ANATOMY OF A MANGER----The "building" itself is a speaker enclosure..The woofers & tweeters are dead but the box itself was still in good condition. I ripped the innards out, then put in the creche I got from Goodwill for a couple of bucks..The other background is an old facade of a "palace" a remnant of a bigger artwork,, It was a discard so I got it only for a buck..I used this as a background for the 3 magi..I got the 3 kings from some old boxes in my basement..
MANGER IN A BIRDBATH--This birdbath stayed in the backyard the whole summer. Then it fell and one of the birdie tails broke off..No problem. Fixed it with glue..THen I saw this Jesus, Mary, Joseph figures, one of th earliest manger set I had ( I now have at least 6 sets ) and put them there. These figures are small, mind you. But the the Sony Digicam I placed it close to the figures. The MACRO of the lens feature kicked off and it gave a decent close up shot of the figures...The MACRO is a lens feature that enables you to get sharp looking close up shots of miniatures..Assuming you have a steady hand...:)
..Same subject, different angle...
THE GLASS MANGER SET--A few days ago, I set up this manger set outside our front door. I "glued" the glass figures on the concrete slab with water..It was simply pouring ample water on the slab after the figures are there..With a sub zero temperature, the water turned to ice and "glued" the figures to the slab. Including the artificial hay ....
That afternoon the first major snowstorm in Toronto came...At first, the whole set was covered with snow..I simply brushed off the snow, then built a "wall" at the back...Thenfixed some lights around the set. The very bright lights are plastic angels covering the tiny light bulbs..Plus some colored lights that came free if you surrender some old fashioned Xmas lights that are not electricity savers..Ontario Hydro is now doing everything to conserve energy..especially this Xmas season..:)
Same subject, without any flash...
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