being themselves, a photo from North Sinai, Delta

Photographer's Note

Imagine for one moment you are about 9 years old again.

Do you remember those days when you used to get so excited that someone "from outside" was coming to YOUR school?! Normally you were told to be on your best behaviour :)

A small school just outside of Rafah; a class of unruly children just being their normally excited selves :)))

A time so far away, yet so close to the digital age.

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broglia (3604) 2008-10-15 14:49

Hi Cas, I think I recognize one of those children from a previous shot! Love the blurred action and all the different expressions from these obviously very excited kids. Yet amongst all the frantic movement are one or two little oasis' of calm, especially the two girls posing in the foreground. IMO it would be a good idea just to crop away the two girls on the far right as they add very little to the overall composition. Lots of very nice eye contact.

Charming shot, Roberto

Waylim (25436) 2008-10-15 15:43

Amazing one of them total have no face. I love the slow shutter speed, with the motion blur effect. It show movement and I can feel the energy from all the joy and fun the kids exubrant. What a moment. Yes, I can see being 9 again. thanks Casper.
Way

yaya13baut (3344) 2008-10-16 9:50

Hi Casper,
great collective portrait of these smiling children ; that's change of traditional school photos done at the beginning of the school year.
Yannis

isabela_sor (47748) 2008-10-18 12:13 [Comment]

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Polonaise (5802) 2008-11-01 20:27

This is the hundredth time I'm coming back to this photo and every single time I'm finding it more and more exciting...
Judging by the the thousands of posted fotkas with the kids, from every possible place on earth - this one is a one heck of a photo, Casper...
i would crop though, that red thing and the arm on the far right, especially that is so easy to do it this time...
But, other than that - no complains from me - whatsoever..

george

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Merline (0) 2008-11-02 9:59

Hi Casper,
I also would crop like the others suggested. Then we would only see that great photograph, with so much life and intensity, joy and colors, mix of sharp (the girls:) and blurred (the boys). I like very much the compo and that girl in the lower left corner, looking a bit out-of-the-world. Compliments, this is indeed very good work!

Michèle

marcdemoulin (1870) 2009-07-11 8:15

Great group shot with a lot of motion and energy! Well done.
Best RGDS
Marc