Welcome to Troop 's Website! Recent News and Updates Below Click Here for Past News and Updates Last Update: 3/3/2008 2010 Calendar: Click Here to Download Join us for and learn while having good Boy Scout fun... Next campout, Aug 20, 21, 22  for Tracking and Photography, Merit Badges.   Requirements for the Tracking merit badge: Demonstrate by means of a tracking game or otherwise, ability to track skillfully in shelter and wind, etc., showing how to proceed noiselessly and "freeze" when occasion demands. Know and recognize the tracks of ten different kinds of animals or birds in his vicinity, three of which may be domestic. Submit satisfactory evidence that he has trailed two different kinds of wild animals or birds on ordinary ground far enough to determine the direction in which they were going, and their gait or speed. Give the names of animals or birds trailed, their direction of travel, and describe gait and speed; or submit satisfactory evidence that he has trailed six different kinds of wild animal or birds in snow, sand, dust, or mud, far enough to determine the direction they were going and their gait or speed. Give names of animals or birds, their direction of travel, and describe gait and speed. Submit satisfactory evidence that he has tracked a human being and deducted from the trail whether it was man or woman, young or old, the gait or speed, and also give any other information deduced. Submit evidence that he has scored at least 30 points from the following groups: Group (f) and 4 of the 5 groups (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) must be represented in the score of 30 and at least 7 points must be scored from (a), (b), or (c). Make a clear, recognizable photographs of: Live bird away from nest - 4 points each Live woodchuck or smaller wild animal - 3 points each Live wild animal larger than woodchuck - 4 points each Live bird on nest - 3 points each Tracks of live wild animal or bird - 2 points each Make satisfactory plaster cast of wild animal or bird tracks with identification imprint on back of cast - 2 points each Requirements for the Photography merit badge: Explain how the following elements and terms affect the quality of a picture: Light-natural light/ambient, flash Exposure-aperture (f-stops), shutter speed, depth of field Composition-rule of thirds, leading lines, framing, depth Angle of view Stopping action Explain the basic parts and operation of a film camera or digital camera. Explain how an exposure is made when you take a picture. Discuss with your counselor the differences between a film camera and a digital camera. List at least five advantages and five disadvantages of using a digital camera versus using a film camera. Do ONE of the following: Produce a picture story using the photojournalistic technique of documenting an event. Share your plan with your counselor and get your counselor's input and approval before you proceed. Then, using either a film camera or a digital camera, produce your approved picture story. Process your images and select eight to 12 images that best tell your story. Arrange your images in order, then mount the prints on a poster board. If you are using digital images, you may create a slide show on your computer or produce printouts for your poster board. Share your picture story with your counselor. Choose a topic that interests you to photograph for an exhibit or display. Get your counselor's approval, then photograph (digital or film) your topic. Process your images. Choose 20 of your favorite images and mount them on poster board. Share your display with your counselor. If you are using digital images, you may create a slide show on your computer or produce printouts for your poster board. Discuss with your counselor the career opportunities in photography. Pick one that interests you and explain how to prepare for such a career. Discuss with your counselor the education and training such a career would require. Another great Summer Camp for troop 79 ...Visit "PHOTOS" section for more fun.