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 (17)
southernamazon1957
Oh what memories this brings. I have not seen a cotton bloom since I was a teenager! Lovely capture. Thank you so very much :)
miladyblu
CIAO!!Another your SUPERB capture!!i love really very much this wonderful flower with stunning colors and incredible details!!The light is fabulous!!Another your big masterpiece my dearest friend Troy!!I really enjoyed this amazing shot and excellent work!!Really well done!!Thank you for sharing!!I wish you a happy day!!A big kiss and hugs!!
Zacko
So crisp and so clear!!! Perfect saturation and DOF as well. So those are cotton flowers? But...youre not making sweaters and cotton buds from those right? Sigh...im so ignorant in the process of producing cotton it seems. Bla bla. Beautiful flower though, whatever purpose it has in life. #:O) Have a great day Troy!
tofi
Quite heartwarming photo with a very artistic look. Thank You Troy.
teoratiu
Interesting. In Romania you can buy a cotton plant in a pot, from the flowershop. And that's just due to its beautiful flowers. I think it needs a different climate to grow in a field. Great capture.
Damia
That is not only a beautiful flower, but an outstanding shot of it! The dof is perfect and the tips of the petals are so clear. Don't think I've ever seen a cotton flower before. I love how you can see all the little veins in the petals and little fuzzy hairs on it. An absolutely wonderful image, Troy!! Have a great day! Hugs & a kiss :)
Loloe
Wow!!! what a wonderful capture of this beautiful and delicate flower! Bravo Troy!!! Huge hugs
criss
Yes, a very beautiful capture! Awesome!
babuci
Wonderfull pink!
marybelgium
wow ! superb once more !
GBCalls
Never saw one...thanks for posting it. Excellent work!
NekhbetSun
Ya know sumthin' ? you're gettin' reeeaal good at this macro stuff !!! real good !!! XOXOX
Valerie-Ducom
a romantic capture and ery delicat color. I like very much this composition my dear friend.. Excellent!! Good day and kiss
Chaos911
what a F A N T A S T I C shot and work!!!! super cooooool!!! :)
Richardphotos
we have many cotton fields around this are but I never knew they had such beautiful blossoms. excellent macro
toer
Another beauty of your country...one day with a lot of time (many more than now) Ill have to take a look live... :)
squirrel2005
Beautiful ,soft and tender! Just perfect capture Troy!