Don Barnhill Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 The frog and the "stump" it sits on are one piece of antler. The base is maple and the eyes are man made rubies. Cornel has created a monster. LMAO. Actually he inspired me to try to be a better carver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Barnhill Posted March 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Hope this is a better view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kelso Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Thanks Don. Any chance of a closer view? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toscano Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Don, that is a very nice piece. I like how the antler is incorporated in the composition. I'll second Jim on the request for close-ups. I'd like to see more of this little guy. regards -t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Barnhill Posted April 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Sorry, my camera won't take close ups. I know, I know, get a better camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Barnhill Posted April 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 I don't know if this will work or not. Better photo????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toscano Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Better photo????? Yes! Thank you Don. It's a very nice piece. -t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Don, thanks for keeping on trying with the photographs! I am going to edit your image. You gave us a high file size image, and I am going to try to use that content to produce a larger carving in a smaller frame and hope to make a quicker loading image. This is a lesson for you and others. The stats as the image is now: 500 x 375 px at 602.14 KB. The px dimension is fine, but the KB is waaaayyy to high for our guidelines of 50 KB per images (just a strong suggestion, but sometimes a bit higher has to be used). I cropped the image, and increased the dimensions of that cropped image a little, then used the unsharp mask feature of PhotoShop for a little sharpening. My suggestion, if you are able to work on digital images, is to shoot a higher resolution (300 dpi) image, crop the excess background from it, reduce it to 72 dpi and at the same time make the image the pixel dimension you would like to see (recalling the guideline of 640 x 480 or there abouts). Save it in JPEG format at a medium setting (you may have to try it a few times to see what gives you around 50 KB and... is not pixelated too much or at all. Lots of balancing of technique, but with practice most people figure it out. I will edit your photo and put an "edited by" notice in the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Barnhill Posted April 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Janel, Sorry about the photo. It shows my ignorance with a camera. And I don't have photoshop on this comp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil White Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Don, Very nice indeed! I keep thinking the frog is going to jump off. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Maybe we can get something figured out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Barnhill Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Janel, It's ok. I have a kodak easy share CD33 camera. I can do maybe 15 inch close up. I thought I had the pic right. Didn't think about cropping the picture and then doing a closer view. I don't really know how to do all this stuff with the camera and editing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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