Hi Bob and Terry in particular
I have had this image printed at 36 inches wide and I feel it does look as good as it can.
The problem with this exploratory approach to image making is that each image can take weeks or longer to come together.
I have on some occasions spent probably 80 hours just on the photoshop side not to mention the painting and drawing side.
BUT as my wife would tell you I am very inefficient rather than incredibly fastidious.
I sort of drift and try different things, do multiple versions and have many many images that are over 2 Gig and many more that remain unfinished.
Your comment about the ganglia is right on, not that I was conscious of that dimension -
Here is a straight photograph from my collection - which yes I am putting together an exhibition of my works for maybe 2015 - but I am not rushing the project. This image came out of an early morning photo expedition, on my own to a lonely rainforest lookout. I noticed one other car parked in the car park about a mile form the lookout. It was pitch black in the forest and I only had a small torch. So all the way along I expected to come across some other crazy photog. But no one appeared. So by the time the early morning sun was shining through the forest I admit I had got pretty scared and then I walk into this scene and my imagination is pretty keyed up. And it is like the spirit of the forest was breathing this fear into my soul - it was not that my logical, sequential brain function was disengaged, but rather that I had two brains at the one time, one superstitious and imaginative and the other, going, hey this would make a cool image - so tripod, IQ180 etc and made this image.
Terry I went to your BLOG and saw your image of the Teasel and the Horn of Plenty, these are great images and you have taken many more. My images are just a product of my love of painting combined with photography, just my take on this fantastic journey called conscious life.
Sorry for rabbiting on
Mal