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Kokeshi doll - Hohoemi (ほほえみ)

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Kokeshi doll - Hohoemi (Smile) | And so they were three.

 

My wife has recently taken up a lifelong dream – collecting Japanese Kokeshi dolls. Today the third one arrived, fresh from Tokyo, Japan.

 

 

I thought this was a superb opportunity to try out the 5D’s low light capabilities. Although it wasn’t really dark, there wasn’t a lot of light on the doll’s face. Instead a big window was behind the doll, so the doll was mostly backlit. To get the chairs in the background nicely out of focus I shot this wide open at f/1.8 (with the 85mm).

 

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Uploaded on July 7, 2009
Taken on July 7, 2009