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Santa's Blue Eyes

Self portrait of Santa. Getting ready to go on set. I don't have blue eyes but had been toying with the idea of using blue contacts while portariing the joly ol...
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Self portrait of Santa. Getting ready to go on set. I don't have blue eyes but had been toying with the idea of using blue contacts while portariing the joly old Elf. I 'm not used to contacts and wanted to see what I lookedl ike with blue eyes. Thanks to PhotoShop, I do now.
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NIKON D40

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 800 Shutter 1/80 Focal Length 700/10

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Jul, 2015

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