[Photo] Puppies preview

On Saturday I visited the Humphreys to take photos of their Labrador puppy Pippin and the visiting White Alsatian puppy Tito (who belongs to twentypence's parents). Both were quite tricky as Pippin was hard to expose correctly (black shiny coat) and Tito was very active indeed but I got some cool shots, a preview of which follows (many more to come when I get round to doing them).

 
  

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[Photo] autumn_storm preview

After the puppies, I took a few quick portraits of the hostess, testing a few lighting options. I'm quite pleased with the results, although I forgot to turn down the ISO when I switched to flash. However, the two remote flashguns worked a treat on the shots of the Chinese dress. The shots in the blue dressing gown were done with a powerful daylight bulb in a desk lamp.

  
 

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Damn you, undyingking!

This word association game is hurting my brain.

ETA: The whole thing was built by igor_nav, go and moan at him. ;o)

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Dammit!

This word association game really annoys me now. The top right box is still missing but my brain is fried and I can't think of anything connecting dragons and China although it should be obvious.
Many empty brown spots, too and I have no idea how the yellow ones work.
For those not yet hooked, the game is here.