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21-JAN-2009

20090121 - Humph :o(

For the Flash Us and Minimalism challenges for January.

On Saturday I ordered some bits'n'bobs from Amazon. Amongst it all was this battery-free ear/nose hair trimmer.
Guess which bit of my order was SO important and SO vital that they picked and packed it at 7AM on Monday morning???!!! All the other stuff, the GOOD stuff had to wait... no, it was obviously more important to send me this first. Doesn't make me feel at all old and haggered. Oh no :o(((

Must get out of high-key mode too...

The gold is a mixture of brown and green cellophane on one of the flashes.

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
1/200s f/5.6 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
JW29-Jan-2009 09:27
like others I don't understand how you set up this shot, and I did think it was a bullet case too!
Richard Chapman27-Jan-2009 17:38
Not sure I understand what you mean with "The gold is a mixture of brown and green cellophane on one of the flashes"... Is the object not naturally gold? And how did you avoid spilling gold from the flash onto the background?

It's a fine shot, however you did it!
carol j. phipps23-Jan-2009 02:22
Excellent isolation of the yellow tool! ouch!
Stewart Mitchell22-Jan-2009 20:42
Can't believe this is painless to use!?! Cool shot though!
Walter Otto Koenig22-Jan-2009 18:36
Looks painful somehow, but I do like the image. Like some sort of spacecraft.
Victoria22-Jan-2009 08:20
Wow, this is cool , i definitely first hear this gadget !!!! very nice
Maaike Huizer22-Jan-2009 07:57
:):) Well at least you received something!! How often they take weeks to send anything at all?
Great shot.
Guest 22-Jan-2009 07:55
A battery-free ear/nose hair trimmer? Isn't that just a pair of tweezers? ^_^;
Jeff Lobaugh22-Jan-2009 02:44
Very nice composition!!
Inga Morozoff22-Jan-2009 02:24
Yikes! I hope that *only* goes up nose and ear holes.
Laryl22-Jan-2009 01:33
so how does it work? :) nice shot
Sheila21-Jan-2009 23:20
Your shot is so minimal it doesn't even look frightening LOL.
http://www.pbase.com/sheils/image/92058247
Sheena Woodhead21-Jan-2009 22:35
I thought it was a bullet from the thumb :) Don't know how you have got it to stand up at that angle on it's own!
Doug Cruden21-Jan-2009 22:12
I'll leave the amusing comments to the others :o)) Great shot, well posed and taken ...and excellent use of flash, too...you seem to be able to do surprising things with it. V
laine8221-Jan-2009 21:48
That'll make your eyes water...nice shot though, Phillip
Gail Davison21-Jan-2009 21:29
Amazon know everything about you. Just wait until they bring zimmer frames up with 'you know you want one' written above it... then you'll know you are old hahaha
Máire Uí Mhaicín21-Jan-2009 20:00
Glad to read that this is what it is: I thought it might've been a doctored bullet you found on a ramble through the moors...or dales...or glens...
Neil Horner21-Jan-2009 19:57
LOL, I had the same thought as Scott !
J. Scott Coile21-Jan-2009 19:48
I thought it was a dart stripped of point and feather ;-) I need one too :-(
Johnny JAG21-Jan-2009 19:44
That's a very eco-friendly way to torture yourself!
jlm21-Jan-2009 19:38
It's for you make this publicity ;-)
Really nice !
Faye White21-Jan-2009 19:34
they knew that you needed it for a photo! :)
Nicki Thurgar21-Jan-2009 19:34
Ow! Ow! Doesn't it hurt?! I've never heard of this gadget before!! ;o)
Nicely shot though! ;o)
Ann...21-Jan-2009 19:31
So are we going to see a new you on Friday? ;))
What's wrong with high key... looks great!!
Nancy Lobaugh21-Jan-2009 19:25
..but it gave you a nice & shiny photo op!