Country Girl

cosycottage · Post by **cosycottage** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:25 pm

Quick photo of my Lylis, who has been enjoying the Canadian sunshine this past month, but had to endure a harrowing and rather soggy roadtrip down to San Francisco the past couple of days.

Still, she got to stay in a Motel 6 in Grants Pass the other evening (I sure know how to treat the ladies, don't I?

) and she's getting a lot of care and attention from my friend's daughter down here in SF - plus she gets a great view of the city out the window of the apartment.

Here she is in warmer, dryer days earlier this month up north of the border.

: lylis moss daydream.JPG (619.72 KiB) Viewed 3722 times

: lylis moss 2.jpg (633.06 KiB) Viewed 3722 times

Hope to post some more photos of the trip in a few weeks when I get back.

itsme · Post by **itsme** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:30 pm

Cute, have a great trip

Aileron429 · Post by **Aileron429** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:41 pm

Beautiful shot of your Lylis, I love the setting, and those eyes.......enchanting!

1jayjay · Post by **1jayjay** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:58 pm

She's adorable cosycottage, she seems to be lapping up the sunshine.

I hope your having a good time.

Szalinski · Post by **Szalinski** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:36 pm

cosycottage wrote:Quick photo of my Lylis, who has been enjoying the Canadian sunshine this past month, but had to endure a harrowing and rather soggy roadtrip down to San Francisco the past couple of days.

Still, she got to stay in a Motel 6 in Grants Pass the other evening (I sure know how to treat the ladies, don't I? ) and she's getting a lot of care and attention from my friend's daughter down here in SF - plus she gets a great view of the city out the window of the apartment.

Here she is in warmer, dryer days earlier this month up north of the border.

lylis moss daydream.JPG

lylis moss 2.jpg
Hope to post some more photos of the trip in a few weeks when I get back.

Ah man! you should have entered that one in this months Photo Challenge! That is really good!

Mechwizard · Post by **Mechwizard** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:09 am

Great pics.

I love the little book she's holding.

cosycottage · Post by **cosycottage** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:40 am

A few more pics from Lylis' time over on the lovely Canadian west coast.

: lylis country repose moss2.jpg (1.13 MiB) Viewed 3387 times

: lylis country tree hop.jpg (564.68 KiB) Viewed 3387 times

: lylis country arbutus straddle.jpg (874.64 KiB) Viewed 3387 times

: lylis country coat rock3.jpg (1023.85 KiB) Viewed 3387 times

: lylis country coat rock 1.jpg (152.89 KiB) Viewed 3387 times

cosycottage · Post by **cosycottage** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:43 am

Down on the beach

: lylis beach rock1.jpg (143.81 KiB) Viewed 3386 times

: lylis beach dip2.jpg (151.23 KiB) Viewed 3386 times

Hee hee! Too cold for a skinny dip! I'll just dip my toes in

: lylis beach dip1.jpg (137.45 KiB) Viewed 3386 times

: lylis beach rock2.jpg (124.4 KiB) Viewed 3386 times

: lylis beach log1.jpg (131.92 KiB) Viewed 3386 times

Brrr! Getting a bit chilly!

cosycottage · Post by **cosycottage** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:50 am

Mmmm Tim Horton's!

: lylis donut1.JPG (2.74 MiB) Viewed 3386 times

"I'll have a boston cream, and an apple fritter, and a... oh, no, wait..."

: lylis ferry2.JPG (2.54 MiB) Viewed 3386 times

the ferry back to the island

last night at the cosy cottage in the woods

: lylis country night3.jpg (1.04 MiB) Viewed 3386 times

: lylis country cottage glow2.jpg (671.46 KiB) Viewed 3386 times

Memories of a happy holiday

: lylis country moss sit2.jpg (153.85 KiB) Viewed 3386 times

Fixed the links/fresh uploads, so should show the pics properly above now!

More photos over on my uk doll account... http://www.uklovedollforums.co.uk/forum ... php?u=1238
I think you need to register to look - but anyway, I think these are the best of the bunch!

Szalinski · Post by **Szalinski** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:03 pm

Oh man, this would have beaten my entry out hands down!

mexdl · Post by **mexdl** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:37 pm

Very nice pictorial of Lylis!
you have a very good sense of perspective in your pictures, You made me feel the "outdoor with a friend" atmosphere

love it!

cosycottage · Post by **cosycottage** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:58 pm

Szalinski wrote:Oh man, this would have beaten my entry out hands down!

Thanks Szalinski - but you have to be in it to win it - no point supposing coulda woulda shoulda

Sadly I have no direct internet access when I'm out in Canada (good for getting away from it all and getting stuck into rewrites and general creative stuff) - not so good for finding out what the new contest is or, indeed, which category BJDs are in this month

This was my first opportunity with the time, the "right" doll, and of course the opportunity to utilise some great scenery.
I've wanted a ball-jointed doll for ages and, fortunately, 'mission' was looking to give his two tonner girls a new home with an offer I couldn't turn down (I am dead jealous of his collection, by the way)

I'm very pleased with the photos - FTR I was just using a Sony Cybershot (7.2 megapixels) and just reducing the pics with minimal tidying up. The only drawback with the auto-focus is you have to keep the principal in the centre of the pic, otherwise you get blurry foreground and pinpoint detail in the background.

I'm perfectly happy to put a BJD pic in the next competition, but I don't want to spam the categories

- is it okay to put both Kiko and, say, Lylis in the same month? Otherwise it could get stupid and boring very quickly....

kindly · Post by **kindly** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:04 pm

A stunning photo set; beautiful doll, fantastic scenery and imaginative composition! Bravo!

1jayjay · Post by **1jayjay** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:10 pm

Great work cosycottage.

I have to say the "ferry back to the island shot" is the stand out amongst some epic images.

I don't know how you managed it but for a small doll you maintained a great prospective and Lylis looks ace.

Szalinski · Post by **Szalinski** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:15 pm

cosycottage wrote:I'm very pleased with the photos - FTR I was just using a Sony Cybershot (7.2 megapixels) and just reducing the pics with minimal tidying up. The only drawback with the auto-focus is you have to keep the principal in the centre of the pic, otherwise you get blurry foreground and pinpoint detail in the background.

Doesn't it have a focus lock? My Nikon Coolpix does: chose manual focus-> put what you want the camera to focus on in the center 'focus area' -> partially press the shutter button and allow the camera to focus -> hold the shutter and reposition the shot the way you want it -> take the picture.

I have something very similar to this on my 1978 Nikon FE SLR (it works with exposure though, the focus is manual).