Recent cactus pen

[MesquiteMan]

Here is a Jr. Statesman I finished a while back but never posted. I thought I would share since I have not had time to post a pic in a while. It was made with one of my clear "Original Cactus Pen"â"¢ blanks with the inside of the hole re-cast with black resin and re-drilled.

BTW, no post-processing with software other then croping and re-sizing was done on this photo. I have played around for a long time on lighting and photo tents for my pens and I think I finally stumbled on the right settings! I am pretty excited with the results!

Thanks for looking. Any and all comments good or bad appreciated!

 

[Dalecamino]

Curtis , my two cents , don't change a thing ! You've got everything right ! Great looking pen . Thanks for the details . That helps alot . Really nice display . [8D]

 

[Tanner]

Re-cast the hole!!! Now that's one way to make sure the tube is not visable anywhere.[:0] Excellent job!!! Those sure are beautiful!! I have one of your blanks right next to the lathe, ready to go next!

 

[Ligget]

Outstanding pen Curtis, nice picture but the backgroung is just a little distracting, sorry!

 

[MesquiteMan]

Don't be sorry, Mark! Thanks for the honest remark! My intent with this pic was to be more artistic than display of a pen. Maybe I missed it with too much distraction. Thanks again!

 

[Grizz]

That is just awesome. Can't think of a better word to use ... just awesome. [^]

 

[R2]

Curtis, that is a beautiful pen in every respect!![^]
The photo is brilliant also. I like the way you have used the raw material without letting the pen become a secondary subject.[]

 

[BigShed]

The only pen I ever call cactus...........is the one that didn't work

All jokes aside, that is one unusual and beautiful pen. (wish there was a 2 thumbs up icon here)

Photo is not too shabby either.

 

[rherrell]

I like it, Curtis. Great job.[8D]

 

[Gary Max]

Looks perfect to me. The background works great-- makes it easy for folks to figure out what they are looking at.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Verne]

OMG Curtis. Is that what they are suppose to look like. Seems like I got some "splaining" to do.
Great Job.
Vern

 

[VisExp]

That looks great Curtis. I really like the photo. I understand the need for most photo's to show off just the photo, but I feel there is still a place for "artistic" images. I think you have hit the mark here. The only negative that I see is a tad to much shine light on the lower barrel.

 

[Sylvanite]

Beautiful as always Curtis. The pen hardware has very high contrast (which is dramatic and may be what you were aiming for).

Regards,
Eric

 

[toolcrazy]

Very nice pen. Great work.

 

[Mudder]

Originally posted by MesquiteMan

Don't be sorry, Mark! Thanks for the honest remark! My intent with this pic was to be more artistic than display of a pen. Maybe I missed it with too much distraction. Thanks again!

I also agree with Mark. The pen is extraordinary but it seems to get lost a little by overlaying the dried material. Perhaps if you cut the dried material in half and used the right side (which I think looks very nice)and had the pen leaning on the green part with a smaller section of the dried material under it to the left and the bottom of the pen was alone against the background?

I don't know if my gibberish is understandable so I'll quit while I'm ahead.

That's a nice pen Curtis and your recasting idea is Genius! I might have to "borrow" it for some future projects.

 

[karlkuehn]

Nice looking pen! I agree about the distracting background...a little. It's actually kind of neat with the black background and the black tubes. It's almost like the pen kit is just floating there. Great clarity and color on the photo!