June '08 caterpillar by Leeco
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Description
Nikon 7900 pocket camera - hand held image.
Two more images of a very tiny unidentified caterpillar. Nothing special just a new variety for me.
The important news (to me at least) is that I had a productive day as far as preparations for my upcoming exhibition is concerned. I took a CD with some of my images to a local photoshop and had a 16" x 20" poster printed by a High Resolution printer.
I was very happy with the result. I was very surprised that the image looked as good printed at that size as it looks on my monitor, lol. Unfortunately, at $25 each, I cannot afford to do that with all 30 images I intend to submit but it was good to know they can be at least that big and still retain very good quality.
I also hooked and and used an Epson 200R, 6 color printer that I received as a Christmas present 2 years ago but had never unboxed. I had some high quality photo paper and and once again I was surprised at how good the results were. I can afford to print as many images as I want using it but unfortunately, it cannot print on bigger paper than 8" x 10". Regardless of the image quality, to me, this feels too small for exhibition images. I really want to submit images that are at least 11" x 14" but as of now, I cannot find a better price than $10 each for that size and I really need to get the price down from there. So, I am doing some online research for cheaper printing prices.
I have not researched costs for matting boards yet. My intention is to dry mount 11 x 14 images onto 16 x 20 black mats. That also is subject to change depending on costs, lol.
I am starting to realize why starving artists continue to starve - they cannot afford to prepare their images for presentation, lol.
I will keep updating this experience,
Thanks to those who take the time to comment.
Lee
Comments (11)
Meisiekind
The tiniest little critter and so well captured Lee! Excellent work! :)
durleybeachbum
This chaps skin looks like Harris tweed, a fabric made in Scotland! I'm not at all surprised your photos look great big!! It might be worth finding out if any sponsorship is available, like our Arts Council, or even a Nature trust. Probably too late for this show, but worth researching. And I should think that you could sell your mounted prints for a great deal more than the cost of printing and mounting, find out from some of the other nature folk on this site.
GBCalls
Great macros ! Good luck with your photos on display. Keep searching for more print sources. Todays world plain keeps getting more and more expensive.
tizjezzme
That's great that the poster size looked so good; it doesn't surprise me. And yeah, it is costly. Good luck finding a place that will print at a decent cost affordable to you. I thought about you again yesterday when i was out in our jungle, looking for bugs. This caterpillar must have been a little bit hard to find. Nice find & catch Lee. Keep up the great work.
flora-crassella
...irgend ein Schmetterling wirde es schon werden. Die Raupe ist auf jeden Fall schön. Auf dem ersten Bild meinte ich, dass das eine riesige Raupe ist. Aber auf dem Finger - winzig klein. Danke, dass wir das ungewöhnliche "Tier" sehen dürfen. Wunderbare Aufnahmen!
MrsLubner
Yes, I know what you are saying about the cost to print and matt. If you find a source of cheaper printing, let me know. I have looked and can't find anything suitable. The matting is not easy but if you are able to put out the initial cost to get set up, there is a matt cutter you can get and you just buy the uncut matts to cut yourself. I have been known to go to secondhand stores and go through their old frame rack. For $2-$8 I can usually find quality old frames that just need polishing or a bit of touch up done and nice matts that are still clean and usable. And, then, there is E-bay. LOL this is a teeny caterpil. Its color is very unusual and the fine red lines are amazing. the capture, in fact, is amazing!
ACS-001
The bottom shot is good but the top one is GREAT. It's like a layer cake of color with the red skin and green leaf and darker green background. Almost looks like an abstract shot in its orderly, blocky composition; not very traditional for a nature shot. Good to see you experimenting, especially when the outcome is so nice.
bpclarke
Such a cute little caterpiller. Amazing shot. Bunny
skyla824
another fantastic macro shot.
JeffG7BRJ
I had no doubt whatsoever about your poster size prints Lee, I knew from experience that they would turn out OK. You have to believe in yourself a bit more.#;0) I am really happy that you are reasonably happy with the result. If you were in England we have photo shops that are quite reasonable with poster prints, they are no where near $25.00. Epson do a nice A3 printer which would be the bare minimum for an exhibition but that is adding to the outlay and you are not certain to sell pictures, and it would be in the region of $400.00 for the printer and then ink cartridges on top of that. I wish you the best of luck in sourcing a reliable good cheapish printing shop. I am glad this little critter raised its head in the second shot, I could then identify which was back and which was front. #:0) As Andrea points out the colour is like the famous Harris Tweed, a very nice warm cloth for a suit. Excellent work. Bravo!!!!!
RobyHermida
Beautiful shot, great colours adn details