Technically challenged Cheshire Cat night pic.

21 years ago

Hi again,

I've tried everything short of bashing my camera against the rock

to get a good picture of the grin at night!

Tonight was so beautiful, sickle moon, frog song, eerie lit up plants

and the grin.

This is the best I could do and I couldn't repeat it at gunpoint.

MrStan, the teeth are triangular, clear glass beads, siliconed

(lightly) onto a strip of clear plastic cut from a Sam's club pretzel jar

to fit the opening, then grouted in place with patching cement.

Gemfire, he's about 3' long, (German shepherd with a big head).

The eyes are described in the post "Cheshire cat at night waiting for teeth".

Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement everyone!

This is a great forum!

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Comments (7)

tufaenough
21 years ago
LOL!
THAT is so cool Linnea.
Looking forward to your next project.
HowieDoin
21 years ago
I don't see the dog!!! I don't see the dog!! Did she eat the dog????

Wow, you couldn't have taken a better nighttime picture of her--that's freaking scarey. Good work!
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mrstan1234
21 years ago
AWESOME! Thanks so much... It REALLY turned out so very well. I have been following this forum for awhile (several years) But STILL haven't made anything... but when I do.. I may have to try one of these...
linnea2
Original Author
21 years ago
Thanks but, hmpf, the grin is much crisper
and I don't understand the yellow Canna showing
above his ear anymore than I understand my camera.

The dog's still arou... now where IS he?
Irmgaard
21 years ago
VERY cool. I would be curious to see a picture of what it looks like in the daytime.
Running_Dog
21 years ago
It looks absolutely SUPER!

A friend gave me good instructions for night-time pics with a digital camera.

1. Set it to a slow shutter-speed (I hate reading manuals, but sometimes there's just no other way!)

2. Set a time-delay of 2 or 3 seconds (see how in the manual again)

3. Put the camera on something solid, and frame your picture. One of those lavendar- or herb-filled neck-things is useful for angling the camera exactly, and holding it in position.

4. Click, and see what happens :o)

I think your Cheshire Cat is wonderful, and very very very commercial. Wonder if it'd be possible to put a solar lamp inside, with the battery (if that's what you call it) sited outside to pick up the sunlight? Don't know how solar lamps work. Then at night just the grin and the eyes would show.
Running_Dog
21 years ago
DUH! I feel like a dork - read back through older messages, and discover that solar lights is EXACTLY what you used.