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Welcome to those who visited my booth at the Madison Holiday Market. 

Ahead of the Holidays, give me a call to arrange a visit to my home studio (592-4718).  You may want to visit Wollersheim Winery, or the Blue Spoon in
Prairie du Sac while in the area!

* Awards & Recognition *

Judges's Choice Award - 2008 Summer Art Classic, Baraboo

Judges' Choice Award - 2007 Summer Art Classic, Baraboo

Award of Excellence - 2007 Marshfield Art Fair

1st Place Photography - 2006 Spring Green Arts & Crafts Fair

Best Portfolio - 2005 Baraboo Summer Art Classic

***Best in Show*** 2004 Spring Green Arts & Crafts Fair

1st Place Photography - 2003 Spring Green Arts & Crafts Fair

Best Two-Dimensional  Artist - 2002 Baraboo Summer Art Classic

PIELSTICKER PHOTOS FINE ART GALLERY

My name is Bill Pielsticker This is my online gallery.  Please contact me at Pielsticker Photos to review high-definition files and terms of use.  

I use Nikon 35mm equipment plus a Sinar large format (4x5") view camera to capture scenes of beauty and natural wonders on film (transparencies).  I then scan the transparencies myself,, adjust the highlights and shadows, tweak the color, and otherwise work up a digital file for printing.  I use a Canon printer with Chromira pigment inks to produce images that are safe under glass for over 100 years. 

Why do I still use film?  For really large images of the outdoors, large format film still exceeds the capacity of digital equipment.  You need to see my work in person to experience the incredible detail of my landscape scenes.  While visible in an 11x14" enalrgement, this is really apparent in my 16x20" and larger prints.  Also, while using a view camera, I can alter the plane of focus to better capture key elements of a scene, or change the perspective to correct for converging lines of sight. 

Will I ever go 100% digital?  For now, I am content with the outcome from a hybrid process.  I may convert to digital for my 35mm work now that cameras with full-size sensors are available.  However, I expect it will be some time before I put aside my 4x5" film!

Which are my favorite images?  My favorite landscape is the one I am currently working on, meeting the challenge to effectively capture the full character of the scene.  However, I am especially proud of my series of ice images. These include the other-worldly (black ice) images of my Inner Space series and the Rorschach-like Patterns series.  Keep in mind that these are not abstractions from reality but actually are well-grounded in just what I see in winter as I roam about the surface of a frozen lake.

I believe that we should leave the earth a better place than when we came into it. I hope my work inspires you to value nature and wild places, and to work to preserve them.

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Brownstone Falls
Brownstone Falls
Flowing over a basaltic-lava shelf, thirty-foot Brownstone Falls is formed where the Tyler Forks River joins the Bad River in its 60 to 125 foot deep canyon. From a large format (4x5) transparency. Available as stock photo or color photograph.

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    Morgan Falls
    Morgan Falls
    Seventy-foot Morgan Falls glows on a spring day. This waterfall makes up for its modest volume with its beautiful surroundings in the hills near St. Peters Dome, northwest of Mellen, WI. From a large format (4x5) transparency. Available as stock photo or color photograph.

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    Hemlock Cathedral
    Hemlock Cathedral
    The combination of streaming rays of sunlight, the high canopy, and sparse undergrowth here give rise to the feeling of being in a cathedral. A stand of mature hemlock dominate this hillside in the Lake Laura Hardwoods State Natural Area, in Wisconsin’s Vilas County. From a large format (4x5) transparency. Available as stock photo or color photograph.

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    Moon Over Madeline Island
    Moon Over Madeline Island
    A nearly full moon rises over Madeline Island, the largest of the Apostle Islands on the south shore of Lake Superior near Bayfiled, WI. From a large format (4x5) transparency. Available as stock photo or color photograph.

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    South Point, Louis
    South Point, Louis' Bluff
    Bedded layers of fine sandstone cap Louis’ Bluff, the highest point in the Wisconsin Dells. From a large format (4x5) transparency. Available as stock photo or color photograph.

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    Misty Passage
    Misty Passage
    Morning fog moistens rocks and leaves near the upper end of Parfreys Glen, Devils Lake State Park, Baraboo, WI From a large format (4x5) transparency. Available as stock photo or color photograph.

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    Inner Space #27
    Inner Space #27
    Outer space or inner space? Series of abstract images of bubbles and pressure cracks in black ice appear surreal, extra-terrestrial or intergalactic. Not manipulated. From a 35mm negative. Available as stock photo or color photograph.

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    Inner Space #34
    Inner Space #34
    Outer space or inner space? Series of abstract images of bubbles and pressure cracks in black ice appear surreal, extra-terrestrial or intergalactic. Not manipulated. From a 35mm negative. Available as stock photo or color photograph.

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    Patterns #28
    Patterns #28
    These seemingly-abstract images are created from patterns in the surface layer of ice found on a lake in winter. One of a series. From a 35mm transparency. Available as stock photo or color photograph.

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    Club Moss and Canopy White Pines
    Club Moss and Canopy White Pines
    Here we see club moss beneath towering hemlocks and canopy white pines in the Scott Lake-Shelp Lake State Natural Area in Forest County, a few miles east of Three Lakes, Wisconsin. From a large format (4x5) transparency. Available as stock photo or color photograph.

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    Reflections, Muir Park
    Reflections, Muir Park
    From a 4x5” color negative. Available as color photograph or stock photo.

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