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day 11 - chasing.jpg
day 11 - chasing.jpg
rachelellen


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Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Tokina AF 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 for Nikon
Location: elementary school playground
Date: Jul 11, 2007
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200sec
Date Uploaded: Jul 11, 2007

Viewed: 410
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1 (view)

 OK, so I kind of broke a rule today. Or, um, two.

No possible way to make a square crop of this, so I didn't even try. Also, well, um. There's that whole "real" thing. Well, this IS real -- it's just a sort of whimsical version of reality. (oh my gosh, if I had octuplets twice...)

Really this is a very quick and dirty edit (twelve layers of quick and dirty, but oh well), and there's a major error front and center. Also, focus is baaad; I usually get pretty good DOF even at wide apertures with my Tokina 19-35mm -- just, apparently, not THIS good. It doesn't help that I hadn't actually intended to do this when I started shooting; I didn't have a tripod or anything (maybe next time). We were just playing at the school playground, and the kids were playing a game we like to do, where you run around the circle and wherever you stop (when Mom makes a screeching-brakes sound effect, of course), you have to come up with the name of a book character or something you wear or the title of a movie or the name of an African animal -- or whatever the person who's It decides, but you get the idea -- that starts with the letter where you are. Anyway. They started running around, and I had the camera on burst mode like I always do, and ... well, this happened.

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 08/17/2007 01:41:53 PM
Referring to your day 35 blog, I think you made a great choice to choose this image to compete in the fair! I so love this image, and I hope it fares well in the competition!
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 08/04/2007 09:28:50 AM
This is just terrific! An excellent idea well executed. How fun!
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 07/26/2007 12:50:08 PM
This is way cool I love what you have done, thanks for sharing it.
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 07/21/2007 10:06:23 PM
Whatever the errors are, I can't see them. Just a great editing job. So, who cares about rules when you produce something this good?
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 07/17/2007 11:27:35 AM
I'm sure the local fertility clinic would be proud to have this hanging in their waiting room. Or the planned parenthood.
Love the outcome!
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 07/14/2007 11:01:27 AM
This is really cool, and the game is great, very similar to the sorts of things I do as a preschool teacher :P.
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 07/13/2007 01:27:35 AM
What a great idea! At first I thought it was a ton of different kids all dressed the same, very cool effect!
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 07/12/2007 06:24:56 PM
fantastic result .. love it ..
i'd sure like to know wot sort'v processing you did to achieve this when you didnt use a tripod so your scene remained the same??... its just excellent ... :)
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 07/12/2007 05:20:20 PM
That is just a wonderful effect (and what a cool letter wheel)

Very attractive and appealing image and I love the way that you have kept the focus going so none of your 16 children look out of place.

I am also impressed by your fortitude, in that you say you wouldnt want octuplets twice, which seems to suggest that you think that just once would be manageable

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 07/12/2007 04:50:57 PM
It's a good thing you broke the rules. Nice capture of what looks like a fun game for the kids.
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 07/12/2007 12:12:21 PM
A cute shot! They look like they're enjoying it. I agree with cgino the overall edit of this works really well!
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 07/12/2007 11:41:24 AM
Wow, I see absolutely nothing wrong with this, it is great as is! The slight variation in focus of the kids adds to the feeling of motion. I'm so glad you broke the rule, this is very clever and fun and so well done... I love it!!!!
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 07/12/2007 09:50:23 AM
Amazing work. If we have a 50 Day Hall of Fame, this should be in it. Very creative.
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 07/12/2007 08:20:13 AM
Well, I love it! I think it's cute and so funny! I bet the kids like it too. And yes, octuplets twice... that would hurt ; )
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 07/12/2007 07:50:26 AM
I saw the thumb and thought, how clever, she got these kids to wear the same thing and line up in half circles. (I just woke up, what can I say?)

This is awesome! I love it. I hope you are going to print this and hang it up at home. It's a really fun and creative capture. Nice job!
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 07/12/2007 06:45:34 AM
I think we can forgive a rule break just this once. ;) Really lovely shot. and amazing for being handheld.
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 07/12/2007 06:13:34 AM
Clever children, too, knowing the alphabet backwards.
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 07/12/2007 12:58:14 AM
That is too cool!! Kinda makes your head spin, in a good way.
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 07/12/2007 12:31:08 AM
Who cares about minor errors! This is clever and fun. And did you say this was handheld? Very nicely done. The children are very cute trying so seriously to stay on path.
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