RE: Another crystal image
Now that's my cup of tea there! The 1st one seemed void or unbalanced to me. This one I love! Tom C. From: Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: "pentax-discuss@pdml.net" Subject: Another crystal image Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:38:58 +0200 I thought this might be interesting. http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/only003.jpg Its a stack of five pictures. Sometimes, if one is not careful the growth gets a bit thick (deep) and since the depth of field is almost non-existent one has to resort to other means. The images were stacked with CombZ and had the levels slightly altered in Photoshop. No sharpening was done and they were 'stacked only'. I didn't measure the focus steps. The total might have been about 120um. Don -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005
Re: Another crystal image
Don Williams wrote: > > I think I need to add that the picture > I've posted is rather small. The > original is a full sized TIFF with > masses of fine detail. > > D And I thank you for that a zillion times! So beautiful. Don't suppose you have any thin sections of rocks such as serpentine (without asbestos :) :) ) or the like that you have photoed with birefringence do you? taking petrography in , I think it was, 1970 I enjoyed observing how much some of the samples looked like the work of some abstract impressionists or even 19th century impressionists - Id use it as a guide to remember which was which and the professor even accepted that, do a degree, when we had to explain how we knew which rock or mineral was what it was. It was sort of a "there is nothing new under the sun" experience. back then there was a poster that could be found of the moon rock under a microscope which I had for quite a while. ann > > Don Williams wrote: > > I thought this might be interesting. > > > > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/only003.jpg > > > > Its a stack of five pictures. Sometimes, if one is not careful the > > growth gets a bit thick (deep) and since the depth of field is almost > > non-existent one has to resort to other means. The images were stacked > > with CombZ and had the levels slightly altered in Photoshop. No > > sharpening was done and they were 'stacked only'. I didn't measure the > > focus steps. The total might have been about 120um. > > > > Don > > > > -- > Dr E D F Williams > ___ > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > See feature: The Cement Company from Hell > Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005
Re: Another crystal image
Don, I feel that this "type" of image would be particularly suited to commercial use. Virtually any sort of business office or attendant customer receiving or waiting area. Engineering office reception areas immediately comes to mind. They will trend to occupy the viewers mind to a greater extent than would a quickly read common theme. One route to reaching such locations would, of course, be through arming commercial interior decorating businesses with examples (watermarked) for their portfolios. Has worked some for me. Very marketable, at least the one I've seen. Jack --- Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This one is also salicylic acid, but the > crystals have grown much faster and > overlap and join. Conditions are the > same as before -- more or less. I've > taken well over 150 similar images with > the *ist D about half of which have been > scrapped. I have dozens on film as well. > > This is the start of a commercial > operation. They'll be offered for sale > from a US website as prints, framed, or > mailed in tubes. But because I have such > warm feelings for the Pentax group I've > snatched the opportunity to come back -- > now that I have a Pentax body on the > microscopes again and can legitimately > do so -- and show some of this stuff. > > One idea is that many prints could be > original -- one image one print. This > way you could not find, hanging in a > neighbors bathroom, the same one you > have in the prized spot in your front > hall. I've been looking at websites > where pictures are for sale and trying > to decide how to price them. However > they're different insofar as they'll be > originals with no others like them > anywhere. Any suggestions? Off-list > would be best for a reply to this one. > > The big printer has been set up, paper > and loads of ink bought (in Oklahoma by > the way) and soon we'll start. The first > ones should be ready in a week. Because > my partner and I are now in business I > have to forgo the satisfaction of > posting galleries of these images as I > have done with other photomicrographs > and videos. > > Diatoms and other interesting and > beautiful 'micro-life' will be included > in these collections. > > Don > > skye wrote: > > This is amazing (and again, begs the question: what is it, > exactly?). > > It looks like organic stained glass. > > > > You're truly putting that camera to good use :) > > > > On 11/2/05, Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I thought this might be interesting. > >> > >> http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/only003.jpg > > > > > > > > -- > Dr E D F Williams > ___ > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > See feature: The Cement Company from Hell > Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005 > > __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Another crystal image
On 11/3/05, Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought this might be interesting. > > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/only003.jpg > > Its a stack of five pictures. Sometimes, > if one is not careful the growth gets a > bit thick (deep) and since the depth of > field is almost non-existent one has to > resort to other means. The images were > stacked with CombZ and had the levels > slightly altered in Photoshop. No > sharpening was done and they were > 'stacked only'. I didn't measure the > focus steps. The total might have been > about 120um. you're right, it is interesting! cool shot. -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Re: Another crystal image
> From: Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > But because I have such > warm feelings for the Pentax group I've > snatched the opportunity to come back -- Steady, there. - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: Another crystal image
This one is also salicylic acid, but the crystals have grown much faster and overlap and join. Conditions are the same as before -- more or less. I've taken well over 150 similar images with the *ist D about half of which have been scrapped. I have dozens on film as well. This is the start of a commercial operation. They'll be offered for sale from a US website as prints, framed, or mailed in tubes. But because I have such warm feelings for the Pentax group I've snatched the opportunity to come back -- now that I have a Pentax body on the microscopes again and can legitimately do so -- and show some of this stuff. One idea is that many prints could be original -- one image one print. This way you could not find, hanging in a neighbors bathroom, the same one you have in the prized spot in your front hall. I've been looking at websites where pictures are for sale and trying to decide how to price them. However they're different insofar as they'll be originals with no others like them anywhere. Any suggestions? Off-list would be best for a reply to this one. The big printer has been set up, paper and loads of ink bought (in Oklahoma by the way) and soon we'll start. The first ones should be ready in a week. Because my partner and I are now in business I have to forgo the satisfaction of posting galleries of these images as I have done with other photomicrographs and videos. Diatoms and other interesting and beautiful 'micro-life' will be included in these collections. Don skye wrote: This is amazing (and again, begs the question: what is it, exactly?). It looks like organic stained glass. You're truly putting that camera to good use :) On 11/2/05, Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I thought this might be interesting. http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/only003.jpg -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005
Re: Another crystal image
This is amazing (and again, begs the question: what is it, exactly?). It looks like organic stained glass. You're truly putting that camera to good use :) On 11/2/05, Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought this might be interesting. > > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/only003.jpg
Re: Another crystal image
I think I need to add that the picture I've posted is rather small. The original is a full sized TIFF with masses of fine detail. D Don Williams wrote: I thought this might be interesting. http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/only003.jpg Its a stack of five pictures. Sometimes, if one is not careful the growth gets a bit thick (deep) and since the depth of field is almost non-existent one has to resort to other means. The images were stacked with CombZ and had the levels slightly altered in Photoshop. No sharpening was done and they were 'stacked only'. I didn't measure the focus steps. The total might have been about 120um. Don -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005
Another crystal image
I thought this might be interesting. http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/only003.jpg Its a stack of five pictures. Sometimes, if one is not careful the growth gets a bit thick (deep) and since the depth of field is almost non-existent one has to resort to other means. The images were stacked with CombZ and had the levels slightly altered in Photoshop. No sharpening was done and they were 'stacked only'. I didn't measure the focus steps. The total might have been about 120um. Don -- Dr E D F Williams ___ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams See feature: The Cement Company from Hell Updated: Photomicro Link -- 18 05 2005
