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Disaster strikes


It had to happen eventually
It has been 15 months since she left me.
She prided herself on never running out of anything.
Since she left I have not run out of ANYTHING.
Not trash bags, not tin foil, not milk, not TP.
Unfortunately my 15 months of perfection ended.
All I wanted was a hot dog with ketchup.
There is not enough in that bottle.
It means a trip to the store.
Lets do some math together about this.
15 months is about 450 days.
She "sent me out" for something at least every 2 days.
I'll be a sport for this and call it every 3 days (right).
That would mean she would have "sent me out" 150 times in 15 months
(that is if she had not "sent herself out" - Ok, now that is funny)
I figure this special trip to the store leaves me about 149 ahead.
I will just take that bargain!



Oh, and on a bit of technical photography information:
No, my face did not turn bright red.
I have been playing with different D200 settings and levels.
I totally blew it here for a couple of reasons.
I have 2 different types of light in this (incandescent and flash).
I was using a high saturation and Color Mode III.
Just the combination totally borked my face in this.
Yes, all of this is because I am practicing for Disney!
I'd rather mess up now than when Mickey is watching.
I think I will be switching the color mode back now.
That and running to the store for ketchup!





Nikon D200
1/3s f/8.0 at 17.0mm iso400 full exif

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David Henry06-Aug-2008 03:36
Oh I think I just showed my lazy side. I was using the on-camera flash. I'll try it with a warming gel and a real flash next time. Thanks for the suggestion.
Glen Sansoucie06-Aug-2008 03:11
Interesting post. On the technical aspects, do you have any gels for your flash to bring it inline with the incandescent? You can then get the White Balance pretty much spot on when Post Processing.