Michael on July 4th
North Potomac, MD
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One of my favorite shots of my nephew Michael. I took it outside while we were waiting for 4th of July fireworks to commence. It was rather dark at the time but the fast 24mm f/1.4 lense really pulled through. And there was a bit of well-placed light bounce from a porch light behind. I actually shot this at 1.6 to get his face a bit sharper. I used a bit of noise reduction in Lightroom since this was a whopping ISO 12,800 shot.
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