New Website and Introduction

Hello all,

I have decided it is time to introduce myself and say hello. I joined these great forums last year and have been lurking in the shadows, watching and reading. I have always been one to gauge the audience/membership before I start opening my mouth. I must say that the quality and knowledge that is present on this site is astonishing! I have been very busy the last six months with exploring new web designs and publishing leads which has delayed my participation here. I look forward to getting to know everyone better and step up my participation in the forums. I caught the photography bug about 2 years ago and have been full steam ahead ever since.

Here is my new website (another work of art by Jack and Jesse) and other sites. All c/c are welcome.

http://www.anthonygibson.com
http://www.anthonygibsonphotography.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Anthony-Gibson-Fine-Art-Photography/80770669746?ref=nf

Tony Gibson

Anthony,

I must say when you make an entrance you do it right! Jack & Jesse always do a great job in their site builds, but I'm sure you had your personal input and from what I see it was all good! For only being at the craft for a couple years you demonstrate a great amount of natural talent through your work. For a Flat Lander you definitely have the eye for the Vertical landscapes!

Thank you James! I am one of those that doesn't do anything without learning as much as I can about it, and as for photography, I guess it suits my perfective personality. While in Alaska I was fortunate enough to capture the lynx predatory scene that is on the website. While I knew it was a rare capture, I had no idea just how rare it was. That little cat basically opened every door I knocked on in the publishing world. Some experts have mentioned they think it is the first time a lynx predation sequence has ever been capture in the wild. I am still heavily involved with the distribution of those images, which is still mind blowing to me. I have wanted to post them here on the forums very badly, but with all the legalities behind all the publications, I was afraid to take the chance. I plan to start feeding some of my favs from the site here for some good c and c when I get caught up. That is photography, a lot of hard work with a little good fortune thrown in on a special day. Thanks again for the kind words!

Tony

Looks good, Anthony.

If I may offer two recommendations, one would be to increase the contrast for the navigational links along the top. Navigation links ought to be the most obvious part of a web page, and I find that they just blend in a bit too much.

The other recommendation would be to remove the redundancies in your galleries. For example, "Crude Fire Sky" is in 3 of your galleries, plus "Pumping in a Fire Sky" is basically just a different crop of it. Or "Wonder Lake" which is in 4 different galleries. You don't need the same scene placed in 4 different places (especially when there are only 6 galleries in total). Aside from the ones going into the Favourites gallery, keep the shots restricted to one gallery.

Thanks Ken, and yes I am working on cleaning up the galleries this week. I had been debating whether or not to do away with the new releases section or not. The intention was to just be in the new releases gallery for a couple of weeks as an easy place for people who follow the site to easily find new material. I have been so busy as of late, that I have been lazy about cleaning things up. I know the two firesky shots are almost identical, but I live in an active oil producing area and some want vertical and some want horizontal. Both of those images are excellent sellers which is why I keep them both up. Thanks for taking the time to look and comment, I really appreciate it.

Tony,

Welcome to NPN! And for only being in to photography for a couple of years, you have some great work. The white squirrel is one of my favorites, although I didn't go through ALL the images... :-) The lynx sequence should do you well - that's a once in a lifetime catch.

Regarding the website, Jack and Jesse do a great job. My only suggestion is what Kenn already brought up - and that's the darkness of the navigation menu at the top. It's hardly visible until you roll your mouse over one of the links. But that's minor and I'm sure a quick fix.

Looking forward to your participation and images.

Lon

Anthony,
Your website and photos are wonderful. Loved the Industry collection - very different to see machinery put on a pedestal! Also, one day - I want a white squirrel studio!! Looks like you've got a fine place to get creative.
Cheers,
Rebecka

Wonderful website and images anthony.particularly the main squirrel image and the 2nd of some wild cat attacking the water birds. The 'white squirrel studio' reminded me of one white squirrel image i took in 2006. let me admit, my image is really poor quality. its just a record shot. no where close to your image. just wanted to share that with you.

Thanks everyone for the comments! Yes, having your own studio to work in does amazing things for your images and creativity. Kedar, that is an interesting shot of a white squirrel. You will probably find it interesting to know that yours is a completely different kind of "white" squirrel than the one I have on my site. I have been told that there are a few places around the world where there are white squirrels such as the one you posted that are naturally white and have black eyes. To my knowledge, the ones I photograph here in my local area are the only population of true albino white squirrels, pink eyes and all. There numbers used to be estimated at around 500-1000, but I think it is much lower now as I do not see near the numbers I used to around the area.