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Uploaded: December 06, 2002

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Canon PowerShot G1

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Lianne E. Cook December 06, 2002

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?! #14885

Damian P. Gadal May 26, 2019

Yeah!

How did you do this? #28641

Wolfgang Dolak May 26, 2019

Too good to be true!!! Wonderful!
birdie #28648

Bernard B. Travers May 26, 2019

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. #28722

Monika Sapek May 26, 2019

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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Lianne E. Cook May 26, 2019

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! #28734

Monika Sapek May 26, 2019

You are too kind, Lianne! I never think of my photos as that good, but thank you so much!
Monika
#28755

Carol Engstrom level-classic May 26, 2019

This is wonderful Monika! What a creative idea--and your photos are that good. #28758

Monika Sapek May 26, 2019

Carol, I’m glad you like this photo, too. Your nice comment is appreciated very much!
Monika
#28760

Cathy M. Gromball May 26, 2019

Congratulations Monika! Another wonderful shot!

Cathy :) #37505

Monika Sapek May 26, 2019

Thank you so much, Cathy!
Monika #37755

Carol Engstrom level-classic May 26, 2019

Congrats, Monika! Love your work. #38280

Bernard B. Travers May 26, 2019

Absowootwee Splendiferous. I just knew this would be a winner. Congratulations Monika. #38312

Wolfgang Dolak May 26, 2019

Congratulations to this great shot!
birdie #38363

Lianne E. Cook May 26, 2019

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

Congrats! #38597

Monika Sapek May 26, 2019

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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