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Mother's Little Helper
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Challenge: Rolling Stones Songs (Basic Editing)
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Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Pentax
Location: My Kitchen
Date: Jul 30, 2007
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Photojournalism, Political
Date Uploaded: Jul 30, 2007

 Quick set up and shot of an idea I've been thinking about all week.

Light was fading in the kitchen, so I set the lens wide open lens (f/2.8 at 1/8). If I would have been thinking more during the shoot, I would've shot some frames at f/4, 5.6 and 8 to provide slight more definition in the background.

I always loved this song.

What a drag it is getting old.
"Kids are different today,"
I hear ev'ry mother say
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though she's not really ill
There's a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day.

"Things are different today,"
I hear ev'ry mother say
Cooking fresh food for a husband's just a drag
So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak
And goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
And two help her on her way, get her through her busy day.

Doctor, please, some more of these
Outside the door, she took four more
What a drag it is getting old.

"Men just aren't the same today,"
I hear ev'ry mother say
They just don't appreciate that you get tired
They're so hard to satisfy. You can tranquilize your mind
So go running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
And four help you through the night, help to minimise your plight.

Doctor,plese, some more of these
Outside the door, she took four more
What a drag it is getting old.

Life's just much too hard today,"
I hear ev'ry mother say
The pursuit of happiness just seems a bore
And if you take more of those, you will get an overdose
No more running to the shelter of a mother's little helper
They just helped you on your way through your busy dying day

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Fujifilm FinePix S9000
 08/07/2007 12:20:38 PM
I think this is the best of the pill shots here.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Nikkor 300mm f/4.0
 08/05/2007 08:55:54 PM
Uh-oh.
Simple, but effective. The DOF is used to pwerful advantage.
Congratulations and thank you for making a strong, simple statement. Haven't seen any others so far on this thread.
I wonder how this will rate in the tally.... 8 for courage and uniqueness.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 08/02/2007 11:10:40 PM
Very well done. The women in the background tells the story. This is the best I have seen so far. Fits the challenge very well.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
 08/01/2007 11:53:32 PM
Good one with the little yellow pill and all. Good DOF. 8
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Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 08/01/2007 10:37:45 PM
love the oof lady in the background. shame about the highlight just to her lower left. (should have moved the kettle!!)
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III
 08/01/2007 04:39:40 PM
The perspective helps to tell the story, but this is almost two separate pictures.
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Sony DSC-H2
 08/01/2007 03:59:21 PM
kind of nice, the out of focus background makes this-6
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