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5 / 50 : Face the ~~Fact~~ Fail

Hardest thing to learn ever? Simple. Accept that sometimes, you're gonna suck.
And I don't mean "suck a little". I mean "suck harder that you thought you could suck".

We're bound to. All of us.
And if we're lucky, or good, we might not have to face it that often.
But it will happen. And it always sucks to find out that you sucked.

Trying to avoid writing the word "suck" again, let me give you a little context :
I had a plan for today's photo. I had it right there, in my mind, just waiting to happen....
But you know, life sometimes tends to get in the way.

Tonight, I got home late, with no photos in my stash and HAD to rely a on my "safety-net of ideas", the kinda thing that really comes in handy whenever any other option crashed and burned!
The idea was to replicate the shadows pattern that hit our rooms during the day by placing a strobe outside in the street and take a night portrait with it.

Pretty easy you say? And that's were I turned out to be so damn wrong.
First of all, at the first try my chinese chep transmitter broke and almost pulverized my flash on the ground. Luckily, the Sb900 is a damn sturdy little flash head, and proved itself worthy of the price I payed it. Taped the whole thing again and asked a couple of people passing by to watch the flash while I was taking the photo.
To make it all a little harder, my roommate's dog decided to bring more challenge to the game by continuously getting in the frame, barking, and howling at me whenever i tried to leave the apartment to adjust the flash.

Result? One frame.
This one. And I HATE THE HELL OUT OF IT.

But hey, don't worry, last year's 365 Project taught me tons of stuff, among which the fact that some days you're just gonna fail.

Tomorrow's another day.

Five done, JUST 45 to go :)

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Camera Info: Nikon D700 | 50mm (ƒ/1.4G) @ 50mm | ƒ/1.4 | ISO 400 | 1/6 s — Camera on Tripod

Strobist Info: Nikon SB900 | 1/128th Power | Full CTO on it | With a 1/8 grid on it | Subject right, outside, trying to mimic streetlights| On a stand, double taped to it

Taken in: Italia / Lazio / Roma (show map)

Taken on: October 6, 2012

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Camera: Nikon D700, f/1.4, 1/6 sec, 50mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D700
Lens:	50.0 mm f/1.4
Aperture:	f/1.4
Exposure Time:	0.167 sec (1/6)
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh
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