天涯孤独 – tengai kodoku

Using Kaleido Ruby as my poor victim of choice, I experimented using my camera in several of its modes.  This is partially a review, but mostly a test for my camera.

Actually, I first experimented with the twins Kohaku and Hisui, but those turned out so poorly I didn’t save them… I think these turned out a little better, though.  On to the images, then!

Started off with a couple of automatic mode pictures.  I wanted to see what settings the camera chose, and also experimented with my lighting.

External lighting makes a pretty big difference it seems… I’ll have to pay more attention to this in the future.

Focusing is a bit weird for me right now.  Auto-focus does work pretty well, but… sometimes it’s hard for me to tell what exactly it’s focusing on at times. ^^;;

Panchira!

Focusing on the wand… ignoring the panchira.  Or trying to.

Tried to focus on her armpit (why?), but auto-focusing foils my plans yet again.

I actually noticed specks of dust and whatnot more easily in these images than actually on the figure… cleaned her off by now, of course. =P

Zettai ryouiki from behind!

A few more angles and panchira before finishing up with automatic mode.

This is generally how my images with Kohaku and Hisui ended up.  I was determined to figure out what I should change to get some decent images this time.

Of course, I could set flash on, but it gives the image a sort of fake, bluish tint that I was not terribly fond of.

Bright!  Too bright!

Toned down a bit, but still not quite right.

Starting to look better…

Testing manually focusing on different areas.

The wand and panchira make a comeback?

Once again trying to focus on the armpit (and again wondering why?)… better results, I think.

Overall, I think I’m starting to get the hang of it.  Starting to see a little of how shutter speed, aperture, etc. all come together.

Last figure for me to unbox in this group is Kudryavka Noumi… but alas, when I opened her up, I noticed something very, very wrong with her ribbon.  More on poor Kudo-kou’s plight later. ;_;