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When we baptize folks at church, I like to take pics. I think people have become accustomed to yours truly staking out a spot right up front. I try hard not to be too obtrusive or distracting. Then I give a free picture to each person who got baptized.

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I tried something new this time. I wanted to shoot high-speed continuous, so I couldn't use flash. This shot is a composite, showing Denise coming out of the water. I did it by using the collage feature in Google's free Picasa program, but first I edited out my pastor, so that he was in the last frame, but gone from the other three shots. That's why you see movement from Denise, but not Pastor John.

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A big thank-you to my buddy Pete, who pulled the microphone out of the picture for me. I like my images to have a simple subject and free from distracting clutter.

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Next time I do this, I will try using brighter bulbs in the cans, and switch from spot meter to area meter. What about you? Do you have any ideas or suggestions?

tanks a lot

Thanks for the kind sentiments. I feel much better today.

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Great news! S2 got baptized Sunday!! Plus, I was the one to dunk him! I was filled with all kinds of good-feeling mushy stuff inside. Since I couldn't take a picture AND do the dunking, I grabbed a shot from the inside of the booth, before going into the big tank. It was tempting to say Delmar's line from O Brother, Where Art Thou? "C'mon in boys, the water is fine."

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While we're on the subject of tanks, I tried to capture a decent shot of illuminated fish tanks at the pet store, but that was tougher than you might think. The room was not bright directly overhead, but there were plenty of distant lights that reflected off the glass. Plus some tanks were smudgy.