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Photo Assignment: Weekend 11/24/07 Thanksgiving Special

Portraits III

My other half Jeanne and her Dad

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RM

OK I'll shut up now....:)
 
Happy Thanksgiving Portraits

Well, I hope everyone had a ball (butter-ball?) this Thrusday. Great subject for portraits, Tom!

I struggled with the dim lighting at Grandma's house. After setting the ISO to 1600, I had some more luck, but many images were a bit grainy.

Here are those to whom I am quite grateful:

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She Who Must Be Obeyed

This is horribly under-exposed, but it so perfectly captures her kind and playful nature, I just had to post it. Truly challenging portrait in very low light, and will little warning (I was playing with the camera settings, and she had decided I should put it away :scratch ).
 
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Happy Thanksgiving Portraits II

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Bath-Time for Cousins
 
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Happy Thanksgiving Portraits III

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A Little Thanksgiving Ham

The fill-flash is a little much, so I’ll probably crop out some of the ladder and PhotoShop it before framing.

Here’s another without the flash. I love the contrast, but not totally thrilled that half her fact is over-exposed.

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Happy Thanksgiving Portraits VI

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Tryptophan

Again, this was in VERY low light. Here is another with more exposure. I struggled on this one as well. The darker is crisper, and is more representative of the moment.

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Happy Thanksgiving Portraits V

OK... At the risk of taking over, here are some of the honorable mentions:

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I really had fun with this, and I think some of these could find their way into Christmas stockings…
 
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Fantastic pictures this week!! Great portraits from everyone.

I had a great time hanging out with family this year including these two beautiful children:

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?grateful for?

grandkids :thumb
 

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I'm thankful for

A loving active family

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After 3 brothers and two sons, my youngest child is Sugar and Spice

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Wow. Super place. I take if if you turn around from your vantage point, you won't see a Walmart.

You got that right. Here is the view the other way! This is not a submission - way too fuzzy - but it does show the view Jack mentioned.

The nearest Walmart is 120 miles away - in Ft. Stockton. The nearest Super Walmart is 154 miles away in Pecos. In fact, the nearest town of any size is 53 miles away - Alpine, although fuel, some food, hardware, are located at Study Butte/Terlingua - a mere 25 miles away.
 

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Sweet! I love pictures that make me ask "What's the rest of the story?"

Voni
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