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Twirly Whirly Girl!


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest Finalist   Twirly Whirly Girl!
Twirly Whirly Girl!
Getting swung around by her arms in the garden - wheee!

Panning only, no motion blur filter, colors enhanced in PSE.

1/100, f3.5, 18mm, afternoon light

Jane M

 
 
 

anonymous
 

Nice clear shot.


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June 30, 2006

 

Federico Collazuol
  Wow! excellent shot,Jane!


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July 01, 2006

 

Ross Throndson
  Jane, see you got your theme entry in, in the nick of time. Great motion capture - love the blurred background!! :^)


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July 02, 2006

 

Jane M
  Anitra, Federico, and Ross-thanks so much for the comments!

Ross, now I have kids EVEYTHING gets done on the last minute! LOL!


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July 04, 2006

 

Tressie Davis
  GREAT catch Jane! I've been trying to do this, but can't quite get it!


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July 11, 2006

 

Jane M
  I'm relieved this was selected as a finalist because it justifies the amount of work involved in getting it! There were a lot of duds before getting this one... This was taken by strapping the camera against my husband's body, setting the exposure manually with emphasis on shutter speed to get the right amount of background blur whilst keeping my daughter sharp, setting the (estimated!) focus manually as I couldn't rely on autofocus, and setting the timer mode so the shot would be taken by the camera once my husband started swinging her around. Now whenever my daughter hears the "beep beep" of the self-timer she asks "want another twirly"! :)


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August 27, 2006

 

Laura Clay-Ballard
  FAB shot! congrats!


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August 27, 2006

 

Tonya R. Boles
  Congratulations, your hard work paid off..Good luck in the next round.


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August 27, 2006

 
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  Wow, great shot, she looks a little pained but I'm sure she had fun! Congrats!


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August 27, 2006

 

Jane M
  Yes my one concern with this shot was she wasn't laughing during it. I can assure you she did enjoy it and was constantly clamoring to be swung around again!


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August 27, 2006

 

Ross Throndson
  Big Congratulations, Jane...Great Job on this!! :^)


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August 27, 2006

 

Sharon Day
  Congratulations again, Jane!!! Fantastic image!


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August 27, 2006

 

Susana Ms Heide
  Great work to get this shot Jane! Love the bright colors! Congratulations!


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August 27, 2006

 

Jane M
 
 
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Jane M

 
 
Thanks everyone! It was hard choosing the best photo to enter from this session, some had great expression but had something wrong with focus,exposure,composition etc. It was great fun though and this is one of the few times the kids were asking for more photos to be taken! :)

Here's a couple more from the session that make me smile.


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August 27, 2006

 
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