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I just got some enlargments back from the lab on this paper.
sized from 30 to 40 inches.
That promo peice I was working on and had posted for critiques turned out stunning...the copper tones really worked with this printing process.
I also printed some other samples from that same photoshoot, including a brightly colored shot of the toddler in the metal tub, and another shot made b&w.
On our way home from the lab, we stopped for a coffee, at a nice place we frequent, and opened up the giant packages, and were mobbed, by onlookers who happily took our cards...

Yeah I know...I was already mentioning that in an earler post, about a promo peice.

Truthfully, after seeing a large number of them entered in a recent competition, I'd liketo point out that paper is not suited to all prints, but once you find the right print, POW, the images will jump right off the page at you!.

Get them laminated, and hung, with two lights at 45 degrees (eight feet back set to a brightness equal to iso 100 f8 1/2 sec) and see it the way a judge might see it!

I enjoy my photography because I can express myself better thru it than thru wordz.
Motorcycles, on the other hand are a religious experience.

Just hit the throttle a little harder, and the brakes a little later.
You can always buy new underwear, but how often do you get to see Jesus?
(I use him as a braking marker, to cut my lap time on the next pass)

HELL NO!
but having pushed a yamaha fj1200 into the 240-260 km/h speed range, having skydived, water skiing, downhill skiing, rollerblading, and list goes on and on...
I think I have a vague idea of the concepts, and have found many practical uses for gravity, and a few other laws of physics.
for example:
I don't need to read a book to know about rotational mass, gyroscoping, gravity, acceleration, aerodynamics and friction.
All I need to know is this:
If I manage to get both wheels on a 450lb, 130hp motorcycle off the ground, at the same time, what goes up will come down (gravity);
I have two wheels (large rotating masses, gyroscopes) that I can use, by braking (front and rear) or accelerating (rear) to shift the weight and level the thing off before it lands. If it lands level the weight will distribute evenly accross two different types of suspension (one being a lever, the other straight hydrolic), the tires will apply friction to the asphault, and life (the meaning of which is subjective and not likely to be found in a book) goes on.

I think that helps when you want to convince others you are descerning....so it is, to a point true...however, people didn't simply float off the planet, before Newton used vocabulary to describe "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica".

the fact that you used the word "observe" 3 times "Absorb", "learn", "seek" and "achieve" tells me why you are where you are, and that you deserve respect. Truer words not oft spoken.
when words fail, or contradict, it's what you do that matters. Deeds Speak.

one difference between pro and amature is this:
pros get paid.
the other difference is this:
if they don't produce the best shot possible under ANY circumstance, then somebody else gets paid.
so there's no reason amatures can't get pro calibre shots, just no pressure.
if you're getting the shots, and don't mind the pressure, then just hang up the "Open for Business" sign, and stop calling yourself an amature.

look into aperture or lightroom, and you'll soon realize that raw + jpeg=wasted storage space, and longer downloads.

teather to your laptop.....
How's that for larger image?

incence, black backdrop, table lamps, flash on second curtian sync.

make some images of dancing smoke.