It has been a little bit, but I'm back!

Here are my 3 entries for this weeks steemit photo contest.

Obviously, a lot of us here on steemit are very busy people, and my participation lately in this contest has shown it (since it has been a few weeks). Anyway, my kids and I teamed up this weekend to bring you these three (potential) masterpieces!

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Entry 1:

PICK A HAND... I DARE YOU!!!

Yes, I let my oldest daughter handle a snake and a scorpion at the same time. However, mama-pepper was holding the flashlight for the snake and the black light flashlight for the scorpion, so that makes it okay, right?

Actually, the snake is a non-venomous Northern Water Snake that, as far as I know, has never bitten anyone. And the scorpion? Well, actually, it was a dead one, so that makes it safer.

I wanted to get the right effect, so we waited until after dark and then put some appropriate light on each creature.

Other than the border, I have not edited this photo at all.

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Entry 2:

YOU SAID WHAT?

Our second oldest daughter has a face full of expressions, so I wanted to use her for a closeup of a hand and face. Her dark eyes have irises so dark that you can hardly tell where they end and where the pupil begins. I adjusted the contrast and popped it into black and white to add to the image.

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Entry 3:

A STEEM IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE ALGORITHM

To a certain degree, we are all trying to get our hands on some STEEM. I blog for mine, but many also mine for theirs. My son helped me out on this one, and our youngest (born) child made an appearance in the "proof" below.

I edited this one slightly, to enhance the color. You can compare to the original below.

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All photos were taken today with my Canon VIXIA HF R500 outside.

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Here are the original, unedited photos:

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For more on black lights and scorpions, check out my previous post on the subject:

BLACKLIGHT SCORPION LINK HERE

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As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:

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