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Excelent scenario, Captain. Time to buy a new camera and add the present one to your nice age of sail collection
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A great way to display maritime items is against a backdrop of an old map/ seachart either under glass on a desktop or on the wall behind.
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Fernando, I agree. I've had it with the cheapo camera and will upgrade, perhaps you would like to send me one as a Christmas present?!
![]() ![]() Ibrahiim, I agree. I've had my eye on a real (versus the repro and modern maps) sea chart at the same art dealer that I bought the dog lock musket from. I was hoping others might show their weapons display themes. Come on, guys. You know you want to! Cathey always does a brilliant Victorian Christmas theme that looks just like what you would expect an English gentleman's study c. 19th c. to look like. Can't wait to see what she'll have for us this year! http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=22184 |
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Hey Cap'n Mark,
Consider my timbers shivered!!! These are fantastic displays and BTW, and your photos really capture the essence of your stuff!!!! It is easy to see how you write so well of 'the Brethren' as you are pretty much living in the context. "Pirates of the Caribbean" move over, 'Pirate Straits' rocks!!! Thank you for sharing this!!!! ![]() |
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Very nicely done Mark. It is something that always seemed logical to me. Now, shake out a reef and get that camera! ![]() |
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Thank you Jim, Richard, and Fernando for your comments. Jim, I can always get you with a pirate theme, my commodore!
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Jokes apart Mark, it takes some willpower to collect things in a thematic manner. When i started with coins, within a blink of an eye i found myself dealing with the most unrelated bundle of specimens that one can imagine. So i got rid of coins and went into old weapons; suddenly all types, not just one theme. Glad i got rid of the Ethnos but still, a hole mess of a collection; to call it eclectic would be far too presumptious. Meaning that, if i tried to set up a thematic display, i would have to revolve the all current disposition and chose among a thousand curious kept in cabinets to get at something like a ... would be theme display
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Thanks Mark!!! All photography stuff aside, all I see is how amazing your themes and displays are, and as I say, I can see how your novels have such dimension as you really SEE these amazing items of nautical history in your words.
I guess that's why I'm not too observant when it comes to photos here ![]() Personally, I'm about as adept with a camera as I am with this magic box and my Fisher-Price keyboard! |
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Thank you, gentlemen. I'm actually having better luck taking pics with my wife's cellphone, so perhaps my skills will soon improve! Fernando, I still bet you could shoot a few pics of your rapiers (of which you have greats!) positioned just so with an old fencing/dueling manual, etc, etc. In any case, I do see your point when it comes to broader collections. I also started out broad, sold off my ethno pieces and suddenly aimed for the maritime stuff. Luckily, with early naval, as Jim has pointed out before, you get a lot of leeway!
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