Day 27

Day 27

Today was our social outing at one of the clinics I work at. This is my fave clinic and the Team are just awesome. They can make a bad, bad, bad day pass with only a mild headache. It's a shame one of the Team is leaving, for hopefully greener pastures. Victoria, second from left, will be trotting off to Melbourne, for much nicer Lattes, much nicer Vego tucker, and hopefully some new career prospects now she has finished her studies. It will be sad to see her go :(

We had just finished a few games of action packed, breath taking, adrenaline pumping.. croquet. Yup. Oh, and they had also finished a few drinks and were enjoying it just the same.

This pic was taken quite late, well after sunset. I had the iso at 2500, so there's a LOT of noise. Shot at f/4, 1/25s, with a 580EXII as slave, handheld at camera left, triggered by onboard flash in eTTL mode. The ambient was some rather dull "floodlights" on the croquet green. I guess I could have gotten a nicer pic by dropping the iso a bit, and using a flash ratio instead of both at 1:1, but it was kinds run and gun and my mind was more focused on the my 4yo who was bored to the point I thought he was going to break something.

Poor kid was bored because the moment we got there, the dragon hostess of the Club loudly announced "no kids on the court" and "children can't play". Immediately the bottom lip quivered and he sat down arms folded and wanted to go home. She could have let him use the "practice" pitch around the back. Hag.

Anyways, he managed to resurrect his mood, and had a decent time. Such a good kid sometimes.

We had some BBQ tucker, played another game, then some dessert, and came home.

Here's the Team in a more natural pose.