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Monika Sapek

 
 
 

Lianne E. Cook
 

omgosh I love it I love it I love it!!! a winner fershure!

pleeeeeeeze tell how you did this, did you put the camera in the box on a timer? did someone cut out the other end? oh wait, is this a double-ended box? ...or...or ...or what?!


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December 06, 2002

 

Damian P. Gadal
  Yeah!

How did you do this?


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May 26, 2019

 

Wolfgang Dolak
  Too good to be true!!! Wonderful!
birdie


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May 26, 2019

 

Bernard B. Travers
  Monika, the super duper shooter. Are you real tiny or is the back on this mailbox missing? Pray tell us before we wither and die.

WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPH Monika, incidently. You've got the stuff lady.


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May 26, 2019

 

Monika Sapek
  Thank you so much for the comments, guys! They’re appreciated!

About the picture…Of course I put my camera into a mail box, I didn’t break anything! I took several shots with different types of settings and in different times during the day. Because so many photos were taken and I didn’t want to put in and take out my camera from the box, I used timer and a remote. My son was pretending in this scene and made lots of funny faces. We both had a great time taking this picture (And I think our neighbors had lots of fun, too because we were sticking our heads inside mail box ;-)
My settings were:

Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 2.0
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Built-in + Red eye reduction
Flash exposure compensation: -1
Metering mode: Center-weighted average
Self-timer: 2 sec.
ISO: 50
Lens: 7.0 to 21.0 mm
Focal length: 7.0 mm
Subject distance: 0.65 m

Monika


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May 26, 2019

 

Lianne E. Cook
  i keep comin' back to look, your son's face puts me so in mind of one of norman rockwell's portraits of life, this one is definitely a winner Monika, well done!


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May 26, 2019

 

Monika Sapek
  You are too kind, Lianne! I never think of my photos as that good, but thank you so much!
Monika


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May 26, 2019

 
- Carol Engstrom

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  This is wonderful Monika! What a creative idea--and your photos are that good.


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May 26, 2019

 

Monika Sapek
  Carol, I’m glad you like this photo, too. Your nice comment is appreciated very much!
Monika


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May 26, 2019

 

Cathy M. Gromball
  Congratulations Monika! Another wonderful shot!

Cathy :)


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May 26, 2019

 

Monika Sapek
  Thank you so much, Cathy!
Monika


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May 26, 2019

 
- Carol Engstrom

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  Congrats, Monika! Love your work.


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May 26, 2019

 

Bernard B. Travers
  Absowootwee Splendiferous. I just knew this would be a winner. Congratulations Monika.


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May 26, 2019

 

Wolfgang Dolak
  Congratulations to this great shot!
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May 26, 2019

 

Lianne E. Cook
  i TOLD you there was somethin' norman rockwell about this - I bet it goes farther too :o)

Congrats!


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May 26, 2019

 

Monika Sapek
  Thank you for your nice comments, everyone. I appreciate them very much! Winning was a kind of small surprise for me and for my son, because we took this photo a couple of months ago and almost forgot about it.
Once again – Thank you for the comments!
Monika


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May 26, 2019

 
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