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Shadetide 2011 - FIVE YEARS IN SL!

Yes Shadetide was a WEEK ago and it's dreadful I'm just posting. Wraeththu celebrated FIVE YEARS as a community in Second Life. Our founding Tigron and Hienama, Sin/Sinji, led a dazzling and spiritually resonant arojhahn - highlighted by our first inception in ever so long - our enthusiastic and lovable new Wraeththu KERU!

Sin hosted us at his spectacular Fulminir build, along with his lovely pet Anda. A most fitting way to observe this grand anniversary.

Among other things our tigron is a consummate showman and his invocation effects left us all stunned and happy.
For many grand photos visit Arta's Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26580161@N04/), and mine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30064997@N04/) and the Wraeththu flickr (http://www.flickr.com/groups/1654153@N21/) for more snaps.
One thing quite evident by comparison to years-ago postings is the extraordinary improvement in the rendering powers of the SL viewer.

Re-posted febrawhatzits w minimal underwear

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Is this Sick or what

Emerald opens with a photo from some spectacular sim, and I love clicking "visit this location" before logging in. This time I landed in a sim called Sick (S.I.C49). And of course I took some sick photos for your viewing pleasure, because my friends are a bunch of sickos!!!

Have a sick cuppa joe

It Just Is

Sick

Lovely Las Arenas

This beautifully rendered tropical island, Las Arenas Rosadas (the pink sands) showed up as an opening screen on the Emerald viewer, which features a link saying "visit this location" that transports you there upon login. The place includes a store, of course, that sells gorgeous ocean waves, beach houses, hammocks etc.
And since I kind of miss our lil beach house, it was fun relaxing and tping Spikey over for a chat. Thanks to Arta for finding the location, since I had forgotten to keep the LM. I especially love the last photo.

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Say chello to my leedo fren'

Las Arenas w Spikey

Las Arenas sunset

More Lovely Lunacies

We traveled to the surreal landscapes of Templum to try more photos of Arta in his beautiful Lunil avatar.
It would be nice to post one or two on the Wraeththu sites, and I can't make a decision. The colors vary according to settings in the viewer, and we tried two poses: one just the normal "Fly" position, the other an animation I created.
Lileem first saw Lunil cavorting in a tree, so the impression of dance is important if we want to observe the sacred texts.

This would scare me

Lunil closeup

Lunil has the blues

Lunar blaze

Dance of the Moon

Emerald Viewer Photo Phreakiness

Some of the viewer settings get a little more weird - ranging from bleak to bloodless to hellish - for example:

Emerald Catastroph

Emerald Night Flyer

Emerald Asian Red Dawn

Emerald Buccaneers Coast

Emerald Viewer Conventional Photophun

On Kala's excellent advice I downloaded the Emerald Viewer and started messing with the various sky and lighting presets. Talk about your fun!! I revisited settings I have posted before, as well as some new ones like the Great Wall, Mont St Michel of Spikey fame, and some post-apoc locales with really good burning stuff.

The title of each photo includes the sky preset used in the photo. For this first post I display more "normal" settings where stuff still looks, you know, kind of normal.

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Emerald Incongruent Truths

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Emerald Gelatto

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It's Only Wright

Since I was quite amazed by the few Frank Lloyd Wright builds I've actually visited IRL (ex the Rookery atrium in Chicago), I searched out the FL Wright exhibit in SL. A bit less awesome than Mont St Michel, yes, but quite meticulous. In some ways one gains a better feel for the layout in virtual space - no, it's no substitute, it's just cool in a different way.
The weirdo in huge black pants standing in the Robie house is . . . well, you know.

Wright Robie House Exterior

Wright Robie House Windows

Some other FL Wright House

  

Up On the Roo-oof

I know I'm kinda goin post-crazy this week but don't worry, I'll soon revert to weeks of inactivity. I just took some snaps I like so there. Please IM if you feel like it and come on over, you can sit on the Tiny Planet or the swing or even laugh at Kyne's Comedy Sheep. And no you may NOT "wash" Arta in the shower!! Unless I can take snaps and video. Which I will use to blackmail you.

At least Im not a BLOCKhead

Pensees

When you know youre hot

Just like the real Japan except no skyscrapers or cinderblock

Since my missed and longed-for chesnari was not feeling well Saturday, Spikey consoled me with a tour of some lovely Asian builds, including the truly stunning Japan Kansei, Hosoi Mura. Spikey was taking snaps too with that new hot rod puter. I need no special occasion to post such lovely images:

Japan kansai 3

Japan kansai 4

Japan kansai 2