My travelcompanion Lexi (pic heavy) - update 2 june - Castle Haarzuilen

These Winter shots are so cool. And yes, they do look in scale in most of them. Love the tiny footprints — and effect of her turning around in the snow.

Indeed very cool series of photos!

Nicely done! Love the footprints!

yes, the footprints are easily forgotten... nicely done

Thank you so much GubernatorFan, Gizems nice Kittens, BAD WOLf, Styker, Diana and Illusion.

The footprints are indeed easily forgotten and makes it so much more realistis. I try to take attention to these details. A while ago I posted pictures of Lexi in her car, and there too I took care to put tyremarkings in the sand.


Today she ventured on the ice. I have been looking for iceskates a while ago, but unfortunately I couldn't find any. So she had to walk. In the distance she spotted a hole in the ice, and birds were gathering there. She decided to walk around the lake and carefully approach them. The birds weren't scared of her (and the photographer) and she got pretty close.





























Several of the pictures are a bit similar, but they were so amazing that I couldn't really decide which ones to post and which ones not   also because in some the birds were closer and sometimes one was heading towards Lexi

Did you also do a risk analysis before you went out on the ice?

75 kg / 1 = 75
0.3 kg / (1/36) foot area = 11

Please, even if the ice can withstand Lexi, do not go on the ice yourself.

The footprints in the snow are precious, and the shots of her on the ice and looking out over the 'lake' are very convincing.

Footprints are easily forgotten. Unless we're talking about elves. In that case they were intentionally left out.

Diana wrote:Footprints are easily forgotten. Unless we're talking about elves. In that case they were intentionally left out.

- yeah, the last way out is to simply reclassify the figure


as for the bird watching, I like the last one best

Very cool photos with the birds!


And an indeed the footprints in the snow was a great touch.

I like her winter outfit. That was risky, with the ice, but worked out very well.

Nice ice shots and birds. A few of the early ones actually made me concerned for your safety, and the one where the bird was heading toward Lexi made me think a “bird snatching” was about to commence — or would that be a “snatching bird”.

Gizems nice Kittens wrote:Did you also do a risk analysis before you went out on the ice?

75 kg / 1 = 75
0.3 kg / (1/36) foot area = 11

Please, even if the ice can withstand Lexi, do not go on the ice yourself.

Don't worry, I didn't go onto the ice myself.

skywalkersaga wrote:The footprints in the snow are precious, and the shots of her on the ice and looking out over the 'lake' are very convincing.

Thank you very much!

Diana wrote:Footprints are easily forgotten. Unless we're talking about elves. In that case they were intentionally left out.

Illusion wrote:

Diana wrote:Footprints are easily forgotten. Unless we're talking about elves. In that case they were intentionally left out.

- yeah, the last way out is to simply reclassify the figure

as for the bird watching, I like the last one best

Thank you both! But the elves should not sink in the snow then, I guess.

BAD WOLF-787 wrote:Very cool photos with the birds!


And an indeed the footprints in the snow was a great touch.

Thank you too!

GubernatorFan wrote:I like her winter outfit. That was risky, with the ice, but worked out very well.

Thank you. I did hesitate a bit before I put Lexi on the ice, but it seemed thick enough for her. So I carefully put her down to see if it would hold.

The coat is very nice. Only downside of it that I could find no way to actually button it up. It's got tiny buttons and buttonholes. Too tiny for me to put the buttons through the holes. But the belt holds it together.
The scarf and headband arrived a few days before the shoot, right on time. They're meant for Barbie though.

Stryker2011 wrote:Nice ice shots and birds. A few of the early ones actually made me concerned for your safety, and the one where the bird was heading toward Lexi made me think a “bird snatching” was about to commence — or would that be a “snatching bird”.

Thank you. I was amazed how close to the birds I could get without scaring them. I think I put Lexi about maybe a meter (at most) from the hole. And I was just a little bit behind her (but not on the ice). The birds didn't seem very interested in her.

TravelGuide wrote:The coat is very nice. Only downside of it that I could find no way to actually button it up. It's got tiny buttons and buttonholes. Too tiny for me to put the buttons through the holes. But the belt holds it together.

It still looks great. Perhaps look into parted out DID sets (for example on Monkey Depot -- if they ship to you) for the DID button tool. Maybe this will help. I got one myself, but haven't used it yet.

https://www.monkeydepot.com/Tool_DiD_1_1_Scale_Button_Hook_Tool_p/dl2700.htm

Tnx for the tip. I'll look into it.

Still snow here, probably the last day. Lexi wanted to see how her little 4x4 handled the circumstances. It did fine, and as you can see her driving has improved a lot

Beautiful pictures, especially the ones with the bridge are interesting.
Good that Lexi has such warm clothes with the car open.

I'm glad she was using a four-wheel drive.

Proper winter tyres is the key to successful winter motoring.
It also pleases me to see that Lexi has some proper winter clothes to protect her against the freezing temperatures.

Those low view shots are great. Makes it her look more in scale. Hopefully you didn’t have to lay on the ground to pull those off.

Beautiful scenery. <3
And well done keeping it all looking in the right scale!

Some great shots and some beautiful architecture, that aqueduct is amazing.

Gizems nice Kittens wrote:Beautiful pictures, especially the ones with the bridge are interesting.
Good that Lexi has such warm clothes with the car open.

Thank you! Indeed the bridge is nice to scale.

GubernatorFan wrote:I'm glad she was using a four-wheel drive.

Thanks! Me too!

A Man wrote:Proper winter tyres is the key to successful winter motoring.
It also pleases me to see that Lexi has some proper winter clothes to protect her against the freezing temperatures.

Thanks! I can´t let her freeze. Maybe I should get her some gloves too (they're on my wishlist but haven't gotten to them yet).

Stryker2011 wrote:Those low view shots are great. Makes it her look more in scale. Hopefully you didn’t have to lay on the ground to pull those off.

Thank you! I like those too. Most were taken kinda blind, because I didn't want to lie down in the snow. And by now I've learned that with taking close-ups, or zooming in you can skew the perspective.

Diana wrote:Beautiful scenery. <3
And well done keeping it all looking in the right scale!

Thank you! I try my best

Theboo-bomb wrote:Some great shots and some beautiful architecture, that aqueduct is amazing.

Thank you! Indeed Lexi has been to some nice places. Getting her and the architecture in the picture can be challenging though.

One week later. The snow has disappeared and it's warm enough to enjoy an afternoon in the sun.












Lexi has a Jiaoudoll 10C YS body here, which is a bit too light. The sunlight enhances the difference.

I like the angle and depth of field of the last pic.

I second that. Somehow these images look even more realistic.

Those shots look great, I think it has to be the angle. Great job.

Stryker2011 wrote:I like the angle and depth of field of the last pic.

GubernatorFan wrote:I second that. Somehow these images look even more realistic.

Theboo-bomb wrote:Those shots look great, I think it has to be the angle. Great job.

Thank you all so much! Indeed the low angles work great. What also helps is photographing from closeby and zooming in a little bit. Most modern camera's distort the picture a bit at the edges. This can be very annoying if there's a face to the edge of a picture. Zooming in helps against that (it's probably because most camera's have a fairly wide view/angle as their standard setting).

A nice afternoon on the terrace. Beautiful pictures with Lexi and Allison.