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This is a shot of George and a happy, but slightly embarrassed-by-all-the-attention Rhowan. George lives in a nearby village, and invited us round to celebrate Gergyovden (St. George's day). This was a great day for us to celebrate too, as it was exactly a year since Libby and the kids first came out to join me in Bulgaria.

Dinner was a whole baby goat (minus it's head) that was cooked in a traditional oven: served with a form of mushroom risotto, salad and Rakia. Well, the Rakia had been a pervasive feature of the entire visit, not just dinner, and by the time we left I'd drunk more than enough to keep me going until the same time next year. All in all, it was a good, if somewhat different way to spend the day :-)

If you're interested, this one was converted to black and white using the Channel Mixer, as described in my Black and White: part one tutorial.

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comment by Jason at 11:31 AM (GMT) on 8 May, 2010

Such a wonderful moment and a truly captivating image. Fantastic processing yet again :)

comment by Alessandro Burato at 11:51 AM (GMT) on 8 May, 2010

Oooops, you did it again!

comment by moss at 01:17 PM (GMT) on 8 May, 2010

I like the expressions in their faces, love how you captured the moment.

comment by nick at 01:19 PM (GMT) on 8 May, 2010

I hope you liked rakia, David :-)

comment by Carlos Garcia at 02:30 PM (GMT) on 8 May, 2010

I have had goat in Africa... goat lung, intestines, liver... yum!

Great capture. The contrast of emotion is captivating. Congrats on your 1 year adventure birthday!

Carlos

comment by Tolga at 07:35 PM (GMT) on 8 May, 2010

Gorgeous shot, great emotions on both your characters.

comment by J at 07:45 AM (GMT) on 9 May, 2010

how much for ze little girl?

comment by djn1 at 08:52 AM (GMT) on 10 May, 2010

Thanks everyone :)