134 - Doppelganger

Dim Sum sits next to her doppelgänger.


Sorry, I couldn't resist doing this. :D Dim Sum's doppelgänger/decoy was created by Seu Ahn (Shop Seu).

PS: Dim Sum's "unicorn horn" is actually the tip of her tail.

location: SL10B Stunning

Technical notes

windlight: Alchemy Immortalis - Foggy Morning (modified)
water: Glassy

133 - Fiery shoji

Dim Sum figures there's really no point going up to the highest floor. This is high enough.


Okay, next photo will be in the SL10B celebration. If you haven't tried the game yet, give it a try, and please let me know what you think. If you hit a bug, let me know too. That was kinda rushed, because I was cramming during the last few days before the deadline.

location: Azuchi

Technical notes

windlight: Phototools- Me Mine Light

132 - Pop the question

Dim Sum jumps up from her nap, after getting startled by all the POPping that Opal is doing.


Since June is the most POPular month for weddings, I thought this might be appropriate. :D  But it wasn't really planned. I just fell upon this part of the sim and my water was set to Glassy from yesterday, and I thought, "Oh, that looks like a diamond ring!" So there.

Anyway, SL10B starts today, so don't forget to POP on over at SL10B Stunning and try your hand at the first "Where's Dim Sum?" game. And if you're already a regular either here or in Flickr, you'd already know where to find Dim Sum.

And for POPs out there, ... Happy Father's Day! :D

POP!

PS: I got a translation of the sign from yesterday!

location: Azuchi

Technical notes

windlight: [TOR] SUNRISE - Island cusp (modified)
water: Glassy

131 - Bridges in the mist

Dim Sum peacefully meditates about swatting the hummingbird that kept following her around.


I'm falling behind! Lots of stuff going on irl, both good and not so good. I'm gonna try to catch up in the next few days.

I would love to know what the characters on the bridge arches mean. It must be some beautiful quote or something; otherwise, it wouldn't be in a significant place like an arch. If you can translate it, please leave a comment. My curiosity would greatly appreciate it! :D

UPDATE: Mitia Messmer (owner of AMM Design and the co-owner of the sim) sent me an IM with a translation! In his words, "Kanji Proverb - One who walks by the river may end up wet." Thank you very much, Mitia! :D ... Now, how did they know that one day a cat would come by? ... Then he forbid Dim Sum from eating the hummingbird ... or the swans.... LOL.

location: Azuchi

Technical notes

windlight: Phototools- Thalia Light 02 (modified)
water: Glassy

130 - Cat litter

"It's not junk; it's cat litter! And I'm not Dim Sum; I'm just a decoy."


Introducing "Where's Dim Sum? The Game!"  :D

It was actually Hamlet Au's blog post about this project that inspired me to do this. I figured that since I don't know how to program for the Android (yet), why not start with LSL? But the project kept getting pushed aside for higher priority tasks. And this event was a good excuse to move it up the priority list. ;)

It's not quite ready for public distribution, however. A lot of the settings are hardcoded. To be honest, I started on this only a few days ago, because of RL commitments, although I've been designing it in my head for while now. So, I'm sure it still has a few bugs.

The sims won't be open to the public until June 16, so the SLURL below won't work until then, unless you're one of the exhibitors and you have access to the sims.

And, yes, I was a bit tricky with this pic. Dim Sum is really not there; that's a decoy, a sibling of the cats you've seen in several past photos. It was created by Seu Ahn (Shop Seu).

model: Opal Lei
location: SL10B Stunning

Technical notes

windlight: Places Cromac (modified)
water: Default

129 - Through the bamboo grove

Dim Sum listens to the chattering of the bamboo leaves as the supple trunks brushed against each other in the wind.


In my culture (Filipino), as in many Asian cultures, the bamboo ("kawayan") plays a prominent role in our lives and in our folk tales. A folk tale narrates how the first man (named "Malakas," meaning "strong") and the first woman (named "Maganda," meaning "beautiful") came out of a very large bamboo that split open. A folk dance ("tinikling") involves dancing in and out of a configuration of pairs of bamboo poles that are alternately opened and closed.

It used to be very difficult to find good bamboo plants in SL, but when I was setting up my talk show, I found the ones created by Nadine Reverie (3D Trees), which is what these are. You can get them in either Mod/Copy or Mod/Transfer. And you get several types in the same package.

Azuchi is an Asian-themed sim with a lot of very interesting nooks, including this one. So I'll be here until SL10B opens.

location: Azuchi

Technical notes

windlight: Phototools- Epi Vintage Light (modified)

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)