Figurines

Digital Photography Exploration**
 * Ellen Rempala

These are figures of a groom and bride in traditional Chinese wedding outfits. Given as a gift, I've had them on my dresser for years. I thought they would be an interesting piece to photograph, especially because of the colors and fine details. I used our Canon PowerShot A400 with 3.2 mega pixels. The first picture is with the flash, most of the others are not.




 * DIFFERENT VIEW POINTS




 * //Adult's View// ...........................................................//Child's View//



//View from Behind................................................... Bird's Eye View // //Using a bigger-sized Crunch bar to show the size
 * COMPARING SIZE

//Looking back, I would have used the flash for all the pictures, as it showed detail better. One frustration was using the zoom feature in GIMP to try and hone in on a detail in the bride's headdress. At the front of her headdress was a carving of a rooster, something I hadn't noticed before. It made me wonder about the significance of roosters in Chinese weddings (symbol of happiness? fertility? etc.). Unfortuantely, all my attempts came out blurry!