Yup! What can I say? It seemed appropo to post a pic of myself here too.
BIO
Troy Mathisen
...began his professional career as a recording engineer in 1977.
Shortly thereafter, he expanded into providing concert sound-reinforcement and technical support services for many "internationally-renowned" performing artists.
After a couple years of doing concert sound around the Pacific Northwest, he moved to Hollywood California, to enhance his education and experience in audio and music recording and production, for the film, television and record industries.
After 5 years with Paramount Recording Studios as a technician and audio engineer, he began his education in computer music production and graphic design.
Two years later Troy was avidly educating himself in 3D modeling, rendering and animation development and production, while working as a recording engineer for Buena Vista Sound at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank California.
By 1990, he was working as a soundtrack composer and music producer, while obtaining an education in simulation and virtual reality technologies.
Two years later he was working extensively in video engineering and production, giving occasional dissertations to college students on virtual reality environment engineering and computer music development and production for film and video.
In 1995, Troy devoted his full time to learning Internet and web-based technologies.
By 1997, he was functioning as Director of Internet and Multimedia Development for a high-tech telecommunications firm in the bay-area of central California.
To this day Troy continues to design and build intelligent web application software and information distribution systems, as well as focusing as much time as possible on his two greatest loves - the arts and sciences.
Troy currently uses the following for creating visual media...
Software;
Apophysis 2.02
Blender 2.41
Chaoscope 0.2.1
ChaosPro 3.2
DeepPaint 2.0
Lightwave 8.5
PhotoImpact 8
Poser 6
Terragen v0.9
TrueSpace 6.6
VUE 5 Infinite
and others.
Cameras;
Canon Z135 Sure Shot
Nikon D50 Outfit
Olympus Camedia C-700UZ
Hardware;
Dell Inspiron 8500 Computer
HP Business InkJet 1200n Printer
HP PhotoSmart 8250 Printer
HP ScanJet 4370 Scanner
Comments (27)
Darthmagus
GiMi53
ModestyB
Beautiful abstract :)
tmathise
Sorry Philippe, Geert, and Michel. I forgot to enable the dang comments, but I sure appreciate your time and effort in trying to share them with me, GREATLY! Thanks guys.
busi2ness
Great macro!
girsempa
Finally I can say that this is absolutely gorgeous! Beautiful! Unbelievable shot! Wow!
Zacko
YOOO!!! Hey, youre quite the professor. That was one insightful and fascinating article. I just browsed though it quickly though, since im at work...but i plan on reading it more once i get home. Gorgeous macro btw, absolutely impressive. The colors are amazing. Have a great day Troy. #:O)
vlaaitje
lovely close up
NekhbetSun
Well, you did it again ...another macro masterpiece !!! ...brilliant work, mon ami S hugs
soulofharmony
beautiful detailed composition and lovely light.. almost abstractional... fantastic work troy... excellent
mommavelvet9999
Absolutely gorgeous Troy!!!! The colors are exquisite on this wonderful creature! there's something for you in my gallery!!! Bug Hugs!
jcv2
Wowza! Interesting details here! And an article, that's great! Fantastic work, Troy! Very thoughtful of you! :)
bentchick
Excellent macro!!!! Love the detail! Thanks for the info also, it was very interesting and helpful!!
Cosme..D..Churruca
Striking image Troy ! Those metalic glares are genial.
lafayette
Hello Troy, this is a fantastic macro,very clear and detailed, what lens did you use on this shot? HAve a great day!
cynlee
a fantastic detail!! again.. you caught my eye :] so very cool
idiot_sphinx
Lovely Macro capture !! I love the detail on these fabulous wings !!~**~!!
Chaos911
simply wonderful, one super piece of work!!! excellent!!!! :)
Traligill
It does have an absstract sense!! gorgeous image!
GBCalls
Close enough to look like fabric. Excellent work
Richardphotos
I already read your article and learned from it. excellent macro today Troy. I hate to ask but was the butty alive. looks like it has had some mishaps
kimariehere
WOW HOW GORGeoUS THIS IS FANTASTIC macro !!,,,thank you!
erskogly
Absolutely gorgeous closeup look at a butterflies wing - you can actually see the individual scales making the pattern. Excellent macro!
dodgeart
Your eye rarely misses a beat.
KiwiMiss
Such stunning colours and detail! Excellent macro!
nathalie06
So impressive Troy to see the details of the feathers of his wings ! Really splendid, it seems a masterpiece of painting ! But Mother Nature do always better than every thing we try to do ;o)))) Fantastic Macro my friend ! Hugs. V
odie
Wow...you can see every little cell. Just beautiful. :0)