A LOOK AT THE REAL THING-

ABOVE- THIS IS A HIGHER-RES WIDE ANGLE PICTURE- CLICK ON
IT AND USE THE MOUSE TO ZOOM IN EVEN FURTHER. TO RETURN TO THE
SITE JUST PRESS YOUR BACK ARROW BUTTON.


BELOW THE TEXT you can see a line of pictures. I had to do it
that way because I've been having trouble with doubling up pictures.
You can zoom in on these to by clicking on them. This is a view of most of
them close up. These are just the few I've printed. I have thousands of
pictures that I like well enough to print like this! It will take a while to
just even put them on my website. The more I learn about the Internet
the better things will get. I'm going to see my dad on the train for a week
coming up. I'm not sure if I will be able to work on my website down there.
If not--I will be back by the end of this month. Finally I got enough money
to run these pictures. They gobble up ink cartridges that are really expensive.
I printed these on one set of cartridges and that was about it. I got more
stuff, but generally these kinds of pictures drain the cartridges very fast.
So my pricing has a lot to do with the cost of INK. I don't go to the store
without 100 bucks just to take care of cartridges and paper. To refill the
printer I generally spend about $100 between ink cartridges and high-quality
paper. I don't buy cheap junk for good reasons, some kinds of ink and
paper can degrade in less then a year. It's always a good idea to keep
these kinds of pictures out of direct sunlight for hours at a time--there are limits
to printing even if you go to a very good photo place. That is one reason why
I give away a CD-ROM with a copy of the file on it so the person can have
it re-printed--or most of all--printed to a much larger size.

Take a look at my creations! I’m really proud of these.
If they seem distorted in these pictures of pictures be
sure to realize I never print a junk picture. They are
all the quality you would expect to see in any professional
setting. The frames were a lucky find but I don’t print
or even save “junk” or out of focus shots. If they are
cropped too much or something and look at all bad at
8x10' they are not worth even keeping except maybe for
identification reasons- not the delicate art of precise macro
shots. For every one of these shots about an hour went
into getting it, and there were probably 10 takes or so
thrown out before I get the one that’s good. Taking
fast pictures of the same subject is a common way for
photographers to insure or make more sure that you will
at least get one good shot. Especially when dealing with
the kinds of tolerances, wind, movement, lighting and
most of all fatigue that often make macro shots difficult
and complicated. These frames are going to mostly be used for
my own studio. I was able to find them for an incredible
price at a local thrift store. I then printed and
framed all these pictures entirely myself. These
are all functional frames that can be hung on a wall
or often even put up on a table. I'm really proud
of seeing the real product prints in a finished
form.

Simple but very functional--these pictures
were easy to do and I chose to sell these types of
frames for $20. If anyone buys one from me they will
get a bonus-- a CD-ROM with the complete full sized
file in it.

These are my first few digital creations. Hopefully
you will be able to see in these pictures the size
and detail of these shots and how I framed them.

I posted one a wide angle view shot above. I had
was at the time just working out how to use that
lens but It worked well even in first trials.