128 - Howling lessons

"Aaaaaawwwwwwwooooooooooooooo!"
"Mmmmeeeeeeoooooooooooooooo! ... By the way, why are we howling at the moon?"


Nighttime is a bit tricky to do, especially if I want the moon in the picture. It doesn't make sense to project light from the foreground if the source of light is coming from the background. At the same time, I don't want to lose the texturing of the coyote's fur and the nearby trees.

Photography is really all about finding balance. Maybe in more ways than one. ;)


location: Taiga

Technical notes

windlight: [TOR] NIGHT- Northern lite (seriously modified)

127 - Nevermore

Dim Sum looks up at the top branches of the dead tree to see what was making that incessant caw-caw-caw noise.


The center tree is "Skye Raven Tree" by Alex Bader (Studio Skye). I thought the b&w version (a) was a great ambience for it because of the poem, but the silhouettes looked flat, and I couldn't find just the right settings to keep the ambience and still get some sense of 3D in the objects.The color version (b) is actually more zoomed in, and Dim Sum is in a different position.

location: Taiga

Technical notes

windlight:
a) Phototools- B/W Light 13 (unchanged)
b) [TOR] BIG SUN - Variationz (modified)

 

126 - Raining aces

Dim Sum watches as four aces of spades fall to the floor.

This is such an adorable and gently humorous scene! The squirrel leaning on the table is dropping four aces of spades to the floor. The other squirrel holds two aces of spades, an ace of hearts, and a joker. And, as you can see, one of the moose is holding an ace of hearts. I trust the moose.

The scene is called "Stonewood Interiors - Poker Pals" created by Hailie Callisto. The building is called ">>Zacca<< Small House" by CROSS Jupiter, and it's the same house in the Cherry Blossom Kittycats Cafe, which was featured here and here and here.


location: Taiga

Technical notes

windlight: Places Cromac (modified)

125 - Elk in the taiga

"How do you know where to go when you migrate?... You mean you don't use a GPS? ... I bet you don't stop and ask for directions either...."


This sim is actually a sandbox! And it's the prettiest sandbox I've ever seen!

No new techniques in this shoot. Other projects are sucking up my creative juices. :\


location: Taiga

Technical notes

windlight: Phototools- Angles Light 01 (modified)
water: Default