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Safe in Padded Cell Til November 1
Oct 31, 2023 14:50:33   #
dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida
 
It happens to me every year on Halloween. I lock my self in a Padded room, I can not go in public like this...


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Oct 31, 2023 15:00:31   #
dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida
 
How2. 100 bulb UV flash light and my face hair not trimmed for a month then wetted with Tonic water. That blue glow comes from quinine, the substance that gives tonic water its bitter taste, and blue glow when shining with UV by the process of fluorescence. An acute up angle of light exaggerates the shadows of my face. A bit of plugin manipulation accents colors and facial lines.

Once that was done I sat down to my favorite hot meal.


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Oct 31, 2023 15:26:43   #
veralisa296 Loc: New Jersey
 
Wow! what preparation for your photo shoot! Excellent work, probably one that I couldn't duplicate in a million years!

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Oct 31, 2023 15:35:14   #
L-Fox
 
dpullum wrote:
It happens to me every year on Halloween. I lock my self in a Padded room, I can not go in public like this...




Your sensibility for safety of the masses is outstanding. You should get a MEDAL

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Oct 31, 2023 16:00:29   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
I'm speechless.

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Oct 31, 2023 16:02:02   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
Cool!

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Oct 31, 2023 17:58:15   #
dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida
 
Thank you all... Million years veralisa296... guess not your not a bearded lady. UV Flashlight Black Light, 100 LED Amazon $20.

Now is the time for a cool drink....


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Oct 31, 2023 19:29:51   #
lnl Loc: SWFL
 
Could you not have used a blue filter and saved the tonic water for gin?

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Nov 1, 2023 05:51:37   #
dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida
 
lnl wrote:
Could you not have used a blue filter and saved the tonic water for gin?


Attending a singles group at a local bar decades ago, when I ordered gin and tonic the knowing waitress would bring me only tonic water... remaining sober in a group was more fun than being goofy with too much gin in my blood.

Using UV illumination for night photography opens a new world... so many things fluoresce in UV light.
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-glows-under-a-black-light-607615

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Nov 1, 2023 05:58:51   #
Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky
 
Very creative image. I like it. Thanks for providing the behind the scene How to.

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Nov 1, 2023 15:15:53   #
NikonGal Loc: Central Oregon
 
Very creative. I just can't fathom myself using those elements in a composite. My mind just doesn't go creatively there. Congrats, nicely visualized and completed.

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Nov 2, 2023 06:44:52   #
magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK
 
My facial hair looks like that permanently! I think you look fine Don.

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Nov 4, 2023 05:22:23   #
dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida
 
magnetoman wrote:
My facial hair looks like that permanently! I think you look fine Don.


I first grew my facial hair as management working 12 hr shifts to keep the plant running while the workers were on strike. In the early 70's for a manager to facial hair was a no-no. I was hidden when one of the Firestone boys came to the plant, but out of technical necessity I had to go into the meeting to give my expert opinion. After the meeting Leonard Firestone shook my hand complimenting my work, saying "you look like a professor, I like the trimmed beard." After than the local management never complained... not that it would have done them any good.

For one job dealing with hazardous chemicals for safety the beard was shaved...Burrr, my face was cold with the fur gone. So! I have had facial hair for 50 years.

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Nov 4, 2023 06:14:44   #
Dave Chinn
 
dpullum wrote:
It happens to me every year on Halloween. I lock my self in a Padded room, I can not go in public like this...


Now that Halloween is over, how do you feel? With a sense of humor this type of experiment can and will do wonders ... for some. Love it.

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Nov 4, 2023 11:44:48   #
magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK
 
dpullum wrote:
I first grew my facial hair as management working 12 hr shifts to keep the plant running while the workers were on strike. In the early 70's for a manager to facial hair was a no-no. I was hidden when one of the Firestone boys came to the plant, but out of technical necessity I had to go into the meeting to give my expert opinion. After the meeting Leonard Firestone shook my hand complimenting my work, saying "you look like a professor, I like the trimmed beard." After than the local management never complained... not that it would have done them any good.

For one job dealing with hazardous chemicals for safety the beard was shaved...Burrr, my face was cold with the fur gone. So! I have had facial hair for 50 years.
I first grew my facial hair as management working ... (show quote)


Me too, grew it at 18 and now 79. Style changed a few times but never removed. Visited your country in ‘73. It was the first time anyone mentioned the beard - dining at a potential suppliers home, his wife asked why the beard was curly but the head hair straight! How rude, I thought. Really she was just bemused. Nobody in the UK bothered about it, everyone accepted I was some sort of besuited hippy!

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