"The pic shows Jakob, my elder son," says Paul Vanovertveld. "Spring is already everywhere and naturally the dandelions attracted him. I was lucky to get some good shots."

Paul used a Canon 20D set to Aperture Priority mode (f-5.0), 1/200th sec., ISO 200, lens set to 105mm.

And I think we should take a moment to celebrate our 100th Grab Shot. By all of you sharing your fine work, you've helped create a more interesting destination for all of our virtual camera club members. I'm going to think of some way to further acknowledge this, but for the time being, I want to say "thank you!".

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"A friend and I went out shooting for fun one night," said Thomas M. Loftus. "This bridge, the Veteran's Memorial Bridge, crosses the Missouri River between Sioux City, IA and South Sioux City, NE, suddenly had a blazing backdrop. We were certainly in the right place at the right time. Some minor color adjustments were done and some distracting lights in the background cloned out."

Thomas captured this glorious image with a Canon Rebel XT, kit 18-55mm Lens at 37mm, f/5, 1/15 sec., auto white balance.

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"I took this whilst out at the Zoo with my little boy having a fun day out -- as well as looking for shots for this month's photo assignment," said Karl Gartland. "Originally, I was going to submit it for the Texture assignment, but finally decided it worked better as a grab shot. It's a photo of a Rhea who was busy grooming him/her self and not in the bit interested in the crowds of people walking by."

Karl used a Canon EOS 400D (XTi) in Aperture Priority mode (5.6) at 160th of a second with the ISO set to 100. The focal length was 190mm.

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"Here is a photo of my grandson receiving his birthday cake on his fourth birthday," said Rusty Rhodes. "I call it "Absolute Delight"."

"It was taken with my Nikon D200 with an 18-200 VR at 24mm. 1/10 sec f/3.8 ISO 800. I'm usually pretty picky with the sharpness of my photo's, but this is one I wouldn't trade for 10 tack sharp pictures taken 10 seconds later. A "grab shot" indeed. I love this VR lens."

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"I saw this as I was riding north from Denver to Cheyenne on a strangely calm morning" said Mark Castleman. "It's a good reminder to keep your camera with you because you never know when you'll be in the right place at the right time."

Mark used his Pentax K10D with a 100-300mm lens set to 185mm; f-9.5, 1/350th, at ISO 100 for this terrific grab shot.

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"I was at the beach during sunset and walking around looking for interesting people (surfers, runners, kids, fishermen) to silhouette against the setting sun," said Gustavo Fernandez. "I walked by this local group of friends and immediately saw an opportunity. I took the first three images from a distance, and they looked like I was towering over them since the beach slopped upwards and I am 6ft tall. This was the fourth shot where I changed the perspective by getting lower and zooming out on my lens to fill the image with their silhouettes."

Gustavo used a Canon 30D with a 17-85mm lens zoomed out to 75mm. ISO: 400, shutter: 1/250 and aperture: F10. Nice shot!

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"The eclipse was almost over as the moon rose over downtown Denver" said Mark Castleman. "This was taken from Lookout Mountain, just west of Golden, Colorado using a tripod."

Mark set his Pentax K10D to ISO 100 (which is the right setting since his camera was on a tripod. The low ISO helped keep the noise in the sky to a minimum.) The exposure was 1/15th at f-5.6.

Nice job, Mark!

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"This is the first photo I ever took with my Nikon D50," said Ken Larson. "I can't remember which lens I was using, but I was looking through my house for something to shoot and my girlfriend's cat, Grim, was sitting there and had just opened his eyes. The flash hit him just right."

"This shot is cropped, but no other editing has been done. I've tried to get another shot like this ever since, but never again."

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"The little girl is waiting for her mom to get change so they can ride the carousel," says Victor Cenac-Mehedinti. "While she waits, she looks through the bars with anticipation!"

Victor captured this image at the Santa Monica Pier with a Canon 5D, Canon EF 24-105 USM L. The ISO was set to 400, shutter speed was 1/100, and aperture was f-4.

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"Here's my cat having some fun with the USB end of my iPod cable," said Joe Rodricks. "This was taken with my Nikon D50 at f/22.0 with an exposure of 1/60 and a focal length of 80mm in direct sunlight. The cat is on an old wood sign that was turned into a coffee table with a thin sheet of Plexiglas on top, thus the reflection, which made the whole picture very bright."

"While the cat chewing on the cord was impromptu, this was the result of my experimenting with such a bright setting. I'm pretty happy with the results, my iPod cable, not so much."

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