In part to get my mind off the Shear Water shark drama (which has almost overwhelmed me emotionally the past two days), I thought I'd share something on the MUCH lighter side...
About a month ago, I got an e-mail from a promising young painter named Gary Carpentier, politely asking if he could use one of my photos (a school of barracudas) as the model for a new painting, which he then intended to have made into nice giclee prints. First of all, I was impressed that he bothered to ask, and as a non-professional, I was flattered that he considered the photo worth painting.
Anyway, I gave him permission, asking only that I be given credit where appropriate and that I get one of the prints. He agreed and promptly went to work on the painting which can be seen below (with a Coke can for size perspective).
If you'd like to see more of Gary's work (he's just starting to get into uw subjects - he's obviously a motorcyclist, another thing we have in common), you can see it on his website .
Anyway, I just thought it was a fun use of one of my photos. 
I guess you just never know who's going to see/be interested in one of your photos... 
