionally affected the surrounding plant (oh, and maybe that one bug and worm's) life.