[Woodcarver] New Picturetrail Photos - and a question

[Corey Hallagan]

Alex, I enjoyed your carvings very much. Excellent work!

Corey

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Alex Bisso <albisso at bresnan.net> wrote:


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> Thanks in no small part to some good ideas and motivating comments from the

> list, I finally got some new photos posted in my picturetrail albums.

> The link to my PictureTrail albums is:

> http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/abisso

> The new photos include:

> 1. Recently complete spirit face - done in a piece of bark that was dense

> and heavy.  I wanted to see how it would carve and, although it was harder,

> especially near the surface, it carved quite well and held detail well on

> the inside.

> 2. Even more recently completed carving of a wood spirit embellished with

> some acorns and oak leaves.  I started this one at a carving club meeting

> (had been a long time since I went to one) and finished it later at home.

> The above 2 carvings are now in my "Bark Carvings" album

> 3. Photos of a beautiful brown trout carving that I finally finished

> painting and mounting.  It took forever for me to finish the painting and

> mounting but it turned out exceptionally well and is my favorite fish

> carving to date.  These photos are in my "Carvings" album.

> 4.  In addition to the above, I added several photos of cottonwood bark

> that I recently collected.  I got to feeling bad that so many people seem to

> look at the bark photos and they were all so old.  Actually, I am constantly

> renewing my bark supply - just don't get around to taking and posting new

> photos very often.  These photos are in my "Items for Sale" album.

>

> After signing in to the PictureTrail site to upload the photos, I also

> learned that they now give the e-mail address of people who post comments in

> my guestbook.  The last time I looked they did not do this and I was

> frustrated because I could not respond to the comments, even when a question

> was asked.  It is much better now because and e-mail address is provided so

> I can respond to any comments made.

>

> One question about photos.  I did get a photo cube - used it for the brown

> trout photos with good success.  However it seemed that the bark carving

> photos done in it had a more reddish brown color that the actual carvings.

>  For that reason, I used photos made outside against a tree.  I suspect the

> redness was due to my use of incandescent bulbs on each side of the

> photocube.  Does anyone have suggestions for a better light source?

>

> Alex Bisso

> Billings, MT

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