Flower Photo: Unidentified Passion Fruit Blossom

This one has me stumped. There are over 500 species of  Passiflora.

And, before we got a chance to see if this one bears fruit, a typhoon, blew everything away.

Camera: Pentax K3

Lens: Pentax 300mm

Exposure: f/6.3  1/200   ISO 400

Forgotten Art of Photo Framing--Not a DIY Project

General Rule for Those Selling Photography

 

If you ever decide to frame your photos and sell them consider the costs of your finished product.

Some photographers do their own framing.

A general rule to follow is this:  Sell the photo for five times the amount invested in materials.

When I first started out, I printed and framed all my photos for display, and sale.

Today, I discovered it's a forgotten art.  And it's not a do it yourself project I enjoy, anymore.

GROAN

The weather in Okinawa took a wicked turn, over the past 24 hours.

It seems like we're having the frozen tailwinds of a mini typhoon blowing around here.

 I decided to goof-off today and do some indoor work. 

Down on the corner, a photo studio does digital prints.  So, I gave him some business.

Three prints were made.  The guy loved this bird and blossom photo.

 I figure that was what inspired me to frame it.

The frame is an old one, I disassembled, cleaned-up and reused.

Nobody can imagine the mess I made around here and, I ain't going to show you .

Thumbtacks, tape, pushpins, pens, pencils, rulers, vinegar, spray paint, chunks of my beard,

 ponytail, fingernails, coffee, spray adhesive, splinters of wood and broken glass are everywhere !

Do you know what it's like trying to peel a Fujifilm Color print off your face ?

When you get it loose, it's all wrinkled and doesn't want to lay flat.

Once I remember how to do this, like I used to, I'll show everybody how to getterdun.

The sun is coming out.  So, I better get going. There's a festival in town.

Gotta get the epoxy out of my hair or, wear a hat and go shootin' !

Butterfly in Blossom a Thursday Photo

Even on a cloudy day with an 80% chance of rain predicted you can find something on the mountains of Kunigami Okinawa, Japan to take a photo of in the wild.

After spending three days this week in the city of Naha it felt great getting out of town and up into the hills along the northwest coast.

Some crickets, a snake, a spider and this butterfly landing on a pink blossom were my targets today and I figured LadyE would probably like this shot best for her series of worldwide travel photography titled

 

TRAVEL PHOTO THURSDAY.

In just a minute, I'll be over there checking out all the other travelers' photography.