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Germaine


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Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: A backyard in Ohio
Date: Apr 25, 2008
Galleries: Digital Art, Overlays
Date Uploaded: May 8, 2008

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Comments: 16
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 My grandson (age 3 1/2) thought it would be really funny to throw his ball at his grandmother and her 40D. I managed to stop the action before the ball hit me! (I'm pretty nimble for an old lady!) I really liked the shot, but there was some pretty ugly stuff in the background, and some of it (a table covered with a plastic cover) was just too big to clone out, so I decided to fake it. I couldn't make some shrubbery look natural, so I decided on the frankly fake approach. The tulip was taken a couple of days later. It's covering up the table, a coiled hose, a pot with some dead plants, and something in the neighbor's yard.

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 11/04/2010 10:12:18 AM
YAY how fun and happy!!!
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 05/20/2008 08:04:38 AM
LOL! Very good use of a tulip picture!
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 05/19/2008 11:38:41 PM
Clever to use the flower to hide the stuff. At least you still have his attention for a picture - my kids tend to ignore me or even turn the other way!
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 05/12/2008 06:51:23 PM
Great fun shot. Looks like your grandson has hurled all this stuff at you at once. pretty good shot I might add.
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 05/10/2008 12:48:21 PM
Hahaha! Love it, this is soooo cool and fun!
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 05/10/2008 11:33:53 AM
What a fun shot! Fake is Fun!!! And your grandson is adorable!
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 05/09/2008 07:55:24 AM
Grandchild OR 40D???? Tough one... GRIN!
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 05/09/2008 05:51:53 AM
what a cutie, great idea.
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 05/09/2008 04:48:16 AM
AAaaahhhhh ... looks like killer triffids :)

Cool way to block out unwanted stuff from the photo
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 05/09/2008 12:17:46 AM
Very creative on hiding the bad stuff. It is now an interesting, colorful, action-filled shot.
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 05/08/2008 10:26:51 PM
This is such a creative idea I love it. I love how you caught your son throwing the ball and then used the tulips to take out the undesirables. Great job.
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 05/08/2008 07:25:54 PM
Haha! What a great idea!
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 05/08/2008 07:13:23 PM
Very cool! I like his expression and the overall composition, frankly fake or not, turned out very well.
Good thing your theme isn't "Big Rocks" ;-)
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 05/08/2008 05:21:26 PM
How clever of you- a fun shot of that little rascal !
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 05/08/2008 02:50:14 PM
Very creative use of tulips!!
 05/08/2008 12:19:57 PM
I love the surreal quality of this. The tulips are artfully mixed into the picture and I probably wouldn't even have realized they were added to cover sins if you hadn't mentioned it. Wonderful candid portrait of your grandson. Well done!
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