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Candy Cowboy

            This is for all you cowboy builders out there who make peoples life a misery even if you have been paid to do a job.
Why not do it right first time that way I won't have to see you again.
My roofers have agreed to come round once again to deal with the problem but are saying they won't come round again after this time and hold no responsibilty if it's still leaking WTF !
If you fixed the leak the first time like I asked you, you wouldn't have had to come back, and I'm made to feel it's my fault and I'm a nuisance.
Anyway 4th time lucky to get the job done right lol, I'll let you know how it goes ;)

Once again thank you for your amazing comments of support and for helping to put my last picture in Explore.

This was a bit of cabin fever fun.
I painted on honey to my chin with an ickle brush then dipped my chin into a bowl full of sprinkles.
As this was a the first time I tried this I didn't put on the honey thick enough, I would have liked to have had a thicker sprinkly beard with no gaps.
This was a hard shot to take being the model and photographer lol.
I set up a stool and asked my daughter to sit on it whilst I composed the shot and focused.
Then we swapped over and I asked my daugther to look through the viewfinder and tell me how to move to be central in the shot and press the shutter button.
Some came out where my eyes were blurry but thats the beauty of digital, try and try again.

My camera set up in position on my tripod.
I had 2x Jessops 360 AFD flashguns either side of my camera mounted on stands with see through umbrellas attached to both.
My Nikon SB600 was behind me taped to my monopod and attached to the stool pointing directly at the wall.
The Jessops flashguns where set at 1/2 power.
The Nikon SB 600 was set to full power.
The flashes where fired off camera via my Yongnuo RF-602 trigger + recievers.
I held a big silver reflector on my lap trying to direct light up into the shadows.

Taken With
►Nikon D300s
►Nikon 16-85 @55mm
►2x Jessops 360 AFDS
►1x Nikon SB600
►Yongnuo RF-602 trigger + recievers
►Silver reflector
►Cowboy Hat + Sprinkles

Post Processing
►White Balance correction
►Levels to make the whites white
►'S' curve for contrast
►Whitened the whites of the eyes with the dodge tool

To cheer myself up I was thinking of treating myself to the hahnel battery grip for my D300s, if anyone has one feel free to let me know what you think before I take the plunge please.

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Taken in: United States / Texas (show map)

Taken on: March 4, 2012

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Camera: Nikon D300S, f/11.0, 1/250 sec, 55mm (=82mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300S
Lens:	16.0-85.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	55mm (35mm equivalent: 82mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Flash
Contrast:	High
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
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