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Who says concrete blocks can’t be beautiful.

are those from the orphanage/ school?

Yes, from the 2009 trip. The kids at the school made them, all 3000 of them.

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Well, I should have gone back and reread the theme description before now! I thought it had to be concrete blocks, so I’m running around town looking for buildings, walls, anything that is made of concrete blocks. Lesson learned. Reread!!!!!!!

Who says concrete blocks can’t be beautiful.

Lesotho Mission 2009 by Craig in TO, on Flickr

(this is not my photo; however, the person who took it inspired me to buy a [Nikon] camera)

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Not really ennuipoet, actually, I’m kind of lost on this one, inspiration fails me.

Last Friday I was staring at a brick wall, trying t figure out what to make of it…

Think of brick details, different coursing, window arches, etc.

This is going to be a fun contest for me, I spent 6 years doing building restoration, specifically masonry buildings. I’ve been going through my work archives (at least the ones I copied before I left the job), and oddly enough, most of them lack any kind of artistic bent…

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I thought I share one of my attempts from last night. This is the Ferris wheel at a ‘local’ fall fair. The shakiness comes from me shivering, it was -1C after the sun went down.

Blurry Ferris Wheel by Craig in TO, on Flickr

I have some other attempts that are very, uhm, psychedelic to say the least.

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Sigh, I swear this is the last time I archive dive to my African trip for photos….

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Gotta admit, I was thinking about mounting on a tripod, then hand-holding it aloft and *spin*. But yeah, I get that might not be kosher.

You could probably hold the camera over your head get similar results.

/I’m not responsible if you get too dizzy and drop your camera.

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What if I place a tripod on top of an unstable object, say a small boat or something floating on water?

it’s not really hand held then is it?

/also notsureifserious

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What about flash? You can make sure pretty cool shots with second curtain flash, but I’m not sure that’s your intent. If not, you might wanna be explicit about it in the theme description.

In the theme discussion, I think we covered this: Flashes are okay.

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I’ve thought ab out this a bit more and experimented. The concept is to take any kind of mechanical support out of it, so the string thing is out.
Also out: Resting your hand on something solid with the camera in your hand.

I think if you can move two joints (i. wrists and elbows) it should be good.

Don’t think of the contest as who can take the clearest hand held long exposure shot, but rather who can make the out of out the blur. I’m not saying you can’t go for the clearest shot though…

I think there will more questions, so I’ll do my best to answer in a timely fashion.

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oh, an early b-side

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21883298@N08/8004390778/

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I’ve been preparing for this one for a while. I even went with at theme: Banks. Yes they are exclusively buildings, but hey, I seem to be good at that.

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Fark! can i get voting enable on my shot @ 2012-08-29 08:07:16 PM

Looks like it’s already vote enabled

okay, I didn’t look like it when I checked 5 minutes ago, but now it does. Maybe I should post with a cat sleeping on my chest.

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Fark! can i get voting enable on my shot @ 2012-08-29 08:07:16 PM

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I was surprised to see my shot had shot up in the voting today…it had 2-3 when I checked yesterday, now it has 12. I’m happy with that, and confused at the same time.

U-Man, I love that shot, the only thing that would make it better is a Habs toque 😉

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+1

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