Young Swimmers on the Dock, Henderson Harbor, NY, Striking Old Snapshot Photo merit badge with metal "blades" attached to

with metal "blades" attached to round metal end

and a sword held from his belt extending on the opposite diagonal

and perhaps sketched on site while visiting a New York museum

which left him blind in one eye and partially sighted in the other

Young Swimmers on the Dock, Henderson Harbor, NY, Striking Old Snapshot Photo merit badge with metal "blades" attached toFeels like summer. I really love the composition here, with this densely packed group of young swimmers seated in all different positions on the dock, forming a low horizon line giving way to an expanse of white above. A beautiful play of limbs and gestures and heads turned in every direction, including one just getting her face into view near right. Very atmospheric. And with this one young girl near center, facing toward the camera, a magnetic focal