Ford, Nikon D7000, Tokina 12-24 f/4 @ f/11, ISO 400, 1/50 sec, Topaz Adjust, NO TRIPOD
This is turning out (already) to be a busy week! I have a photo club meeting tomorrow evening, followed by an exhibition invitation on Wednesday to be followed by a trip to the Colorado Railroad Museum on Saturday morning. To top that off I still haven’t finished the entry I’ve been planning and working on sporadically the last couple of weeks. I won’t go into the subject now, other than to say I’ve found it more difficult to justify my position than I thought it would. Because I may be wrong, you ask? No, because I think I’m so right that it should be self-evident! And yet, the opposite is what I hear all the time in the photographic world. I’ll post it soon.
On another subject, I made a print on 13″x19″ paper yesterday and because I don’t have a paper cutter large enough to handle prints greater than 11″x14″ I had to take it to my neighborhood Kinko’s to trim it. They had a new cutter there, one that had a very tight-fitting strip of amber colored plastic to hold the paper steady while being cut. Somehow, ink from a previous cutting job was on the inside of this strip and as a result the ink ended up on the white border around the print. The white border that would be very obvious framed.
Needless to say, I was, well, miffed, especially at the apathetic response from the woman working there. We couldn’t get really angry about it; after all, the service is free. But a lesson has been learned, and I’m now in the market for a decent rotary paper cutter. If anyone has any recommendations, I’d appreciate it. At the moment I’m looking at the Dahle 552 Professional Rolling Trimmer. Seems like it might do the job nicely, though I wish it wasn’t quite as costly as it is. Anyone using this cutter?
Well, that’s about it for this post. The photo you see here is one I took last summer (oh, how I miss summer right now!) when we visited Victor, Colorado.
Thanks for reading,
John
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What a great image – the rusty tones and perspective are fabulous. And I really like your 13 x 19 ratio. Great work!
Thanks Martina! I apprecieat the comments!
I’ve been using an 18 inch paper trimmer that I bought used for $5, in perfect condition. It’s pretty heavy duty and razor sharp but for larger prints I use a cutting mat sold at fabric stores, a clear plastic straight edge and one of those break away exacto type knives.
I love this image, it’s so vibrant.
$5 sound like a perfect price for me! Guess I’ll peruse Craigslist and maybe ebay to see what’s available. Thanks for the comments Ken!
Wonderful tones and textures! Love these old cars. Beautiful image!
Thanks John! Old vehicles are some of my favorite subjects.