Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
I saw these on our way back to Iowa for Thanksgiving, but grabbed some photos while back for Christmas. According to MidAmerican Energy there are 67 turbines in the Walnut, Iowa area. Here’s a panorama of that area near the Wings truck stop on I-80.
There is another area you pass by along I-80. It is a surreal feeling driving by these massive things. These are much larger then the older turbines I have seen and the amount of them is impressive. The surprising thing is that none of these were here the last time we went to Iowa the year before.
Friday, December 19th, 2008
After listening to the Photoshop Guys talk about a company that they use to print their photos I finally got around to trying them out. MPIX is a print shop who has an excellent website to upload and do some basic editing. They have all kinds of products to print on.
For the first time, I wanted to see what they canvas gallery wraps looked like and also the different types of paper they print on. I ordered a couple of 6×9s and an 8×12. Some of them were Kodak E-Surface and the rest was on Kodak Metallic.
The metallic is a little more expensive but in my opinion well worth it. The e-surface is more of a matte finish and looks great. But the metallic’s glossier finish is amazing. The gallery wrap was equally impressive. I used to work with a Roland large-format printer so I have seen plenty of large prints on tons of surfaces.
Ontop of the quality product, I uploaded these files to MPIX’x website on Tuesday night and chose the 2nd day Fedex option and had my prints on Thursday morning. Overall great service, website and product. If your curious here are the photos I had printed.
