Go To Your Room, NOW, Young Man!!!
by Skip

Comment by Skip:
Thanks to all of you who voted and commented here! I deeply and truly appreciate it!

Every now and then, the stars line up, and opportunity meets effort. This shot required 3 days to take. Even though Beau has had a camera in his face most of his life, he still has all the energy of 6 1/2 year old. Because his sister wasn't involved, he was twice as fired up, enjoying the spotlight (so to speak).

Day 1, we did test shots just to see if it would work. The next day, we tried playing with the lights (I was using 2 desklamps with 100 wt bulbs), but nothing seemed to work.

We decided to try one more time, putting the lights where we had them for the test shot. This really took an effort, trying to get a defined shadow without my hand, while also only having 2 seconds to get in place after firing off the remote.

I really owe Beau big for helping me pull this off. Stop for a moment, if you will, to picture this. He really wants to be bouncing off the walls, and he's got this natural killer grin. I line up the shot, and tell him, "Ok, NOW! Don't move!!!" He strikes his pose and holds it for about 4-5 seconds. Then I go check the LCD, and, for the umpteenth time, say, "Aw, my finger's in it! We have to do it again!" Yep, my little man came through for me, and I am really proud of him for that!

Thanks again to all of you, glad that you all found a little piece you could connect with.

Skip

The Clique
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Comment by speedylix:
God macro with nice light, although there seems to exist some need for lens cleaning...

Go To Your Room, NOW, Young Man!!!
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Comment by insane:
Yep :) A splendid idea. It creates a mood you know. It was a 9 from me.

Go To Your Room, NOW, Young Man!!!
by Skip

Comment by aznym:
Great job skip! Congratulations and all the best.

The Clique
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Comment by sgauria:
focus at the back might have helped

Go To Your Room, NOW, Young Man!!!
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Comment by Kylie:
Skip - how awesome!!!!! It just makes my day seeing yours do so well!!!!

The Clique
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Comment by BikeRacer:
I like this shot - it makes me think of scifi. Are those tictacs? I like the choice of focus here, too bad its a basic challenge, those spots (dirt, sensor dust?) would have been nice to clone out.

Go To Your Room, NOW, Young Man!!!
by Skip

Comment by graphicfunk:
Congratulations on your 5th finish. A very strong image with both the tender tones of submission and parental authority. Here you created a poem of an image.

Go To Your Room, NOW, Young Man!!!
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Comment by debitipton:
Congratulations! You've broken out of the under 5 rut right to the 6s. Way to go

Go To Your Room, NOW, Young Man!!!
by Skip

Comment by Neil:
Congrats on your 5th place finish Skip. I keep telling them to give out at least 6 ribbons each time. They keep saying they can't afford all those ribbons. ;)