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 (19)
inshaala
Great capture =)...i only see three tho =S
Enmos
LOL naughty butties indeed hehe :) Superb capture !! :)
busi2ness
I bet it wouldn't have been this easy if they hadn't been occupied "elsewhere"! Very unique to have 4 in such an excellent capture.
Dieblue
Great shot but aren't those tiger swallowtails instead of monarchs?
tmathise
Thanks Wendell, you are indeed correct buddy! The notes for this image have been amended.
Loloe
Wow!!!!Four butterflies in the same pic! Stunning capture! They're beautiful!!! Bravo Troy ! Have a wonderful day and big hugs
jcv2
Lovely capture of these butterflies, beauties that look so fascinating! Gorgeous work, Troy!
claudialee
So, you caught them all together? Shame on you for being voyeur! You might have at least given them some privace. BUT--- "NOoooooooo", anything for a photo. LOL!!! Lo of Lo and Hugs!!!!
Richardphotos
they are beautiful and an excellent macro. I have not seen any yet to my dismay
donallison13
Very nice capture Troy. Great DOF with this macro. Don
vlaaitje
yep realy naughty...but so lovely to look at
Nath06
Superb macro of these butterflies!!! Brvao :)
Valerie-Ducom
Impressiv shot and the color and lighting is perfect!!! excellent work ;) good day and kiss
babuci
COOOL moment, well captured !
redchilicat
LOL Lucky you, if they wouldn't have been so preoccupied you may not have been able to capture them...I tried for a shot of one all last summer! Gorgeous shot of these beautiful butterflies!
kimariehere
incredible capture and two beautiful butterfly .. what amazes me is that you manage to have enough great shots to put up three a day !!... awesome capture!!
PeeWee05
Beaut shot! Lovely to see butterflies with such detailed wings!
NekhbetSun
Excellent capture Troy S xoxox
4Dream
Foursome? I can realise only 3... I have to look for my glasses! But it's a wonderful photo!!