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
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Comments (29)
Zacko
BRILLIANT trio today buddy. But lack of time forces me to pick a favorite and this is the one. Loved the macro...amazing color. And you already know how much i love abandoned houses. But this little fella brings home the trophy today. What an incredible macro. And the shadow....oooh..they are two...i see that now...okay...and the shadow make it even cooler. Excellent capture for sure. Have a great day. #:O)
glennn23
Agree with Zackooooo! This macro really takes the cake today! Lot's going on here - amazing clarity on those eggs! Dang! Have a good day yourself +++
Valerie-Ducom
Wouahhhhhhhh, impressiv macro photo and amazinf color!!! I like very much your creativity ;) good day and huge hugs kisssssssssssss
claudialee
Amazing photo. Nasty buggers. So, here you have it all. Nest, eggs, larvae, and adults. Personally, I would prefer a can of "Gottcha", but then there wouldn't have been a great photo. LOLOLOL!!! HUGS!!
devineydesignsllc
great job!can't touch this!
morin3000
H Attention has our babies!!! We will make you honey :) Excel photo!!! ((V))
cynlee
tough image, great detail!.. these paper wasps are downright aggressive if one were to get too close
Luka_30
Absolutely perfect!
marybelgium
super macro shot !
Georges_H_Hoens
Hornets!!! The most impressive familly of the wasps species. Impressive because so beautiful with a very extended territory defence behaviour. Fantastic (and COURAGEOUS) shot my friend. They are the most agressive and dangerous specie of wasp for us. I wish you a peaceful evening Troy, G.
danob
Yep Georges is right it is a Hornet and our largest wasp!! Great shot Troy!
jcv2
Fantastic capture of these wasps, mean, they want to protect their offspring, I guess! Terrific work, Troy!
Wire
From the very kindly look she casts I think your welcome... :-|(())/)))000~~~~ZZZZzzzzzzzbzzzzz
teoratiu
Brrrr. I don't want them in my room, but I'd like to have the opportunity to capture them one day..
criss
Fantastic shot, Troy! Well done!!!
Valentin
Absolutely perfect work, looks fantastic on the white background!!! Have a most wonderful evening!
shutterguy
outstanding clarity and color, wish it had something included for scale
Lledeline
Great macro and postwork
Cosme..D..Churruca
Awesome, very very fine macro !
CDBrugg
busy little things aren't they? - great shot :-))
soulofharmony
love the quality and clarity and really works on the white surface.. brillaint troy :)
Nath06
Really perfect shot , well done work!!! Bravo Troy and have a good day my friend :)
Margana
Oh man!Aren't you the brave one!Awesome capture,Troy!Incredible detail,light,compo...it's got it all.One the best I've ever seen,in fact!Too bad it gives me the heebie jeebies,lol.We had a hive/nest thingy from these guys on the side of our house once.And my hubby got the brilliant idea to hose it down...He's lucky he made it into the house fast enough!Oooh did they get maaaaaaaad!Did you know a few stings from these guys could land you in the hospital?Well,thats' what I found out when I had a professional come to get rid of it,cuz the wee beasties started construction again almost immediately.Oops.Sorry.I got carried away.LOL.Well its off to faves.That should make up for my babbling so.LOL.Have a great night!-M :^)
Richardphotos
beautiful but downright nasty creatures. they are very defensive of their nest. outstanding macro and a 10 for being brave enough to get this close
kimariehere
OH mann you are BRAVE !!! WHAT A SPECTACULAR capture!! brilliant shot so clear and crisp !!! .. i am in awe of this shot !!!.. PERFECTLY SHOT !! V!
squirrel2005
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! This MUST be one of your best capture Troy, It's impressing macro. It gorgeous it's everything!!!! Like the contrast and se how keen they are. Really an conspicuous shot! Ha en fin dag:)Hugs
wildgoha
Troy I afraid about you ! you have monstear around you ! I think camera can't help you much !you're winner ! Bravo !
NekhbetSun
Aren't these yellow jackets? this is an amazing macro and you're def a brave soul venturing so close...pas moi lol XOX
Chaos911
:) this shot is sooo cool, excellently done!!!!