Postcards Arrived. Early too. Look good, Smell good.

The postcards I mentioned in the other thread just arrived today. Ordered them on the 14th and picked the slowest least expensive shipping. Rather than the estimated 26th, the box arrived today. Pretty decent.

The finish was quite nice, and they even smelled good -

Decided to take a risk on going with the black border, because photos I had done looked much better with the black frame. It also allows the one line of text. I plan to give these to customers after doing tree care, instead of the photos which are 5 cents more apiece. The giant tree photos have gone-over very well.

Then if any sell as postcards, fine. If not, they will all get used.

I chose the http://www.postcardpri​nting.com place.

2000 cards or 5000 would have been less expensive, but I wanted to see just how this image came out, especially with the black border. There was no crooked cut, and any off-center cuts between cards must be 1 millimeter or less. Looks the way I designed it on their site.

These were $84 shipped for 1000. And that was with printing on the backside with typical postcard sender, address, stamp and description fields. Used the clipart they had where an antique looking arm is holding a message box for the address field.

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Couldn't you find a larger tree to use, instead of that sapling.

TopHatMoments wrote in post #11152325
Couldn't you find a larger tree to use, instead of that sapling.

The photo below is the one a motel manager in redwood country saw, then told me to consider postcards. Its trunk is another foot and a half wider. And the burl is 40,000 pounds.The tree does look nice on 4 x 6 or 11 x 14, but the one in the OP seemed like a good starter sapling.

The other is 30 feet feet across at chest high - a sizeable wall of wood. For comparison, the postcard redwood is 22 feet diameter chest high, and the burl redwood 24 feet diameter.

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I need to go there so I can shoot some of those cliche "leaning against a tree" senior portraits.

cdifoto wrote in post #11156053
I need to go there so I can shoot some of those cliche "leaning against a tree" senior portraits.

You near any of the redwood parks?

Muir woods would work okay. Avenue of the Giants is better yet.

The pics above are Prairie Creek and Jedediah Smith. But I think Avenue of the Giants and Rockefeller forest would be very good middle ground for senior portraits.

I'd love to pack in a few lights and scrims, into that last one with all the growth at the front bottom of that not so small sapling. A few classic shots, and then some artistic. The dark spot in the middle of the growth almost looking like a door way would be just that. A hobbits house for sure,,
That a beautiful forest, thanks for putting that one up along with the other lil sapling.
That is one Behemoth of a Tree for sure

TopHatMoments wrote in post #11156294
I'd love to pack in a few lights and scrims, into that last one with all the growth at the front bottom of that not so small sapling. A few classic shots, and then some artistic. The dark spot in the middle of the growth almost looking like a door way would be just that. A hobbits house for sure,,
That a beautiful forest, thanks for putting that one up along with the other lil sapling.
That is one Behemoth of a Tree for sure

If you ever spend a weekend, for what you are after, I'd say maybe try Prairie Creek. But call the visitor center first and describe what you are looking for, whether dense ferns, fallen logs or goosepens, which are the little caves. One volunteer there is really into photography, and one or two of the women know the park like the back of their hand. But its got like 70 miles of trails - a lot to choos from. And they could help narrow-down your search.

One photo below is of an area that you would never end up going. But figured I'd post it for entertainment, since you mentioned the hobbit thing. Its way off the grid. Just found it two weeks ago. 21 foot diameter trunk, with 10 feet difference in grade between high side and low side. The low side has this small entry. There is a small cave room beneath about 150 square feet with two small natural window openings.

The other taller goosepen is along part of what I think is Prairie Creek trail at Prairie Creek park. Not great photos at all, just for-the-record shots.

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Those are beautiful trees.. Some remotely triggered, jelled lights and a fog machine would make a bit of forest Magic. ( I'll never grow up! )

TopHatMoments wrote in post #11157716
Those are beautiful trees.. Some remotely triggered, jelled lights and a fog machine would make a bit of forest Magic. ( I'll never grow up! )

Jelled lights?

Fog machine?

Forest magic?

Sounds like the perfect stuff to use for the Mutant Redwood in the Valley of the Lost Groves. An undisclosed part of Redwood National and State Parks.