Calm Photos

3H054 Osprey in Flight by Jim Crotty FW.jpg

Originally uploaded by jimcrotty.com.

The fishing was good this past week, along the banks of Broad Creek near Blufton, South Carolina. Lots more photography of life in the Lowcountry on the way, including Beaufort, Charleston, beach sunrise and wildlife images.

Jim Crotty Photography Sample Images.pdf (application/pdf Object)

I have also just completed and posted my newest addition to “Pictures You Can Hear.” Just in time for Christmas, I’m presenting “Winter Solitude.” This slide presentation, set to seasonal music, plays best on Windows Media Player, however, I think there are some downloads available for it to be compatible with QuickTime.

The following nature, landscape and wildlife photographs represent the latest additions to my ever-growing and developing library of stock images. The landscape photographs were captured with a Canon 5D with Canon 28-70mm f2.8 L and 70-200mm f4 L lenses. The wildlife images were taken with a Canon 1D Mark II and a Canon 300mm f4 IS L lens. Of course I use professional-grade tripod and ballhead for all of these photographs. Each was shot in RAW mode and then processed and converted with Adobe Bridge and Adobe Photoshop CS2 on a MacBook Pro.

Just yesterday I downloaded the beta version of Photoshop CS3 by way of a mention in the most recent webzine from istockphoto. The download is available at http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/. So far it reminds of Apple’s Aperture. I’m still getting to know CS3. One change I’ve already noticed is that Adobe did way with the “ready-made” web portfolios that were available in the earlier version - the ones where the user could create a file where all the thumbnails and pages were automatically generated that could then be placed on a simple FrontPage site using a frame, for lazy people like me who still haven’t gotten around to learning Dreamweaver. Aperture still provides this option.

Now Adobe has teamed-up with a web design and hosting service by pointing photographers to a set of hosting “options” ($$$) with a choice of several templates. Although these sites have that “cool-simplistic-urban-photograher-flash” thing going on (quite unlike my barnyard-variety mish-mash I’ve created with FrontPage), I kind of wish that Adobe still included the previous options, and possibly even offer a few more that would work with WordPress. Kind of like a “make your online gallery,” “choose a template” and then “press it to your blog” thingy-dingy. Oh, well, maybe they will when the full release comes out. Even though I enjoy using Aperture, Adobe still sets the standard with Photoshop.

Clifton Mill - A Place Where Time Stands Still

The secret recipe of search engines is something I will never figure out, and I’m sure they want to keep it that way. Anyhoo, over the last month I have been getting a ton of hits on OhioPhoto.org from the search term “Clifton Mill.” People have been calling my studio asking for hours and directions after finding my web site, not that of Clifton Mill.
I do have a few photographs of the Clifton Mill Christmas light display posted at http://ohiophoto.org/winter_nature_photography_by_jim_crotty.htm, but I created and posted that particular online gallery after these calls and web site hits started coming in.

Go figure, because I can’t.

Clifton Mill does have one the best holiday light displays to be found in southwest Ohio. I highly recommend a visit if you haven’t already done so.

Elf

My Dad forwards quite a bit of email jokes. Many times the same jokes get passed around and around, over and over again, so usually I don’t pay too much attention to them.

He sent the link above this morning. It’s part of the movie web site for “Elf,” which was on television just on a few days ago. Will Ferrell was pretty funny in this one but Bob Newhart was absolutely hilarious.

The problem I was having with the print order buttons on OhioPhoto.org has now been fixed. All are working fine and ready for new orders.

In the process of correcting this issue I had an opportunity to take another look through all the nature, landscape, wildlife, cityscape, black and white and hand colored photographs that I have listed for sale. Not to brag, but, there are some darn good images on that site.

I’ve re-posted a few of my favorites here in this entry. Each thumbnail will take you to the corresponding page on OhioPhoto.org where the image can be ordered as a fine art print. These and and many others can be purchased online on the pages below, with safe and secure use of VISA, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and PayPal, as 11″x17,” 13″x19,” 16″x24″ or 24″x35.” I personally process each print order from a first generation digital scan of the 35mm or 6×7 original transparency, or from a first generation TIFF from the original RAW file. I use only Epson Ultrachrome inks and fine art Epson or Moab papers. Here’s the best part - shipping is still free, but only for U.S. residents.

    

       

   

http://www.jimcrotty.com/limited_edition_prints.htm
http://www.jimcrotty.com/gallery.htm
http://www.jimcrotty.com/framed_photograps_by_jim_crotty.htm
http://www.jimcrotty.com/hand_colored.htm
http://www.jimcrotty.com/blackandwhitegallery.htm

Last week I thought I had made my last ride of the season, cycling the 28-mile round trip from Corwin to Morrow, Ohio along the Little Miami River. I was wrong.

It’s going to be in the 60’s this weekend. Not only will I be out riding again, but I’ll probably be wearing shorts. GEEZ ! And Christmas is only 10 days away!

In celebration of the Christmas Season, and in recognition of the start of Hanukkah, I’ve gone back through my files of stock nature photographs and chosen a few to share with you.

This is what December in Ohio is suppose to look like -

View the slide presentation at http://ohiophoto.org/winter_nature_photography_by_jim_crotty.htm

And my best wishes for a holiday season full of peace, love and joy !