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 (21)
glennn23
Fantastic shot Troy! Love all the lines of this going off in all directions! And that green is always gorgeous! Excellent work +++
Valerie-Ducom
oh yes, very good Dragon green dragon fly in this macro photo!! Excellent work my friend, and very good realisation of lighting... Good day and kisss;)
claudialee
Wow!! How did you get this guy to sit still long enough to get this shot? For me they are faster than greased lightning. Great macro!! HUGS!!
girsempa
Fantabulous shot! The textures, sharpness, colours and lighting are top notch, and the superb tight composition tops it all of! Master class, Troy!
danob
Wonderful Macro Troy!!
gizmo563
Such a clean crisp shot, excellent capture!
jcv2
Stunning capture of this dragonfly! Wonderful details, verrry beautiful!
sossy
wow! an awesome macro! so many sharp details and fantastic wings! what a stunning green find! thanks a lot! ;o
wildgoha
good night - bye Goha likes green a lot, and his wings are so delicate - lovely but this monster is from horror - even if it's so beauty done shot ! I preffer run away ;-) Kidding Troy ! Be careful - we need you here ;-) Hug*2 !
Nath06
Perfect macro Troy!!! Bravo :)
teoratiu
I love this mix of colors. Great work.
cynlee
some fine detail in this & work in presentation
lafayette
NO comment, top macro!
Georges_H_Hoens
Wow Trow, what a great macro of dragonfly. Here its not already the season, they are already there but they're small yet. In one month it gonna be ok. Wish you agreat evening my friend, G.
Blitzz-Licht
beautiful macro
goodoleboy
Macro to the extreme! Wonderful color.
GBCalls
So cool! Excellent macro
Richardphotos
super macro Troy and I love these dflies. they kill so many varmits
NekhbetSun
Best macro you've done so far....excellent with a capital E !!! hugs V
Cosme..D..Churruca
Superb macro Troy !
Chaos911
wow, realy fantastic, super!!!