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Winter Music Closeupby *Cheesedemon88

Photography / Still Life / Dolls and Figures

I took my doll Lucy out to test my new camera, I only got a few pictures before the batteries ran out and they all got really grainy, I need to figure how the settings and menus work.

Beside the grainy quality of the photo, I am quite happy about the composition and the fact that I managed to balance the doll on the stone even with the sea-breeze present.

Lucy - Resinsoul Fei
Clothes - Me
faceup - Me
Photo - Me

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~larqven Feb 21, 2013

I'm not sure that the graininess is the end of the world, as it gives an impression of texture. A very good job in posing this!

Lucy's dark skin and white hair and outfit works really well in this scene with the frozen ice and dark water and rocks.

*Cheesedemon88 Feb 21, 2013 Hobbyist Filmographer

I guess you have a point, I still think it would look better if it were crisp and clear.

=karla-chan Jan 17, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

She looks so awesome actually, you have done a good job with this and with the background it looks great! Her clothes look really cool as well. The composition (one of the rule of 3rd focus points is on her face which is where I like to place it) of this looks great, as you said the only problem is the grainy picture but that is not your fault rather your camera or either the fact it is struggling in the winter lighting so it has upped your iso speed.

*Cheesedemon88 Jan 18, 2013 Hobbyist Filmographer

Yeah, it is a shame about the grain because the lighting was actually excellent that day. I do try to keep the 1/3 rule in mind when I photograph people or dolls (unless I just want to show off clothes or such). It has actually happened a couple of times that I have been asked by tourists to take their picture in front of local features and then they react to the face that they are not in the center of the photo, one time I tried to explain about the rule of thirds they seem to get a grasp on it and appreciate the photos, another time I just gave up and offered to take a new picture. That said, it is not always a valid rule to use ether.

I've been waiting to upload pictures of the clothes because I wanted to take some good pictures outside in the snow, I hope the conditions gets good again this weekend

=karla-chan Jan 18, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I see, it is a good rule and there is many ways to use it, within that rule it leads to other things that can make the picture effective. Yes, it is not always valid I had a friend so much a site that had some other rules for different situations which was kind of cool!

With tourists I don't bother just make sure everything in the shot and they are clear and that will do. Not everyone wants the picture to be artistic. In fact some of my family take terrible photo's and when I say what can make it a bit better. They have a go and say well people on face-book have photo's like that and they like to have a close one of the face even if it cuts off most of the head!

I want to take some snow pictures when there is enough, on the other hand I am not too excited about getting snow because where I live we get a lot and I will get snowed in. It would make some nice photo's but if I got stuck in the house and had not net access I would go crazy!

*Cheesedemon88 Jan 21, 2013 Hobbyist Filmographer

I usually do the 1/3 thing when I take pictures of tourists in front of a site like when they stand in front of the cathedral or the fortress you'd expect people to want have the actual site in the shot and usually people seem to be happy with that.

So I suppose you'll just have to decide whether it's worth being cut off from the world for a few days to get some good winter pictures

At least if you do snow in, being able to get some good shots can be a consolation...

=karla-chan Jan 21, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I see, I never have. I kind of need the grid lines on the screen I have trouble imagining it.

It is not worth it, especailly we are being sent a new router so soon I will hopefully have reliable working internet. If it snows too much and delays that I will go insane.

*Cheesedemon88 Jan 21, 2013 Hobbyist Filmographer

Well, good luck on your router then, you know, with all your tales of how things break down with a little snow, I am starting to imagine that you live in a hut in the woods

=karla-chan Jan 21, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

It feels like it sometimes, but no. I live in a village on the hills outside of Manchester. It is fairly small and has a circular round that goes round it. That is the only road, it kind of has little roads that leads to little car parks near the houses! So if that gets too much snow, you're kind of stuck.

It is also because it is a small village we have low priority to help and get out of the snow. We do however have a woodland area near where I live and a Roman fort. The Roman fort is not much though.

*Cheesedemon88 Jan 22, 2013 Hobbyist Filmographer

A roman fort, that sounds really cool, I love ruins, we only have stuff from WW2.

From now on I'll picture you in a small lofted hut in a tiny village like in a Disney movie

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