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 Photo Print Sleeves
We recently added photo print sleeves to out photo storage product line. We have three types: Sealed on two sides, open with easy locking flap, and mounting sleeves. All of the sleeves are safe for long term photo storage and protection. They are acid-free and pvc-free. The mounting sleeves have adhesive strips that make mounting in scrapbooks and photo albums easy.
We recently added a new archival CD/DVD storage product line to help protect them from data loss and increase their life expectancy dramatically. 8-CD pages combined with 3-ring album are great for storing collections of CD's. The CD/DVD storage pockets with adhesive backs are great for storing digital copies of photographs in the back of a print album sold to a customer. The CD/DVD angle flap storage pockets are convenient for storing individual discs. We also carry Jewel Case inserts which can be used to make a standard CD/DVD jewel case archival and this product is available in 100-packs.
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Baby Hawk Pictures |
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 I was exceedingly fortunate to have a hawk's nest with a baby hawk in a cell tower across the street from our picture frame business this Spring. I brought a pair of binoculars to work and the whole company enjoyed watching the baby grow up. Myself and Walt, an amateur photographer that works for us, took many pictures. Some were with my Canon 100-300mm, but one weekend I rented a 600mm. Unfortunately, the entire weekend was overcast and rainy, but I was still able to get some interesting shots.
I own a Manfrotto 3021 tripod with 468 Proball head, which served me well until I put that massive Canon 600mmL on it. I still had to shoot at high shutter speed and use cable release. Every time I touched the camera it would take several seconds before it would stop vibrating. I have a lot more respect for bird photographers now! I had it easy since I just left the camera setup in our front lobby, and every now and then I would go and click off a few shots. I was also wishing I had upgraded to a 12 megapixel camera since I still had to take advantage of digital zoon.
I have more shots on my pbase account here:
Watching the two parent hawks feed and take care of the baby was fascinating. For many weeks the baby just sat in the nest, but eventually it began to venture out into other parts of the cell tower. Most of the shots show the baby flexing its wings or pulling on its feathers, but there is a shot of it actually in the air (CRW_4173.jpg) where it hopped down from the upper part of the tower. The day after I took that shot was the first day we actually saw the baby fly. During the following days the baby began to leave the nest for progressively longer periods of time. One day the whole company experienced "empty nest syndrome" as the baby officially left the nest for a whole day. Now it is rare for us to see or hear the hawk family at all. Occasionally I will see one of them circling high in the air on my way into work.
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