123 - Crowned crane

Dim Sum meows at the crowned cranes as they strutted by with a royal air about them.


This was a tricky shoot. I wanted the DOF focus on a crane, so my camera was locked on one of them and then I waited for the right moment. The cranes didn't take a repeatable path, so it pretty much random luck. The windlight is simple to focus on the colors on the crane. I could have made the environment a little whiter, but I didn't want it to be devoid of color either. The cranes were created by Vinnie Baxter (Animania).


location: Home & Garden Expo 2013

Technical notes

windlight: Places Mother
water: Default

122 - Tequila Sunrise

Dim Sum sits in the corner waiting for the cafe workers to accidentally drop some treats on the floor.


I think this parcel belongs to Prim Perfect. It's actually a cafe of sorts and you can get some free goodies (food) when you click on things. This one gave me juice.

location: Home & Garden Expo 2013

Technical notes

windlight: Fine Day (modified)

121 - Through the trees

Dim Sum chews on the fern leaves that tickled her.


No particular focus in this one. I just wanted to capture the ambience. This is still in the Studio Skye parcel.

It's a very busy weekend for me. Actually very busy until Tuesday with deadlines, and working on a couple of projects for the rest of June. But I'll try to do quick snapshots to keep this going, although I might be missing some days.


location: Home & Garden Expo 2013

Technical notes

windlight: AnaLutetia - STUDIO3 (modified)

120 - Moonlit stream

Dim Sum watches the moonlight flicker in the water as her ears perk to the sounds of the night.


This is the Studio Skye parcel in the Home & Garden Expo. I love this forest build. The paths fork and twist and turn and go up and down in gentle slopes. You can see many of Alex Bader's sceneries, but they are are so integrated with the rest, that you won't easily recognize them.

I think I'll be in this parcel again tomorrow.

location: Home & Garden Expo 2013

Technical notes

windlight: Alchemy Immortalis - Dark Misty Night (modified)
water: Default

119 - Cheshire

Dim Sum watches the giant blue cat as it fades in and out of view. "What's so funny?" she asks and wonders if she had something stuck between her teeth or on her fur.


Still at the Home & Garden Expo in the parcel for Meeroo. It has an interesting tea party scene on the ground, but it was too busy for a good composition, so I gave up on it. The whole parcel has an Alice-in-Wonderland theme, sans Alice.

location: Home & Garden Expo 2013

Technical notes

windlight: Phototools- Build 007 Light (modified)

118 - Circus dogs

Dim Sum keeps her distance from the cage of strange dogs. Would the tiger dog and the cheetah dog regard her as friend or as foe?


The Home & Garden Expo is going on now until June 2nd. This is another Relay for Life event.

This particular plot is occupied by Amaretto Ranch Breedables, and it's the most creative display that I've seen in the expo so far. A few other cages are around the big tent with unusual animals. This one has four dogs who are spotted strangely. In the picture, you can see the giraffe dog, the zebra dog, and the tiger dog. A cheetah dog is hidden from view.

location: Home & Garden Expo 2013

Technical notes

windlight: Phototools- Thalia Light 02 (modified)