2005 Fall Photos

Post by **Mike Jackson** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:58 am

http://www.goldenstudios.com/colors/

I did some maintenance on my site of photos and made the slide shows easier to scoll through last week and have the site back up and running. I add to the photos when I have time and energy.

There is an image in the Wenzel folios that shows an owl with his wing in the position seen in the photo above. It must be a natural post for that species.

Mike

Bob Kaschak · Post by **Bob Kaschak** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:14 am

Mike, those photos are magnificent!

Thanks so much for sharing them.

Not to go too far off topic, but,...

How is the D70 holding up?

I know this has been hashed, and re-hashed, but I have been tossing back and forth between getting a Nikon D70, or a Canon 20D. I have a few Canon lenses from my A1, some are nice 50mm 1.2, and 1.4's.

I believe the Canon does not have a spot meter (just 9% I believe), but the Nikon does have a spot meter. I am just a big fan of spot meters from the Canon F1 days.

The Nikon is less expensive, but I have some Canon lenses, but I like the Nikon price, and stats. hmmmmmmmm....

Any experience from comparisons between the two?

Once again, beautiful photo, thanks for sharing.

Peace out,
Bob

Post by **Mike Jackson** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:11 pm

Bob,
The D70 has over 16,000 shots on it right now! ...and going strong. For the price, I think it is a great camera. If you already have Canon lenses, I'd suggest looking that direction first. When out in the field, I see a lot of both. From what I can see, the Canons are heavier and sometimes more expensive for comparable equipment.

I think the D70 hit a nice spot in the market with good features and a fair price.

Mike

Roderick Treece · Post by **Roderick Treece** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:58 pm

Mike,
I love it.Is the owl hand painted ?,and the background ,it looks like it 's sandblasted or frosted ?Is this part of a sign your working on?I can't wait to see it when it's done.Keep up the great work.

Roderick
www.customglasssigns.com

Post by **Mike Jackson** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:45 am

Roderick,
These are photographs, taken by myself over the past couple of months. I recently added a new "Art Images" pair of slide shows. I graphically edited my photos to have more of a watercolor or oil painting look using Photoshop and filters.

The Great Gray Owl reminded me of one of the plates in my Wenzel portfolio. Maybe I can scan it someday.

I just uploaded about 60 new photos and fixed a couple of crippled links. I believe most of the site is functioning fine, so go have a new look.

Mike Jackson

Post by **Mike Jackson** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:18 am

Full Page.

Detail of Top Center

Detail of Bottom Right

This is the page I was thinking of. I found it in the last of 8 folios I searched through (of course), but it was still nice to get to flip through the rest.

The small detail image was the one I had in my head...with the wings sitting off his back like the photo.

Mike

Post by **Mike Jackson** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:55 am

For anyone interested, I spent some more time reworking the overall appearance and flow of the photography section, including adding a few more photos here and there.

http://www.goldenstudios.com/colors/index.html

For anyone who has ever made a web site, it often takes a little time and experimentation to get the "vision" completely worked out. I am pretty happy with it right now, so it probably won't change much for a while, except to add new photos.

My web design class is about over, but I am right in the middle of a Digital Photography/Photoshop class right now. I am learning a lot!

Mike Jackson

Bob Kaschak · Post by **Bob Kaschak** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:18 am

Mike,

The site looks fantastic.

The photos are just awesome.

The scenery is just spectacular.

Wow.

What web design software did you use? What class/tutorial are you using?

Thanks in advance.

Peace out,
Bob

Post by **Mike Jackson** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:55 pm

Hi Bob,
Thanks for the comments.

I signed up for a class in basic web design, mainly to get a student ID so I could order a brand new Adobe CS2 suite of programs at a huge discount. (Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, and Acrobat). The web design class was taught on Microsoft Front Page. I didn't care for that program so I continued with GoLive which was okay with the instructor. The class gave me an addtional incentive to make the photo pages. I learned how to do several new things inside a web site which should translate into better pages on this site in the future. In short, I got to experiment a lot with the site and with the software. What you see there now is probably the third or fourth generation of the basic design of the site.

Lastly, I have been using the tutorials at http://www.lynda.com for the past few years. They have quick time clips for learning just about any graphics program. I find them much more informative and intuitive than trying to read along in a book. Some of the programs include: Illustrator, Corel Draw, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Golive, Front Page, Corel Painter, InDesign, Acrobat, and the list goes on and on. For $25 per month, you can watch any video on any title.

Mike

Bob Kaschak · Post by **Bob Kaschak** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:19 am

Thanks Mike.

A good friend of mine had been doing the tutorials at lynda.com, and he said they are well done. He also has been doing the Photoshop one.

I have been out and about riding my bicycle in the little town I live in of Peru NY. The town has been around since 1792, with a rich tradition of Macintosh apples. They are some of the largest Macintosh orchards in the world.

Great late fall scenery, and weather. A lot of wildlife getting ready to hunker-on-down for the long haul. Great times to be on the bike.

Anyway, I have been on the bike photographing the community, and scenery trying to document the town as it is now. Maybe a little local book is in order, hmmmm

Thanks again.

Peace out,
Bob

Ron Berlier · Post by **Ron Berlier** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:19 pm

Hi Mike -

Very nice work, as usual! The changing photo on the front-end is a very nice touch and I like the rough edges for the prints. Gives them a more "Rustic" feel.

The layout and colors of the site are very appealing, and the photos, well what can I say, just great.

The basic web design class you mentioned, is that a local class or online?

When you start taking winter photos I guess you'll have to build another site?

Ron

Post by **Mike Jackson** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:24 pm

Ron,
The web class was offered through the local "college" as a night course. The photo class is offered through the Art Center. The web class was held at the computer graphics lab at the high school. I took the class mainly to get the student ID to get discounted software. I wanted to hear what the teacher said about web design, file sizes, search engines, and so forth, but I didn't get much info about the software I use. It was interesting, but not necessarily too needed after about 6 years of building pages.

I shot a few Winter scenes in the last week or so, but I am not ready to begin a new section. I hope to get out some tomorrow, too.

Take care,
Mike Jackson