10. August 2008 by admin.

Here is a solid quartz orb i created for a unique aquarium decoration. It was smelted in China and they add some red dye to the quartz to give it the effect you see in the image. I then cut a large piece of round PVC that it sits on, and light it from underneath with a triple Red LED.  One customer thought it looked like “Mars” and wanted it removed. Now that she said that all I think about is finding time to build a lunar lander model to accompany it thereby creating the full underwater Mars landscape.

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10. August 2008 by admin.

 

These are some shots I took at the Daytons Aquatennial Display 95-96.We filled 2 x 20 ft fashion display windows with 4 aquariums - 2 freshwater w/Koi & 2 Saltwater.The old lady you see in the thumbnail was obviously very disgusted, and not amused whatsoever.This was a challenging display we had a crew of 6 and someone had to be there to monitorevery day, all day. The hardest part was getting enough biological bateria downtown aliveso the tanks wouldnt spike for the instant display. Sun also played a big factor, the backroom with the 2 x 1/2 chillers average about 90 F & suffice to say the ventilation was”less than adequate” or another way “non existant”. The upside was my wife with her marketingdegree managed to convice some local reporters it was interesting enough to print a small articlein the Strib. I was still sleeping when she ran into the bedroom with the front page saying “it made the front page” I still cant believe it, my balding head featured right there frontand center, brush w/fame and thats the story of how i became famous beyond my wildestimagination (HaHa).

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10. August 2008 by admin.

This is my second attempt at image manipulation via Paint Shop Pro (or as i like to call it Poor Mans Photoshop). Love this software, fun to play with. Gets my personal vote for “Best software under $40 hands down.

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