Aphid in smoke

[chauncey]

No clue what aphids look like but, had to call it something???

This is a test for a Living Room wall hanger...we have the original blue on black followed by the same
with more of a purple look. You gotta choose one that you must hang, black/purple or a different combo
on the purple...printed on either canvas or metal...you choose.

[Manfred M]

The original blue on blue works best for me, the purple is not as striking and would not work on any of my walls, whereas the blue could.

As I mentioned before, I suspect that these are too delicate to work on canvas as the roughness of the medium simply seems wrong for reproducing such delicate details like the smoke, but the choice is yours. My initial reaction would be to print these on a matte, slightly textured fine art paper, but that is just a personal view.

[wilgk]

I prefer the first as well.

[deetheturk]

I prefer the first one too it looks more like a jelly fish to me

This is an adult Aphid(Green Fly) before it grows its wings, this one was about 3mm!

[FootLoose]

I'm pretty sure I have seen that thing invade Earth in a couple of movies. Dark/er blue makes it look more alien than the pink, if that is the effect you are after.

[IzzieK]

My preference is the first one.

[Shadowman]

Blue for me, does look familiar. Nicely captured.

[eepee]

Definitely prefer #1.

[chauncey]

does look familiar

No kewpie doll for ya...shot yesterday using different technique...white sheet for background rather
than black. It tended to lighten the background a bit.

I'm still having difficulty in conceiving that a picture that dark would be a salable item???

As a lot of these images could be quite large @ 300 ppi...what might be an appropriate size to display
at those shows?

[Manfred M]

I'm still having difficulty in conceiving that a picture that dark would be a salable item???

Really? Remember all those paintings that were done on black velvet back in the late 1980s and 90s? They weren't fine art, but quite a lot of them sold.

As a lot of these images could be quite large @ 300 ppi...what might be an appropriate size to display at those shows?

I think you need a variety of sizes some folks might want them large others might want them small. If I look at the art on my walls, things go from 5" x 10" (plus mattes and frame) to a piece that is around 30" x 72". I expect that you will need several large pieces on display to attract people and then an assortment of different sizes for them to buy.

I expect that for the most part, these will be impulse sales, so if you haven't got the goods on hand, you won't make a sale.

[mknittle]

Looks like a jellyfish to me. Very nice captures.

[george013]

Blue, more contrasting between foreground and background.
To me it looks like a skeleton. I just don't know if it's a male or female.
George

[Barbara Ponder]

Blue!

[Shadowman]

No kewpie doll for ya...shot yesterday using different technique...white sheet for background rather
than black. It tended to lighten the background a bit.

I'm still having difficulty in conceiving that a picture that dark would be a salable item???

As a lot of these images could be quite large @ 300 ppi...what might be an appropriate size to display
at those shows?

I meant the insect. Regarding display size consider viewing distance and expected customer preference. For display you could use as small as 4" x 6" which would help with the viewing distance, I've seen show vendors who display their works at ground level and some who attach to the back wall of their viewing tent and those images are usually large.