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From the Dust
From the Dust
wsteyn


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Challenge: Free Study 2009-01 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Sutherland, South Africa
Date: Jan 17, 2009
Aperture: f7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Black and White, Children
Date Uploaded: Jan 25, 2009

My daughter playing with a friend in the dust at Sutherland in the Karoo. We used a shovel to throw "bombs" of dust. The kids loved it and I got a few shots!

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Views since voting: 726
Views during voting: 236
Votes: 164
Comments: 6
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02/07/2009 03:26:17 AM
What a great shot and a very interesting capture. But IMO I think it would have been more striking without the dust as it draws my eye awy from a really excellent subject. 8
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02/06/2009 07:02:40 AM
Is it a real dust devil? Apparently commanded into existence by the girl at the back? That's pretty decisive!
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02/05/2009 10:24:27 PM
...and in the land of the Little Ones, during a reversal of the norm, he found himself a unintentional "guest" of the tribe. He did not know how he got there, nor how it all came to be. All he knew is that he found himself surrounded by the tots, the young ones, these adorable but haunting little toddlers that seemed to rule this land, seemed to have more knowledge and power and awareness than children should ever have.

Children, no, these were not children as he had known them, once, in whatever world had been his own. No, these were children of a different existence, and he was their prisoner. Desperately he pleaded with them to let him go, he meant no harm, he would go on his way, but they just smiled, and laughed. Smiled, laughed, and with a chant and a raising of the arms one of the wee ones seemed to summon a fire from the ground, and the smoke and dust rose into the air, and he knew then... knew then that he was doomed, and in this world, it was the children that ruled.
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02/01/2009 08:13:48 PM
give those kids a bath...then they would have allergies for a lifetime..perhaps too much like a snapshot
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02/01/2009 03:26:59 PM
Nice shot
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02/01/2009 01:35:32 PM
Too Cute :)
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