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The Arrival of Winter

1/4/2016

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With flurries in the forecast, and the temperature set to plummet today, I wanted to try take a photo of the 'Arrival of Winter', much like the 'Departure of Summer' that I shot a few months back in the fall. So yesterday afternoon, we packed two dolls and their horse in the car, and went in search for a suitably snowy setting. I had hoped to use the same spot I'd taken the autumn pictures, but it wasn't snowy enough there. We finally ended up at the head of a hiking trail winding it's way into the forest. It was snowing lightly, and the already-fallen snow wasn't very deep, so it was the perfect depth scale-wise for the dolls and their horse....
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I had decided to use Kassia as Queen of Winter, and wanted to use Lonnie again as her attendant. But what could she wear? I don't have a lot of spare doll clothes, especially in white, and with just one day's advance notice, there wasn't time to make something new from scratch.  So I borrowed my Butterfly Narae's white 'Clara' dress, and made two slip-on sleeves and a white velour cloak.
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I thought Lonnie looked beautiful, and I loved Kassia against the snow-covered trees....
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Winter arriving in the forest....
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My biggest challenge was that white against white doesn't show up too well, but I wasn't going to lay down flat in the snow. In fact, I sat well back (on a garbage bag) with the long zoom lens on my camera. That gives pretty much the same effect without me turning into a snowman.
7 Comments
Jane
1/4/2016 09:07:16 am

I absolutely LOVE these photos *gasp* they are stunningly beautiful. I keep stopping typing to go back to look at them.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!!

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Martha
1/4/2016 09:12:12 am

Thanks! I had thought to continue my series of photos of the 'arrival, or departure, of the seasons,' and was rather pleased with these myself.

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Brigitte
1/4/2016 10:11:45 am

The photos are stunnig beautiful and full of atmosphere. I love them.

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Inma
1/5/2016 05:07:38 am

The photos are so beautiful I have no words to describe them ! Lonnie as kassia's attendant is so pretty !

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Melinda
1/5/2016 01:09:49 pm

These really are breathtaking photos.

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Musume link
1/6/2016 03:46:15 am

These photos are so stunning!! And Kassia's dress is too perfect.

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Sue link
1/18/2016 01:07:27 am

Oh my goodness, STUNNING!

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