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and down the rabbit hole he goes . . .Going to start with this one…
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This rabbit hole only has two entrances, one for bowls and one for hollow forms
! The carving is just to maintain the the appearance of the structure 
Curve continued and foot removed.
Finished with black dye that I sanded off to reveal the grain. Blue dye added with green and yellow dappled in for highlights. Finished with friction polish.
Finished with black dye that I sanded off to reveal the grain. Blue dye added with green and yellow dappled in for highlights. Finished with friction polish.
Same.
Doing some serious sanding last evening....!
Forgot to take pictures while on the lathe, but these came off in past couple days. First is segmented piece using aspen, wenge and black dyed veneer. 16 segments per row plus 16 veneer between each segment, total of 17 rows for 527 pieces (bottom is a single piece of wenge). This is 6-3/4” tall x 3-1/8” wide and 3/16” thick.
Second piece is cherry from a tree we took down. I’m playing with this shape, but something’s off - I’ll keep working on it. Piece is 4-7/8” tall x 7-1/4” wide and 3/16” thick.
Second piece is cherry from a tree we took down. I’m playing with this shape, but something’s off - I’ll keep working on it. Piece is 4-7/8” tall x 7-1/4” wide and 3/16” thick.
Tried turning a Camphor live edge. Was on my last piece of sand paper when it caught in the hole and tore the sander out of my hand. This broke the live edge off and turned it into .......
There's always the option of using a black felt tipped marker to stain the exposed edge.
You can take your sander and make your own natural edge with the broken part. Just blend it in with the edge that’s not broken.
Finished up the walnut hollow form today. It measures 8-3/4” tall x 7-1/2” wide and the base is 2-5/8” per the chart showing hollow form dimensions, base 1/3 the diameter. However it looks fatter in the photo but not in person. I guess it’s true the camera adds 10 pounds.
Also turned a few green walnut bowls.
.Also turned a few green walnut bowls.
Maybe try moving the camera back and either using a longer lens if you have one, or zoom in a bit. (Or just take a shot from further back then crop in an image processing program to get the framing you want.) Up close with a wide angle can cause more distortion. That's a common method for portrait photography for several reasons, one, a more flattering perspective of the subject.
JKJ
I think I take the photos to close up and need to zoom out some. It’s amazing how different it looks compared to the photo.
When you take the photo your eye adjusts to the perspective or real look. The lens changes this with things like depth of field and distortion of the image such as fisheye (common in closeup lens use). Like JKJ said you can adjust some of this effect in programs and sometimes even with the software on your phone.
I’ll play with the phone and see if that helps.
Just to be clear, don't "zoom out" which won't help with the perspective (if you mean what most people do by "zooming out"), but physically move the camera further away and either zoom in (magnify) to frame the shot or crop the photo.
All this can be quite confusing to someone used to thinking in terms of focal length for film camera! What's worse, some phone cameras switch lenses when you zoom in and out (actually, they can seamlessly switch cameras - the technology is exploding).
Fortunately you don't need to know any of that. Just back away from the subject! Fortunately for us, the image resolution on today's digital cameras is incredible compared to what we used even a few decades ago.
I even shot a magazine cover with a phone camera over 10 years ago - I still can't believe the quality even then. We are so spoiled today.
JKJ