Clowns
by Melethia

Comment by krnodil:
I'm thinking I prefer the color version more - for some reason the b&w dulls the creepiness, and that's just wrong. :)

Faces
by Melethia

Comment by KarenNfld:
Oh this is so cool!

Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by JuliBoc:
Oh my, CONGRATULATIONS. What a great way to end the year. I had no idea this was your shot, Deb, but it was one of my favorites. The expression on the child's face says all that can be said about 'window shopping'. She is precious.

Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by Bear_Music:
Oh, bravo! Closing out 2008 with a ribbon! Sweet shot!

Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by talj:
Congrats on the ribbon Deb!!! :o)

Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by hihosilver:
Deb...CONGRATS to you!!!! Her expression is priceless! Well done!

Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by patio127:
Congratulations , Deb, this is wonderful

Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by DrAchoo:
Man, every time you ribbon you are taking away a bit of your street cred! ;)

Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by raish:
You sure caught her.

In Norway (and no doubt Germany too) it is said that elves or pixies or some sort of magical little people dance in the shadows at the edge of the forest. A friend told me about how her daughter, on reaching the ripe old age of about seven or eight and breeching the walls of self-awareness, looked out of the car window while driving by the forest edge and said: "They're not there any more."

So thanks for taking us back to the magic.

Re: noise - you're an engineer (whatever that means, as there are several different ways to be an engineer, such that I even had it on my passport as occupation once because it was a usefully generic and imortant-sounding name) so you might be interested in this sort of thing. In the paragraph entitled 'causes of noise' you can see that most of the given causes there are likely to be exacerbated by holding a)the shutter open and b)current switched on in the sensor, for longer. I rest my case (without even having one).

Oh and thanks for your shadow commentary. Congrats on the ribbon.

Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by Coley:
Reminds me of Tiny Tim ... Nicely done
Congrats on the yeller Ribbon Deb!

Happy New Year :)