Peacock Ladies

My beauties Mihana and Amaya are back from VelvetTiger's place. I took some quick shots of them with random wigs on the day they arrived, but I didn't have time to do anything better because of my friend's wedding the next morning. But, today I sat down and did some proper shots of the lovely pair.

Resident Lovers of the Chateau Miyana.

Resident lovers...

Morning and Cloud.

Cloud grew up together with the sisters Morning and Elune, and has always been in love with Morning, who reciprocated his feelings. The two have been inseparable since young, doing everything together, with the much younger Elune tagging along most times. Unfortunately, circumstances caused Cloud to end up betrothed to Elune. Although the two lovers tried to stay apart from each other, in the end it proved futile.

Husband and Wife...

Elune and Cloud.

Elune, the little sister of Morning, ended up taking the mantle of Empress of the realms when she was just 16. Two years later, the council of Navi finally settled upon a suitable husband for her, someone who people would willingly recognize as the Empress' consort. This person was Cloud. Although Cloud loved her sister deeply, he put aside the relationship to heed the call of duty. Their marriage was a peaceful one, and they even produced the much anticipated heir... but Cloud never stopped longing for Morning, and Elune too, had her own secrets.

 Secretly more than friends...

Elune and Dante.

Assuming regency of the realms at a very young age, Elune coped with the demands of her role by sometimes escaping into the wilderness at the borders the Hume realm in disguise. During one of these escapades, she met a young Hume man named Dante. They fell in love with each other, and they promised to meet up at the same place and the same time every week. These secret meetings carried on for a year, but unfortunately came to an end when it was decided that Elune was to be married to Cloud. It was at this point that Dante finally learned the true identity mysterious girl he was in love with. Unable to return to a life without Elune, but also unable to remain close to her, Dante began to live on the border between their two realms, where the two of them first met. Elune too, despite being trapped by the confines of her duty, continued to love and pine for Dante.

Dark is the night.

I did some night shots on my balcony earlier. Morning was a real champ and she posed like the goddess that she is. Just thought I'd share some of these because she is absolutely stunning.

I also played with some edits. I love the blue one especially. I made it with the cross-processing effect on Picasa.

Another one leaves the nest.

Momoki left today. The buyer was suddenly able to complete her layaway, and she paid me (almost) in full. I feel a bit sad at parting with her, but I'm sure her new owner will be good to her. Feeling a bit nostalgic now, thinking about Momo and Tomo together. One of the other reasons I let Momo go, was also because I felt like she wasn't really herself after Tomo went. Tomo has gone on to another new home recently - a lovely guy who is new to the BJD hobby, and whom I had the pleasure to talk to. I know from our conversation that he adores that little boy. I hope Momo will find the same kind of loving home.

A couple of my favorite pictures of the pair:

After the sad news, some happy news! Now that Momo has been paid for, the funds I am getting mean that I can now pay off my layaway for Yu Morisawa in full after my payday next week. Really looking forward to that! And my lovely peacock girls are on their way home too!

The night is full of mysterious and beautiful things.

Someone offered layaway for my lovely Momoki, so she will be off to a new home soon. I didn't expect Momo to find a new home before Yuri, but I guess that's how it's going to be. The sale was a little frustrating, with the buyer making all sorts of request and asking all a manner of questions, but hopefully she will go through with the sale tomorrow, so I can bring my Yu Morisawa home earlier.

Momoki's dress, made by the lovely Arion of EccentricRomance now belongs to Chisaki. I teamed the dress with the rose eyepatch from my other set, and took a couple of shots. I cleaned Chibi-chan up as well (goodness, she was filthy), and now she looks much happier and brighter. Unfortunately, while cleaning, I noticed even more chipping in her face-up, and now I am wondering if I should change it. Luckily, most of the damage is hidden by the wig.

I was playing around with the flash, after some discussion with fellow dolly owner ChibiLemon (the link to his Ipernity account is in the sidebar), and I ended up with these two photos. In my opinion, they are both lovely. And each lighting adds it's own atmosphere to the photo. While she looks fierce and yet ethereal in the first picture, she looks mellow and more adorable in the second one. I find it very interesting how the exposure can affect her facial expression so much.

Here is a photo of Eden together with Chibi, wearing the matching boy outfit, teamed with a skull (yes, that is  the Soom Slit/Keny skull!). She looks so gentlemanly, I could almost forget she's a girl!

And this photo is from Tuesday :) I took it because I missed my girls. Two sleeping beauties!

Someone complimented my photography today, so I am really stoked! I've been trying to improve my shots, and he gave me some tips as well. <3