Second Life Places

Saying Goodbye To Another Favourite

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I was saddened when I heard that Dryland was set to close sometime in March. This was one of the first locations I used as a backdrop for my photos in the early days of my blog. It is a quirky desert setting with some amazing art installations. It is set up mainly for photography and machinima and if you haven’t been to visit, do not put it off. It is one of those places, like 2304 Rain that is a photographer’s dream and will soon be gone from Second Life.

I am sure that a huge number of bloggers have been putting on their coldLogic finery to enter that store’s latest photo contest. I am no different. I entered the photo from my post yesterday, but I decided to head to Dryland to shoot a few more pictures. I liked the juxtaposition of this very feminine dress against the stark background of the desert. I haven’t decided yet whether to enter one of these photos in the contest, as well, but I wanted to take advantage of putting these two together before it is too late.

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I doubt I’ll get back to Dryland before it disappears from the Second Life landscape, but I am happy I had a chance to spend a little time there before saying goodbye to yet another favourite.

Pretty stuff I’m wearing:

Dress: coldLogic dress – singer.onyx by coldLogic
Shoes: Slink Hera Wrap Heel Gold for Slink High Feet by Siddean Munro
Necklace: [MANDALA] YAKUSHI ORANGE by Kikunosuke Eel
Earrings: [MANDALA] YAKUSHI ORANGE by Kikunosuke Eel
Hair: Analog Dog – .b – issues – sangria by Queue Marlowe
Tattoo: Letis Tattoo :: Pink Rose :: Back :: 50% :: B12019 by Leti Hax
Skin: [PXL] Creations – [PXL] JADE SK Peach Lips MEB C2 by Hart Larsson
Eye Makeup: [PXL] Creations – [PXL] JADE SK Smokey Eyes by Hart Larsson
Hands: Slink Mesh Hands (av) Casual by Siddean Munro
Feet: Slink Mesh Feet (Av) High by Siddean Munro
Hand & Feet appliers:[PXL] Creations – [ PXL ] Slink Hand & Feet Appliers SK by Hart Larsson
Eyes: Amacci Gaze Eyes – Ocean Blue by Carina Larsen
Lashes: Mon Cheri *MC* “Falsies” Eyelash by Freya Oliveri

Poses:
Pose in front of plane: Di’s Opera – Feminine Line 1 – 5 by Di Hoorenbeek
Pose in front of cube: Di’s Opera – Feminine Line 1 – 3 by Di Hoorenbeek
Pose with Mr Rooster: aDORKable Poses: Touch Me 4 by Adorkable Peapod
Pose in caravan door: aDORKable Poses: Ella 2 by Adorkable Peapod

Location – Dryland

Going To School At Tableau

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I really need to just plan a visit to Tableau to shoot photographs. It is one of the few places where the shiny of the setting can distract me from the shiny of the shopping.

On my last excursion to Tableau, as you may recall, I went shopping for shorts at Tres Blah. I honestly thought I bought the black ones, but apparently I didn’t. So back I went to get them. Since I was so smitten by the landscape the last time I thought I would check out the other stores on this trip. I actually went into a few shops but then I walked around a corner and saw the scene in the photo above.

That was it. I was done shopping.

I have been playing around with clouds brushes in Photoshop lately. The clouds in the photos for my blog in my last three posts (where clouds are present) have either been enhanced or created completely using this process. The Windlight setting I chose for this shot actually had a cloudless sky. So these are a new meteorological phenomenon: Peepulus clouds. It has been fun learning this, although it has been entirely trial and error (emphasis on the error!).

Then, because I liked the contrast in the photo, I decided to make a black & white version.

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I am also still learning to get the contrast right with black & white photographs to show them off in the best light (pun intended). But what I love most is just the process of learning, and Tableau is a fabulous place to go to school.

Just Because It’s Beautiful

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Yesterday’s post was, as my dear friend Cao puts it, a high gravity post. Today, I’m sharing a photograph just because it is beautiful.

I took this picture at a sim that I had visited before, but I was there to shop – not appreciate just how lovely it is. So, for once on a visit to Boudoir, I didn’t spend a single Linden. Instead, I just panned my camera around, seeing the sim for its splendour and tranquility.

I shot this photo with Jackson Redstar’s JAXLitePurpleSunset windlight setting. Lately, I have been using very few settings, other than his. If you don’t have them loaded into your viewer, I highly recommend them, not just for landscape photography, but for portraiture as well. He has kindly linked a ZIP file in his blog so you can try them out. Click here to fly over to his post.

Sometimes after a high gravity day the best medicine is just to enjoy something beautiful.