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Watermelon


	Watermelon My youngest, Elijah. Taken after my eldest son's "Watermelon Run" cross country meet. 20mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec, iso 100. Light source to the right is late day sunshine. Replaced the parking lot behind him with a grassy area from another shot in PSE2. Audrea Telkamp

Cathy Barrows

too cute....this just says summer

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September 30, 2004

Cathy Gregor

Super image, Audrea! He's getting every single bite of that melon.
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September 30, 2004

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Wow someone really loves watermellon, terrific Audrea!

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September 30, 2004

Christopher W. Holmes

Wonderful picture. I'm curious, what was the light source to the right of the camera?

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September 30, 2004

Audrea Telkamp

Thank you so much for your comments!! Christopher, the light source to the right is the sun later in the day (I think around 5:00pm). I replaced the parking lot that was behind him with some of the grassy area from another shot.

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October 01, 2004

Dale Gast

HOW CUTE, Audrea!!! Love the intensity on his face trying to get every bit of watermelon!!! Great job!!!

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October 03, 2004

Louison Rousseau

You did a great job with the close-up, the light (which wasn't that easy to expose for, I think) and the replacement of the background. This is a sweet and lovely shot!

If I may add a simple suggestion, I would try and blur the grass before adding it to the photo (not after, as you might get a funny halo on your son). It appears a bit too sharp considering that even a small aperture would probably not get something as close as your son's face and something else in the bg both in such good focus. This would also help the bg not overpower the shot.

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October 13, 2004

Audrea Telkamp

Thank you so much Louison!! That will give me the depth I am missing. Something bothered me about the background - you put your finger right on it!

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October 13, 2004

Dale Gast

CONGRATULATIONS, Audrea!!!!!!!!