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Posted By: fractal, 02-18-2010, 02:19 AM

Kudos to these kids who spend their late afternoons relentlessly doing tricks on skateboards, scooters & BMXs. Most kids are glued to the net/telly after school. Or, adults for that matter

Literally walked out of the front gate to take these. I showed the young one his photo and he said 'Sick bro! You should team up with my mum.. she has a Canon and lots of mad lenses'. Haha. That was well worth a laugh.






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I think its always great to give younger generations some recognition. Nice pics too!
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Thanks a lot Phil.
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Nice shots mate, I'm amazed at the air he's got in #2. Reminds me I need to go down to my local skate park sometime for some shots. Plenty of graffiti there too.

Just something to note IMO, I feel that the vignette or darkening on the edges is a bit too distracting, particularly number 1.

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Good street shots for sure.

And the situation seems to be the same here - you rarely see kids out playing like in my day (when - according to my Dad - we "roved like wolfpacks"). Part of this may be due to all of the organized, extracurricular stuff available today, but I think you're right - TV and computer games play a big role.

Anyway - good to see these guys having fun.

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Nice work on the mono conversion - it works well with these.
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QuoteOriginally posted by goddo31 Quote
Nice shots mate, I'm amazed at the air he's got in #2. Reminds me I need to go down to my local skate park sometime for some shots. Plenty of graffiti there too.

Just something to note IMO, I feel that the vignette or darkening on the edges is a bit too distracting, particularly number 1.
Thanks for the compliments & critique. I do get a bit moody when post processing on occasions. The little tacker did manage to get some good air though!

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Good street shots for sure.

And the situation seems to be the same here - you rarely see kids out playing like in my day (when - according to my Dad - we "roved like wolfpacks"). Part of this may be due to all of the organized, extracurricular stuff available today, but I think you're right - TV and computer games play a big role.

Anyway - good to see these guys having fun.
Thanks a lot Jer. Kids need to get out and play more these days. Although, TV is getting more cunning with its techniques to lure kids & adolescents in.

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Nice work on the mono conversion - it works well with these.
Thanks Matt.

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