A fun time printing! (mage heavy!!!)

[480sparky]

A couple weeks ago, Staples had a special for 16x20s at five bucks.

I took a thumb drive in of 20 images, and they said there was a limit of 2. So I looked at the ad, and their web site, and there was no limit posted. Nor had they printed a correction. So I told 'em I want all 20 printed. They relented, but screwed two up and missed a third. The other day, I finally got the last 3 finished.

It's not too often I print so many large photos of my own, for me, at once.

The twenty I printed are:

 

[paigew]

so many great photos! Hard to pic a fave but I love the sky, maple leaves, and bubbles. Now the real question...where to hang them!

 

[480sparky]

so many great photos! Hard to pic a fave but I love the sky, maple leaves, and bubbles. Now the real question...where to hang them!

I had to cull my original choices down from 53!

I plan on getting a couple of 20x24 frames with mattes and rotating the images through them.

 

[Mike Lamb]

Cobwebs on the gate and rain on the window are my faves.

 

[Ysarex]

Some real nice photos there.

Joe

 

[weags77]

That's some beautiful work. I have a hard time choosing a favorite but I really the fireworks, cats and sand. And I'm not really a cat guy but that would be my favorite of those.

 

[ronlane]

Sparky, how did the "For All Who Served" come out? I started to pick that one.

 

[480sparky]

Sparky, how did the "For All Who Served" come out? I started to pick that one.

I gotta say, for five bucks, they're not top-of-the-line prints. I didn't expect them to be. But that one came our very nice.

 

[pgriz]

Showoff!

just kidding - those are really good images. Quite a variation in style and technique, but they display your talent of distilling the image to its essence. Thank you for sharing - that was a nice little visual feast to go with my breakfast this morning.

 

[JustJazzie]

So neat! I LOVE spiral in the sand! Definitely my top favorite.

 

[480sparky]

So neat! I LOVE spiral in the sand! Definitely my top favorite.

That one has an interesting back-story. I was shooting the local farmers market. A boutique clothing store had a beach scene in their display window. Mannequins with swimwear, beach ball, blanket, huge umbrella, the whole 9 yards. Apparently, whoever set the display up draw a spiral in the (very real) sand as they set it all up. Out of the whole scene, that managed to catch my eye. I had the good fortune to not only have my favorite 28-200 'street' zoom, but the sunlight was just perfect as well.

 

[JustJazzie]

That one has an interesting back-story. I was shooting the local farmers market. A boutique clothing store had a beach scene in their display window. Mannequins with swimwear, beach ball, blanket, huge umbrella, the whole 9 yards. Apparently, whoever set the display up draw a spiral in the (very real) sand as they set it all up. Out of the whole scene, that managed to catch my eye. I had the good fortune to not only have my favorite 28-200 'street' zoom, but the sunlight was just perfect as well.

I think I like it so much because had you not just told me that, it could be anything I want. A desktop rock garden, a beach, a huge empty desert. There are endless possibilities! And so serene. Something you could use as a focal point during meditation. LOVE it. I bet blown up its spectacular.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Sparky you have some talent. Nice series of photos.

 

[tirediron]

Nice! Love the lighting on the kitty shot.

 

[WesternGuy]

Nice collection. I like the clouds, the cats and the twisted tree the best. I am curious how you found out about the Staples special. We have them in our area and I did not hear of this special. Maybe we didn't get it in our part of the world, because I would have jumped all over it like you did. :mrgreen:

WesternGuy