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I just came back tonight from a Sydney trip to participate in a photoshoot that was kind of like a real time competition for the Animania Cosplay Calender Cover for 2010 featuring our country's team entrants for this years World Cosplay Summit. This was taken at the Chinese Gardens in Darling Harbour.

This is not an entrant for the calender guys, this was actually intended 100% by the cosplayers to be a crack shot but once I got home and saw it on a bigger screen I actually quite liked it and wanted to edit it fully because poses and expressions are quite epic!

The beautiful cosplayers are:-
Sun Quan cosplay by (Left)
Sun Ce cosplay by (Right)

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I met all these people for the first time with the exception of the lovely models so thank you to the following!

for letting me photograph your all encompassing deliciousness and for being EXTREMELY patient with me and listening to my continual "do this, do that, stop that" order barking!! You were such good sports, go Team Oz!!
for inviting me & arranging this awesome day
for meeting me and taking me to the location (I flew down from many 100's of kilometres away and can't circumnavigate a roundabout and I would have surely gotten lost and been late otherwise)
for all your advice & patience, the gear you lent me, the driving around and for the epic poses you did for lighting tests, yes they will be going up on dA at some point!
Thanks for revealing some of your 'intimate' personal infomation, did I pun that rite? It was nice to have another girl in the car with the menz!!!!

All in all, you were all very welcoming and thank you for it, the whole idea was very daunting as I've been out of the convention scene (as a con goer) for 3 years and know nobody down there, so you were all awesome!
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Comments: 48

FUSIONRY [2010-11-28 19:42:13 +0000 UTC]

cooooool
a question
from where you people buy those clothes and weapons?
please help
thanks

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fiathriel In reply to FUSIONRY [2010-11-29 08:49:08 +0000 UTC]

They both made their costumes and weapons

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Maebel [2010-10-20 12:02:43 +0000 UTC]

O_O Amazing costume.... I'm speechless

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level4chaos [2010-08-15 13:23:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh man, I love that series of shots soooo much! And I love WHATEVER it is you've done to the colours; it makes my breastplate look so shiny!

We were sort of trying to re-create this scene (0:58 to 1:17) -> [link] because that pagoda reminded us of the castle.

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Moondrisa [2010-08-15 09:03:22 +0000 UTC]

dang! this is freakin' awesome!!! i love that your background looks like dynasty warriors too!!

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the-ice-nine [2010-08-04 22:45:51 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful, beautiful costumes! *_*

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winged--icarus [2010-08-02 16:02:06 +0000 UTC]

Great cosplay!

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Du-Ai-Ni [2010-08-02 13:18:36 +0000 UTC]

nice armors!!!

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Luthien-Ikari [2010-07-31 04:59:41 +0000 UTC]

All these shots are so epic <3

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GoWuGo [2010-07-30 14:54:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you soooo much for putting up with our stupidity all day! We absolutely LOVE this shot, and we wish that it could have been used for the calendar (damn that pesky "no morbid cover pics" rule *Wakaleo made up! ). So awesome~

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fiathriel In reply to GoWuGo [2010-07-30 16:25:39 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome, it was a pleasure and I hope the other ideas we all spoke of come to fruition soon, must do LOTS of shoots with you, my cosplay crushes!

Yeh I love this pic, I can't believe a crack shot that took me 30 seconds to shoot came out this well when I spent over 15 mins and almost 80 pictures under that pergola to get the cover shot!!! So bizarre. . . . .

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beethy [2010-07-30 10:58:14 +0000 UTC]

Empty space near the bottom doesn't work.. makes the photo feel imbalanced.
Also Mel's expression is too goofy for the feeling the overall image is trying to evoke.
Processing is too contrasty.
There are a few things I do like about the image.. but it's not enough to hold it all together. The concept is good.

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Reiichi [2010-07-29 20:16:08 +0000 UTC]

Powerful picture of two gorgeous costumes. *faves*

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MitsisArtwork [2010-07-29 16:41:14 +0000 UTC]

such amazing cosplayers *__________*

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Tenryuu [2010-07-29 11:17:17 +0000 UTC]

I think I'm really used to accidentally finding those two everywhere. (and recognizing themall the time :3)

Nice shot and and color adjusting. Do I see that right? You kinda blended out most color aside from the reds, ne? Looks pro and really has an intense atmosphere.

Mel and Ash are looking great too ^^
And I bet they had fun as they always seem too

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fiathriel In reply to Tenryuu [2010-07-31 11:39:51 +0000 UTC]

Yep, there's some desaturation going on with contrast changes and some sharpening . . . . quite a bit of post processing on this one for added drama!

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Tsubaki-chan [2010-07-29 06:01:03 +0000 UTC]

I love you! This turned out lovely! I can't help but laugh at this shot though as I know how it came into existance! Thanks so much for an epic day, you're so lovely!!!!

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fiathriel In reply to Tsubaki-chan [2010-07-29 08:25:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!!!

I was laughing so hard I'm surprised I was able to focus with all the camera shake!

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ginabeanaballerina [2010-07-29 03:39:33 +0000 UTC]

its just..so...AWESOME

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fiathriel In reply to ginabeanaballerina [2010-07-31 11:40:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!! Will be doing some of your shoot soon, working through slowly!

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Ardella [2010-07-29 01:44:47 +0000 UTC]

Epic photo is epic! Go Team Oz!

Also, that wasn't personal information, I just tell everyone every detail of my intimates (yay for punny jokes!) whenever I meet them.
Maybe.

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fiathriel In reply to Ardella [2010-07-31 11:40:20 +0000 UTC]

Hahahahahah! I had lots of fun!

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AmyLeeYummy [2010-07-28 23:21:45 +0000 UTC]

beautiful girls!!!! GOOD LUCK IN JAPAN!!!!!

Feelin proud you guys are there for us!! ^^

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fiathriel In reply to AmyLeeYummy [2010-07-31 11:40:54 +0000 UTC]

I'm rooting for them, been check out the stream feeds from Japan but haven't seen their faces yet, hope someone tapes their epic skit!!!

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AmyLeeYummy In reply to fiathriel [2010-08-01 22:57:15 +0000 UTC]

nawww they got 10th but they looked fucking epic!!!! saw the skit i was really proud they represented us ^^

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fiathriel In reply to AmyLeeYummy [2010-08-02 05:56:09 +0000 UTC]

Ooo can't wait to see the skit . . . . shame about the placement but judging on the scores the competition was good all round and the placings very tight!

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AmyLeeYummy In reply to fiathriel [2010-08-02 06:23:16 +0000 UTC]

yeah but they did soo well ^^ it made me really proud to be an aussie!! to have real aussies repersent and to really give it everything they had!!

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fiathriel In reply to AmyLeeYummy [2010-08-03 14:47:32 +0000 UTC]

For sure, I hope they are proud, we all are!

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AmyLeeYummy In reply to fiathriel [2010-08-03 23:15:29 +0000 UTC]

hell yeah, i cant wait to congratulate them in person ^^

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koorinotsuki [2010-07-28 22:29:46 +0000 UTC]

This is so cool!! I really like that I can see all the detail work that was put into the costumes. Accurate down to the strand. Great photography and awesome cosplays

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fiathriel In reply to koorinotsuki [2010-07-31 11:41:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, you can see the details better on the newest deviations, the costumes really are stunning, a good choice for representing Australia in the comp!!!

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Kenshiro-FDP [2010-07-28 17:59:08 +0000 UTC]

Splendid costumes and a great, dramatic scene!

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fiathriel In reply to Kenshiro-FDP [2010-07-28 22:13:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, they did a great job on these costumes! The colors are a little muted/desaturated in this edit (for the dramaz) but the details on the costumes are absolutely stunning!

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watermelon-kaiye [2010-07-28 14:25:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I love this so much. I can't quite pinpoint what it is but good work! You can definitely feel the emotions in this picture

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fiathriel In reply to watermelon-kaiye [2010-07-28 14:42:41 +0000 UTC]

You know, that was bugging me too and then I figured out that I loved the stone work, from the stairs right though to the bottom of the picture where they are out of focus, I don't know why but it's my favourite part! Probably way off track for you though!

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watermelon-kaiye In reply to fiathriel [2010-07-28 15:23:10 +0000 UTC]

Hrm, not off track at all! I kept staring at it for a while afterwards and it really is the overall composition that does it for me I think. Everything is positioned so well and what should be in focus is and what shouldn't be is not but complements and completes the picture.

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fiathriel In reply to watermelon-kaiye [2010-07-28 16:19:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! Usually you just get random "awesome" and "nice pic" comments, so thanks!

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Twistedcrystal [2010-07-28 14:09:57 +0000 UTC]

Love the outfits

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Wakaleo [2010-07-28 14:09:27 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, just awesome!

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fiathriel In reply to Wakaleo [2010-07-28 14:44:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I had such a ball . . . . thanks sooo much for inviting me down . . . well worth the trek across the countryside, I'd do it again in a heartbeat!!!

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beethy [2010-07-28 13:35:27 +0000 UTC]

hellz yea pics of my ass
beethy ass, haha

it was so much fun hanging with you
what a great day it was

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fiathriel In reply to beethy [2010-07-28 14:09:35 +0000 UTC]

It certainly was a great day . . . .I wanna post the Kris and Kenny pic first (holding the weapons) . . . . then ass I promise!

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beethy In reply to fiathriel [2010-07-28 14:18:50 +0000 UTC]

Post all the ones of his face somewhere
I laughed so hard at those hahah

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fiathriel In reply to beethy [2010-07-28 14:41:08 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely, yeh you did laugh hard . . . . they were awesome, I should do one of those gay photoshop scrapbook edits where people put a bunch of pictures in a film strip frame by frame so I can post them all at once!

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RaineyJ [2010-07-28 13:29:01 +0000 UTC]

Wooow~ awesome! I'm so jealous you got to go and do that. It sounds like you got to do some cool stuff and meet even cooler people.

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fiathriel In reply to RaineyJ [2010-07-28 13:31:16 +0000 UTC]

The people . . . . certainly 'made' the whole experience . . . . . it's OK, I'm still waaaaay jealous of you being able to go to awesome cockatoo island with the whole FF cast . . . . so want to see that place!

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RaineyJ In reply to fiathriel [2010-07-28 13:35:07 +0000 UTC]

Maybe the Gen-Tou gang can go there again in the future, because it's a really awesome place. It's never boring and there's heaps of interesting little areas all over the place you can find.

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fiathriel In reply to RaineyJ [2010-07-28 14:39:35 +0000 UTC]

Indeed, the place sounds right up my Silent Hill obsessive alley!

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