On 1/5/2014 11:54 AM, True North wrote:


Here's the eagle that was hanging around my sister's house in cape Breton.
The utility pole fed a detached garage a bit in from the road.
My brother-in-law would throw a frozen fish onto the field on occasion.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps4c1c999e.jpg



That's a great picture.

My younger son has become a somewhat accomplished photographer and
specializes in wildlife and landscape photography. One of his pictures
recently won first prize in a Boston photography contest.

Here's a link to a slide show of some of his wildlife images. He spends
his "off" time from work tromping around in local conservation lands
looking for subjects to photograph.

The second link is some of the landscape images taken locally: He had
several of them printed on canvas and has sold a few.

http://www.tailwagphotography.com/wildlife.html

http://www.tailwagphotography.com/south-shore-massachusetts.html

On Sunday, 5 January 2014 13:45:03 UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/5/2014 11:54 AM, True North wrote:





Here's the eagle that was hanging around my sister's house in cape Breton.

The utility pole fed a detached garage a bit in from the road.

My brother-in-law would throw a frozen fish onto the field on occasion.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps4c1c999e.jpg







That's a great picture.



My younger son has become a somewhat accomplished photographer and

specializes in wildlife and landscape photography. One of his pictures

recently won first prize in a Boston photography contest.



Here's a link to a slide show of some of his wildlife images. He spends

his "off" time from work tromping around in local conservation lands

looking for subjects to photograph.



The second link is some of the landscape images taken locally: He had

several of them printed on canvas and has sold a few.



http://www.tailwagphotography.com/wildlife.html



http://www.tailwagphotography.com/south-shore-massachusetts.html

Nice pictures.. he seems to have a talent for photographing wildlife.
I'm betting he has a full frame camera with a serious telephoto lens.

On 1/5/2014 1:06 PM, True North wrote:
On Sunday, 5 January 2014 13:45:03 UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/5/2014 11:54 AM, True North wrote:





Here's the eagle that was hanging around my sister's house in cape Breton.

The utility pole fed a detached garage a bit in from the road.

My brother-in-law would throw a frozen fish onto the field on occasion.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps4c1c999e.jpg







That's a great picture.



My younger son has become a somewhat accomplished photographer and

specializes in wildlife and landscape photography. One of his pictures

recently won first prize in a Boston photography contest.



Here's a link to a slide show of some of his wildlife images. He spends

his "off" time from work tromping around in local conservation lands

looking for subjects to photograph.



The second link is some of the landscape images taken locally: He had

several of them printed on canvas and has sold a few.



http://www.tailwagphotography.com/wildlife.html



http://www.tailwagphotography.com/south-shore-massachusetts.html

Nice pictures.. he seems to have a talent for photographing wildlife.
I'm betting he has a full frame camera with a serious telephoto lens.


Not really. He started out using a used Nikon D70. In fact, I bought
it from Harry a few years ago. Then he "inherited" my wife's Nikon D300
and several lenses that she had for it, including a pricey
auto-stabilizing telephoto. He also uses a Sony alpha NEX-6 with
several lenses he has for it. One is a macro lens that is incredible.

On 1/5/2014 1:34 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 5 Jan 2014 10:06:23 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

http://www.tailwagphotography.com/wildlife.html



http://www.tailwagphotography.com/south-shore-massachusetts.html

Nice pictures.. he seems to have a talent for photographing wildlife.
I'm betting he has a full frame camera with a serious telephoto lens.

Yup I have lens envy ;-)

I am doing all of my photos with a little pocket camera so I can't get
that kind of detail.
There is a pretty cool printing process out there called Giclee where
they print your pictures on large format canvas. I have 2 of our
favorite pictures on the wall in the living room 20x30



My son tried two different on-line services that do canvas prints of
photographs. One was terrible in terms of quality and he stopped using
them. The other company does a fantastic job and you can order frames
if desired.

We set a separate, unused room at the guitar shop as a "gallery" of some
of the prints. People are surprised to see them there and have
purchased a few. Here's a link to the room at the shop:

http://www.re-tunes.net/ErikssonGallery.html

On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:49:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

My son tried two different on-line services that do canvas prints of
photographs. One was terrible in terms of quality and he stopped using
them. The other company does a fantastic job and you can order frames
if desired.

===

Are you willing to share the name/contact info of the service that you
like?

On 1/5/2014 5:32 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:49:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

My son tried two different on-line services that do canvas prints of
photographs. One was terrible in terms of quality and he stopped using
them. The other company does a fantastic job and you can order frames
if desired.

===

Are you willing to share the name/contact info of the service that you
like?



I wish I could remember Wayne. I'll find out and advise.

He (well, "we") tried two of the many on-line services. One was much
better quality than the other ... the media they used had a smaller
grain and was slightly more glossy and although it still looks like a
painting, the image reproduced much clearer. They also offered
discounts for multiple prints which the other company did not.

I *think* we tried "Canvas on Demand" and "Easy Canvas", but I don't
remember for sure or which one we liked. I'll find out.

Here's a fairly recent pic he took that is one of my favorites.
Something about the simplicity of the setting and the shadows strike me.

http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/JohnPic3.jpg?t=1388962517

On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 17:58:46 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 1/5/2014 5:32 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:49:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

My son tried two different on-line services that do canvas prints of
photographs. One was terrible in terms of quality and he stopped using
them. The other company does a fantastic job and you can order frames
if desired.

===

Are you willing to share the name/contact info of the service that you
like?



I wish I could remember Wayne. I'll find out and advise.

He (well, "we") tried two of the many on-line services. One was much
better quality than the other ... the media they used had a smaller
grain and was slightly more glossy and although it still looks like a
painting, the image reproduced much clearer. They also offered
discounts for multiple prints which the other company did not.

I *think* we tried "Canvas on Demand" and "Easy Canvas", but I don't
remember for sure or which one we liked. I'll find out.

Here's a fairly recent pic he took that is one of my favorites.
Something about the simplicity of the setting and the shadows strike me.

http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/JohnPic3.jpg?t=1388962517


===

Thanks, very nice. It reminds me a bit of my childhood in upstate NY
with that low, hazy winter sun in the late afternoon. Cold !!

On 1/5/2014 6:12 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 17:58:46 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 1/5/2014 5:32 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:49:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

My son tried two different on-line services that do canvas prints of
photographs. One was terrible in terms of quality and he stopped using
them. The other company does a fantastic job and you can order frames
if desired.

===

Are you willing to share the name/contact info of the service that you
like?



I wish I could remember Wayne. I'll find out and advise.

He (well, "we") tried two of the many on-line services. One was much
better quality than the other ... the media they used had a smaller
grain and was slightly more glossy and although it still looks like a
painting, the image reproduced much clearer. They also offered
discounts for multiple prints which the other company did not.

I *think* we tried "Canvas on Demand" and "Easy Canvas", but I don't
remember for sure or which one we liked. I'll find out.

Here's a fairly recent pic he took that is one of my favorites.
Something about the simplicity of the setting and the shadows strike me.

http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/JohnPic3.jpg?t=1388962517


===

Thanks, very nice. It reminds me a bit of my childhood in upstate NY
with that low, hazy winter sun in the late afternoon. Cold !!



Wayne, I checked with my wife. The service we have been very satisfied
with is "Canvas On Demand". We've had several made, some with frames.
We were very surprised and pleased with the quality of the prints *and*
the frames.

http://www.canvasondemand.com/

On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:34:46 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 5 Jan 2014 10:06:23 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

http://www.tailwagphotography.com/wildlife.html



http://www.tailwagphotography.com/south-shore-massachusetts.html

Nice pictures.. he seems to have a talent for photographing wildlife.
I'm betting he has a full frame camera with a serious telephoto lens.

Yup I have lens envy ;-)

I am doing all of my photos with a little pocket camera so I can't get
that kind of detail.
There is a pretty cool printing process out there called Giclee where
they print your pictures on large format canvas. I have 2 of our
favorite pictures on the wall in the living room 20x30

If you've got a Nikon, I can make you a good deal on the same lens. Hell, I can do it even if you
*don't* have a Nikon!
--

Hope you're day is spectacular!

On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 12:45:03 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 1/5/2014 11:54 AM, True North wrote:


Here's the eagle that was hanging around my sister's house in cape Breton.
The utility pole fed a detached garage a bit in from the road.
My brother-in-law would throw a frozen fish onto the field on occasion.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps4c1c999e.jpg



That's a great picture.

My younger son has become a somewhat accomplished photographer and
specializes in wildlife and landscape photography. One of his pictures
recently won first prize in a Boston photography contest.

Here's a link to a slide show of some of his wildlife images. He spends
his "off" time from work tromping around in local conservation lands
looking for subjects to photograph.

The second link is some of the landscape images taken locally: He had
several of them printed on canvas and has sold a few.

http://www.tailwagphotography.com/wildlife.html

http://www.tailwagphotography.com/south-shore-massachusetts.html




He does some fantastic photography. It'd be fun to follow him around for a month. Most impressive.
--

Hope you're day is spectacular!