Fabulous Figurines!
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Figurines by Yuko Higuchi.
Japanese and English: higuchiyuko.com
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Here's an archive photo that I'm fond of from a few years back. Couldn't resist to re-post this. A think it's a juvenile House Sparrow. It spent some time with these small cement figurines of birds.
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One of the most fascinating aspects of Malta is its ancient history (and I mean really ancient). They left behind magnificent temples, but also figurines - like this one, dated to about 3600-2500 B.C., making it around 5000 years old!
Fascinating as it is, we also have to be honest with that we know precious little about the belief-system behind these things, so it is not known what the purpose behind these small (and large) statues was (offerings? depiction of gods? depiction of people? something else entirely?).
Figurine on display at The National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta, Malta (it's not a very big museum, but worth a visit).
I used my Lladro figurine and a small section of a static feather duster to get this effect for Macro Mondays "double exposure" HMM :-)
A little figurine that I have had for a long time, I sitll love it as much as when I bought it.
This is about 5,5 cm.
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A little glass cat that I bought during my stay in Venice has been allowed to trample some primroses that I'm going to plant outside. HMM 🎎
A Hertfordshire village with a big garden centre. I have no idea whether or not these very different cement figurines were lumped together intentionally. Fact is that Great Gaddesden is also the location of a prominent Buddhist monastery. Shot was done with the Fujifilm X-100F (F2, 1/2000).
"True friends, like owls, offer wisdom and support in the darkest times."
Macro Monday.
Figurine.
One of my tiny owl figurines.
Des marionnettes et des figurines de terre cuite. On trouve ces figurines de terre cuite partout, de toutes tailles
Boukhara, Ouzbékistan
One of my many cat figurines...a favorite. Thank you for taking the time to view, fave and comment on my images. It is very much appreciated.
© C. Statton DiFiori
These were 5 to 6 inch figurines on sale at a gift shop in Old Town, San Diego. The contrast of the colors, ivory, soapstone and other materials made for an interesting bokeh.
Press L and then F11 for a large full-screen view. It makes such a difference.
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Lily was baffled. And she was a little annoyed because one of these strange tiny persons kept stomping around on her (empty!) tummy, not to mention the red cord that tied her to the wooden stretcher they had used to carry her to that beach. "Big Sands" it was called, she had picked up from the conversation the guy in yellow had barked into his walkie-talkie. What was she doing here, anyway? When Lily had decided to follow her great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather Lemuel's footsteps and set off to explore the universe she had expected to find her own adventures and not relive his. This wasn't even Lilliput but a strange Central Peuroean shore with a sea that didn't even have a tide. Something with Blatic. Or was it Batlic Sea? She couldn't remember. It was hot, she was hungry, and her shades were out of reach. She had to get out of there. ASAP. So she turned her head to one of the guys who all looked like construction workers and said: "I come in peace. Take me to your leader!"
"Have you ever seen someone so huge, John? I thought giants were myths." "Well, here she is, and she is a giant. A very pretty giant, I should add. So much for that myth", John said. James, wrapped up in thought, finally joined their conversation: "Do you guys think she's one of the Engineers who made us? One of the Preisers?" "Oh, come on, James, you watch too many movies!" Jim said. "Let's continue with our job and tie her up properly so she can't trample our sand castle before we win the sand sculpture competition. I know we'll win this year." "That's what you say every year", James said. At this moment, Lily turned her head and said: ...
This fun theme allowed me to not only use one of my Playmobil astronaut figurines (it's perfectly normal to have Playmobil figurines as a grown-up, isn't it?) I stumbled upon at a toy store while looking for something for an MM theme (I can't remember which) but also to bring back John, Jim, and James (please see my album if you like). Since John, Jim, and James are adventures of sorts, too, something tells me that this story will have a happy ending. After J, J, and J won the sand sculpture competition, of course ;)
The photography part was very straightforward and fast this time. The fiddly part was the setup, especially tying Lily to the wooden cutting board. At first, I tried to use pins to fixate the thread but the wood was too hard (or the pins too long and soft ̵– or both). So I fetched the thumbtacks, and that worked. But the tiny Preiser figures kept falling as it was difficult to place them on the cutting board because modeling clay didn't stick to the wood very well.
Sizewise the frame is almost maxed out. A regular Playmobil figure is exactly 7,5 cm/2.95 inches tall, and I arranged the scene so that not the entire Playmobil figure is visible in the frame. It's a single photo, processed in DXO, LR, PS (my signature), and Analog Efex (the frame).
HMM, Everyone!
P.S. I'm busy today and hope to catch up with you tonight!
Macro Mondays 'pick two' theme.
My two are 'delicate' (or 'curved') and 'pottery'.
My second submission as my first was rejected - the first time in nearly five years in the group that that has happened. 😢 😊
The figurine measures just on 2" and the widest point
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
taken Oct 04, 2023 and uploaded for the group
Canon EOS 450D - EFS 18-55 mm IS
ƒ/5.6
35.0 mm
1/8 Sec
ISO 400