PHOTOGRAPH INFO

It's been very hot here for a few weeks - nothing like a swim in a cold creek on a 98 degree day!

Post-processing: Shot with the Canon EOS 5D and the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L lens at 35mm, ISO 400, f/2.8, shutter 1/500s. Curves adjustments and color balancing.

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--Kathleen

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well looks like somebody is having fun! ;)
very nice kathleen, love the colors.

Are the streams pretty cold there?

No need to ask, "are we having fun yet?"

Thomas Cole did a series of paintings depicting youth, middle age, and growing old on the "river of life." This image also depicts "Youth on the River of Life," but life/art has apparently loosened up a bit since the days of Cole.

Remember having such a good time without buying a ticket?

Thank you for the reminder!

This is really nice. Adorable child. I like the angle at which you caught this! Nice

Good colours and sharpness, and a very good motif as well. I'm not too sure if I'd take that kind of chances with my camera with all this water. Very good expression on the kid's face as well. Nice work!

Complete with socks and shoes! He must go through quite a few pairs of them in the course of a year.
This really brings a great big smile to my face and some tears to my eyes.
My dad loved to bring Rob to Tinicum Park when he was a little guy just that age.
Thanks for bringing back such a sweet memory for me. My dad left this world 14 years ago when Rob was just 7. With Rob, now a man, and so far away from me in Iraq, it has brought them back home to me. "Bobby" as Grandpa called his best buddy, a sweet, innocent, 7 year old boy with thoughts only of frogs and toads to occupy his mind. I think I must go fetch a Kleenex. I miss my boy and my dad.

Oh the joy of such a simple pleasure. Hope he is upstream from the dairy farm. Nice muted composition with just a tease of blue and green.

looks like fun. Another great adventure captured.

Love the texture and the colour in this scene!

This shot makes me want to go swimming. The kid looks so happy and refreshed. This shot reminds me of Dan Price's "License To Be A Kid" screed over at Moonlight Chronicles. Read it and you'll see what I mean. Fantastic picture.

Laurie, you make me think that there are no greater stories in history than the lives of "ordinary people" whose stories go unwritten.

You have provided with us with an image from real life.....beautiful.....and a tremendous depth of feel(ing)...it is obvious the Bobby's grandfather did a good job(s).

Bless you and your family...Thank you for sharing...tell Bobby "some guy in Idaho" says "Thank you for serving our country!".....and pass the Kleenex.

And "re-thank you," Kathleen for (we assume) once again getting your feet wet.....use a towel though, Kleenex has it's limits.

When I was young, a friend and I hiked the Presidential Trail in July. It took alot of convincing of our parents to let us go "alone into the wilderness" but we had a great time. We hiked in our boots, bathing suits and under garments, ate home made trail mix, got into a snow ball fight on Mt. Washington, ate our meals out of cans and floated down many a crystal clear stream, drinking the water as we went. We felt like pioneers sneaking up on indians, salamanders slithering to safety or kids on a toboggan sliding down a liquid slope. Nothing can ever quite replace that feeling you have floating along knowing the water you are drinking will not hurt you. Knowing that there are still places in this world where industry has not tainted the land. Let's all do what we can to keep it that way so our children and our children's children can float down these same streams with nothing but smiles on their faces.

lucky little fella!

This is really a great image. It makes me smile just thinking of how much fun he is having.