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About Me Member General Digital Photographer UglyKidJ0e20/United Kingdom Recent Activity Deviant for 2 Years
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I'm back...

Tue Aug 4, 2009, 4:16 AM
Well after nearly a year of inactivity I thought i'd finally get my arse into gear and start taking some photos again. Unfortunately i haven't taken a single one yet but there is still hope on the horizon. In about a weeks time i'm off to china, hopefully for 12 months, so there will be plenty of new material and thus photographs to come.
Unfortunately though i can't take a tripod (although i rarely use it anyway!) but more importantly i'm only taking a netbook with me which is not powerful enough to really do much editing so they may be a little raw to say the least.

I'd like to say thanks to all the new adds, favs and comments. I apologize for the delay and what looks like laziness but it was in fact a combination of lots of work and being very lazy! :)

That's all going to change from today...or maybe tomorrow. Today i picked up my camera and to my horror had almost forgotten how to use the thing! Even worse the sensor looked as though i'd used it as a shovel. So out with the rocket blower and sensor swabs. After a quick blow (keep it clean people!) it still looked as though it was raining ash in my photos so i gave it a swab but alas not much better. So swabbed again. This time it was a lot better but there was an annoying little mark in the top left so would always appear in sky lines. One more swab and...*dum dum dum* (dramatic pause)...Some how it was now worse than when i started! Hairs, dust, water marks, a piece of chicken, it was all in there! And to my horror i only had one swab left and not enough time to order some more if the last failed!

With my heart racing, my hand shaking, i dripped three drops of the cleaning fluid onto the swab, the instructions said only two but i was feeling brash. A quick wipe to the right, another to the left...one more for good luck. The lens went back on in a flash. I took a few snaps of a lit white screen and...(if you're still reading by this point i highly commend your patience!) it was clean, or as clean as it was ever going to be!

Now i'm all set for china (although another lens wouldn't have gone amiss)

  • Mood: Dumbfounded
  • Listening to: My heart racing
  • Reading: God Emperor of Dune
  • Watching: Re-Genesis

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  • Current Residence: Shropshire
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: Childs small – I have growth issues alright!
  • Interests: Photography and…and…errrr I'll think about this one
  • Favourite movie: V for Vendetta and SpongeBob SquarePants (A true classic!)
  • Favourite band or musician: Alkaline Trio and System Of A Down
  • Favourite genre of music: Punk and Ska with just a bit of metal thrown in! :)
  • Favourite poet or writer: Frank Herbert, George Orwell and Tom Holt
  • Favourite style of art: Black and White
  • Operating System: XP
  • MP3 player of choice: Sony walkman
  • Shell of choice: one you can hear the sea in
  • Wallpaper of choice: Woodchip
  • Favourite game: Morrowind and Half Life
  • Favourite cartoon character: SpongeBob SquarePants
  • Tools of the Trade: I use a Nikon D80 + Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 and Paint.net

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Comments


:iconbeyondaura:
thank you for your
appreciation
:dygel:

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:iconsinakasra:
many thanks for FAV
:iconelspeth87:
Thanks for the fave. :)
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:iconuglykidj0e:
I don't know how you dare! lol
:iconletzzgo:
Thanks 4 fav

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:iconyamaguchiya:
I like your pictures :D
:iconkokako:
thanks for the info on gimp earlier in the year!
:iconmrluuu:
i really like your work. keep it up !
:iconuglykidj0e:
thank you so much and thanks for the add :)

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