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Fourth Thin Blue Line pen

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This one is for a friend's husband, who is a police officer. The blank is a Rhino, called Molten Bronze. I probably should have chosen a darker blank, but hopefully he'll like it. It is a stunning blank.
 

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Had some chipout, probably due to my over aggressive turning style. But I was able to fix it with CA.
 

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angelo49 said:
Great looking pen Jim:thumbs:
Nice blank, turn, and photo.
How DO you take those perfect photos??
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My photos are far from perfect, but thank you for the compliment. I use an older Canon PowerShot SX260 HS camera, and shoot under a 4ft fluorescent shop light and a small fluorescent desk lamp. Apparently the camera has an excellent auto white balance function, because fluorescent light usually gives photos a greenish or yellowish cast. My washing machine is my studio. LOL
 

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qquake2k said:
My photos are far from perfect, but thank you for the compliment. I use an older Canon PowerShot SX260 HS camera, and shoot under a 4ft fluorescent shop light and a small fluorescent desk lamp. Apparently the camera has an excellent auto white balance function, because fluorescent light usually gives photos a greenish or yellowish cast. My washing machine is my studio. LOL
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OK! I'm gonna' give that a try.
Thanks for the reply.:thanxs:
 
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That four foot fluro multiply by two mate its a twin twice the light I must say the pics are excellent.The pen in a class of its own.


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Penpal said:
That four foot fluro multiply by two mate its a twin twice the light I must say the pics are excellent.The pen in a class of its own.


Peter.
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Thanks for the compliments. Over here, we consider a "shop light" a dual 4ft fluorescent fixture. Single tube fixtures aren't as common. Which is a good thing for my old eyes. LOL
 
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What is written on the fluro tubes are they warm white, cool etc with a kelvin rating? so many variables here? Thanks in advance.

Peter.
 
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Penpal said:
What is written on the fluro tubes are they warm white, cool etc with a kelvin rating? so many variables here? Thanks in advance.

Peter.
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I found there are two different brand tubes in the fixtures. Neither specify the Kelvin rating.
 

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