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Notes: For ease of do-it-yourself framing, all 8x10 and 11x14 unframed prints are nominally sized (with standard 1/4" margin insets to fit standard framing supplies). All other prints are sold with actual (true) sizing. Frames are 3/4" (19mm) width and are made of wood, except for the chrome-finish frame, which is aluminum. Mats are black core (with a black bevel), providing a 1/16" (1.5mm) width of black line around the photograph. A 1/4" (6mm) margin lies between the mat and the image. The title and India ink signature are placed within this 1/4" margin at the bottom. Backing is foam-core. All materials, including inks, papers, matting, backing, and adhesives, are acid-free. Prints are lacquer top-coated for preservation. Glazing is UV-blocking acrylic.

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Artist's description:

As I rounded a curve along the backroads of southern Pennsylvania, I saw a most peculiar sight. In the field to my left were enormous stacks of bailed hay, perhaps 12 feet high. They all had primitive faces (the closest one sticking out its tongue), and they were all facing the same direction. I knew I had seen them somewhere before. As I walked among them, I realized that some farmer had unwittingly recreated the enormous stone statues (gods) of Easter island. What a delightful irony this was, to find these icons right here in the United States! It is my sincere hope that you will enjoy this image for all its subtle humor. (How long will it take your guests to realize where they have seen these impressive icons before?)

The obvious intent of this parody is to be mildly surreal, and that required radical alteration of the original image. The original sky was overcast, so I substituted a sky I shot in Coastal Virginia. The bails of hay had aged long enough that they were gray, so they had to be colorized. The grass was green, but perhaps not this green. The trees in the background had to be removed, because to have trees would not be in the spirit of Easter Island (where all trees were cut down to create fields for agricultural use). This photograph is deceptive in its simplicity. It actually required an enormous degree of fine editing. (Click here to see "before" and "after" shots.) It was captured with a Canon 10D with a 28-135mm lens at 28mm, f11, 1/10 sec, RAW format, assisted with image stabilization. The photograph is printed on Epson Premium Gloss 250 paper, which is optimal for preserving the brilliance of the clouds and the crisp detail of the image. All prints are top-coated with spray lacquer for image preservation.

Artist's technical assessment of the image quality:

    Sharpness: excellent
    Camera shake: nothing visible
    Digital noise: very little
    Compression artifact: none
    Chromatic aberration: none visible
    Distortion: none visible
    Maximum acceptable enlargement: This picture can be comfortably enlarged to 20x30 and larger, with excellent sharpness and detail.

Image detail:

    *These are swatches from the image when magnified to the indicated size, as viewed on the average 17" monitor at 1024x768 pixels. They show you the actual sharpness of the print that will hang on your wall. If you have a smaller monitor or have your monitor configured with more pixels, you should "imagine" these swatches a bit larger. Please note that compression artifact (including checkering and banding around higher contrast edges) may be evident as you view these images online. This is a compromise in jpeg images that makes them quicker to load on a web page. The printed image will not have these defects, unless noted under "Artist's technical assment of the image quality. (See "Compression artifact")."