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cornucopia
11th August 2011, 05:25 AM
Hello folks
yew with turquoise stone inlay 2.5" wide by 2.5" tall
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100332.jpg
spalted beech form 2 3/4" wide by 2.5" tall
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100334.jpg
oak burr with cocobolo rim- 2 1/4" wide by 2.5" tall
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100336.jpg
carved/textured beech -2.5" wide by 2 3/4" tall
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100338.jpg
carved/textured/painted yew - 3" wide by 3.5" tall
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100341.jpg
elm -2.5" wide by 3" tall
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100343.jpg
burr elm- 2.5" wide by 3" tall
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100345.jpg
carved walnut- 2.5" wide by 3 1/4" tall
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100349.jpg
top view- i really struggled to get a good picture of this- and i still havent!! the picture looks like the finish is flat for some reason- plus there is some dust i hadnt noticed!!
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100353.jpg
group picture
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100362.jpg<O:p</O:p

dr4g0nfly
11th August 2011, 06:24 AM
The turquoise in the Yew is stunning and I'm not normally a liver of plain Elm but the effect of that grain (it looks 'fuzzy') is great.

Wonderful set of Hollowforms.

mkypenturner
11th August 2011, 06:38 AM
wow great work :2tsup: really love the carved /texured and painted it jumps out at you and also the carved walnut
and looking at the group pic you forgot a single pic of the pink form

hughie
11th August 2011, 09:22 AM
Well done George ! :2tsup:

I always enjoy looking at examples of your skill.

Scott
11th August 2011, 09:39 AM
Some great work again, I'm very envious, especially your photography work. I'd like to know how you set up to take these images.

-Scott.

artme
11th August 2011, 09:40 AM
Brilliant work as always George!!!:clap::clap::clap::clap:

Sawdust Maker
11th August 2011, 09:49 AM
Not sure I can give a decent critique

can you send them over so I can have a closer look :D

Cliff Rogers
11th August 2011, 10:02 AM
Stunning stuff. :2tsup:

bellyup
11th August 2011, 10:15 AM
Would you like to show us your photography set-up, the photos are as good as the subjects. I would like to know more :2tsup:
Bruce.

cornucopia
11th August 2011, 06:18 PM
Thank you for all of your kind comments- i will take a picture of my photo set up soon

here's the two individual pictures i missed

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100301.jpg

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100286.jpg
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100291.jpg

Cliff Rogers
11th August 2011, 07:04 PM
Wow, the top one of those 3 looks like a fruit from the forest floor that has been gnawed at by the wildlife.

mkypenturner
11th August 2011, 10:29 PM
thanks for posting the missed pics :2tsup::2tsup:

dai sensei
11th August 2011, 11:10 PM
Amazing stuff :cool:, you have been working overtime :2tsup:

cookie48
12th August 2011, 12:11 AM
That is great work. Would like to know how you do some of those shapes. Well done

GSRocket
13th August 2011, 08:55 PM
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100291.jpg

I'm very interested in how you do this!
You combine superb craftsmanship with real art. A rare combination.

cornucopia
13th August 2011, 09:10 PM
Thank you for your kind comments

here is my photo set up
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv262/a-cornucopia/P1100363.jpg

its a £20 graduated background from calumet photography supplies- i bulldog clip it to the side of the bed weigh the corners down with some paperweights and get down on the floor and take my photo's. there's a big bay window behind me- if theres too much light i draw the curtains a bit and if theres not enough i can manually adjust the iso setting. I use a panasonic DMC-FZ18 and prop it up on some books to steady it and get the right height for what i want to photograph. this setup doesnt work very well in full sun as it casts too many shadows but other than that it works o.k for most things.

bellyup
14th August 2011, 11:47 AM
Thanks for sharing! so simple and so effective. I will investigate the graduated background.
Well done.

TTIT
16th August 2011, 10:02 AM
Well I'll be bucketed :o That's just cheatin'! Here I've been mucking about with light tents and all sorts of junk to try and get the same effect and you manage it with a sheet of fancy cardboard :~ Gotta find some it over here now - like I need another project :doh:

Beautiful work on the forms by the way :2tsup: (as usual)

Scott
16th August 2011, 10:05 AM
Good grief! That set up is so simple I could cry. I've been doing the same as you TTIT. You could actually take a picture on a white background and add a gradient background in photoshop to get the same effect.

Ed Reiss
16th August 2011, 11:13 AM
George...I see that you haven't lost your touch at turning HF's (gotten better at it !!!) since I was last on the forum.
Really nice stuff and checked out your photo set-up...dead on simple and effective :2tsup:

bellyup
16th August 2011, 12:56 PM
G'day all,
I was so impressed with Cornucopia's photo backdrop thingy that I had to get one ( I need all the help I can get! ).
After a lot of looking have found them here in Aust. :)

Vanbar Imaging.
their product code 28-BJ-1215. (choice of about 20 colours)
$33 plus postage.

regards,
Bruce.

Scott
16th August 2011, 01:53 PM
I was so impressed with Cornucopia's photo backdrop thingy that I had to get one ( I need all the help I can get! ). After a lot of looking have found them here in Aust. :)

Vanbar Imaging.
their product code 28-BJ-1215. (choice of about 20 colours)
$33 plus postage.

Gee Bruce, you're all over this one! I was about to place an order online with them and they charge like a wounded bull for postage. Even if you pick it up, they charge $8.50 for picking it up!

None the less I'm heading over to Carlton this afternoon to pick one up.

Thanks for the info :)

-Scott.

bellyup
16th August 2011, 02:06 PM
Scott,
What can I say - I was bored :)
I had a look in the US and found some for about $36 which I was going to buy, went to checkout and added postage ....... only $268.00 ......very reasonable postage for a piece of paper :o:o:o
So I didn't baulk when these guys said $20 for a courier.

Scott
16th August 2011, 02:17 PM
$236 is nothing!

Bruce, would you like me to pick one up for you this arvo and send via Aus Post?

-Scott.

bellyup
16th August 2011, 02:22 PM
Thanks for the kind offer Scott - I ended up getting mine from Sydney - paid and shipped as we speak.

Scott
16th August 2011, 02:24 PM
No probs Bruce, your welcome.

Cliff Rogers
16th August 2011, 03:29 PM
If you have a spray rig of any sort on your workshop, have a go at making your own with a piece of art card & some grey paint.

Scott
16th August 2011, 05:09 PM
Just to let everybody know, the graduated backgrounds bellyup (Bruce) has mentioned are not suitable for close-up photography. The colour is made up of a series of 3-5mm dots which will be show up on your images. I actually made the trip to Vanbar today and once I saw the backgrounds I realised they wouldn't cut the mustard. The Vanbar (http://www.vanbar.com.au/) guys were fantastic and went out of their way to assist me in finding elsewhere to no avail. Please do use them if you need anything photographic.

TTIT
16th August 2011, 05:19 PM
Just to let everybody know, the graduated backgrounds bellyup (Bruce) has mentioned are not suitable for close-up photography. The colour is made up of a series of 3-5mm dots which will be show up on your images. I actually made the trip to Vanbar today and once I saw the backgrounds I realised they wouldn't cut the mustard. The Vanbar (http://www.vanbar.com.au/) guys were fantastic and went out of their way to assist me in finding elsewhere to no avail. Please do use them if you need anything photographic.Great! There's $50 down the gurgler - I had mine ordered before Bruce even posted :C:C Couldn't find anything else in the country so I thought I'd give it a shot :shrug: Might have to go with Cliff's idea :think:

Scott
16th August 2011, 05:27 PM
Great! There's $50 down the gurgler

Sorry to hear, wish I had of gone sooner.

TTIT
7th September 2011, 10:41 PM
So as not to take anymore of Cornucopia's thunder, I started a new thread in the photography section here...
(http://www.woodworkforums.com/f122/graduated-backgrounds-140775/#post1371751)

cookie48
8th September 2011, 01:46 PM
Well looks like I have to learn something else. Gee you blokes are hard task masters.