Got my macro lenses today and had fun. I'm not totally into flowers, folks, but these are great learning exercises (of course, there is post work). After a little over a week with this new camera, I am feeling just a tad more comfortable, but have a lot to learn with it LOL. I can't remember who thought the foxgloves in my other image were pretty and I said I'd post more when other colors bloomed--so here they are. Diane

Beautiful light. What kind of lenses did you got? .n

my goodness but this is beautiful Diane! Looks like I could just go in there, and stick my head inside the bell and look around...lovely color too.

Antoonio, I used a Canon G1 with 1.5 zoom and I stacked a 1+, 2+ and 4+ macro for this photo (relatively inexpensive Sunpak lenses).

Oooo, so you are using close up lenses too? ...dont remember did you comment my close up lens pics here, but if you haven't seen those, take a peep. .n

::hopping up and down with envy:: WOW!

Thanks Syyd and Dendras S--I used to use a good ol' Canon AE-1--then I sort of lost interest in photography (developing costs, couldn't exert as much creativity even though I had several good lenses, etc.--and reserved it mostly for travel). Then I bought a Kodak DC280, fairly simple digicam. Wow--such fun, lots of possibilities with a 2x teleconverter and several macro lenses and lots of opportunity for post work. I loved photography again and have enjoyed the last 1 1/2 yrs. with it. I literally fell into a photography job based on the Kodak with lots of color and light correction (with one of our clients in the furniture industry), but had to have a camera capable of more resolution. Based on that I bought the Canon (though I lust for a digi SLR, but sure am not ready for one) after a lot of research. Love it so far, but it really has more creative potential than my SLR had--and more chances to screw up royally LOL. However, it has that neat 'delete'--right??? I'm working my way through both the manual and a supplementary book and lots of input from others and reading a LOT of tech web pages. I've made a G1 trials folder on my HD and can go back and read my Exif files to see what I did when I got a good shot--what I did when they failed. Its helping me a lot. Diane

Alpha, I'm assuming you don't use digital at all. The digicams can transfer their Exif info (all the shooting info) with their RAW (in Canon) or .jpegs. I can also 'attach' that data to .tiffs by some skullduggery that a nice German photographer showed me. As for the furniture photos. My husband is a freelance designer who does merchandising and showroom design for several furniture companies. I am 1/2 time professional textile designer/weaver, etc.--and 1/2 time work with him. After the latest international furn. market here in NC, I photographed all the settings (many) for our own archives (as I've been doing for awhile). Of course I couldn't leave them alone and adjusted color/lighting, cropped, etc.-- put them on a CD and the VP/merchandising got hold of the CD. She preferred my photos to the pro they had doing them (with a 4 person crew--but also digital). His were wonderful technically, but she preferred my 'ambiance'--the way I 'told a story', etc. so I'm hired to do all their 'temporary' shots for the next markets (temp shots go to their salesmen as sales tools until catalogue comes out with revision--maybe 6 mos.). I will also produce CDs for them (for clients to review market), etc. They have discovered I'm a good resource for all computer graphics type things S. I assume he will do catalogue shots--that's not something I'm capable of nor have the studio/equipment. Diane

Diane, this is really exciting! Congratulations all the way!!!!!!!! Now, do you have some spare queen anne chairs you'd like to send up to NY LOL?

I think it was me. So that is what these things are called. Thanks for the post. Again congrats. I seems you are getting to be recognized. Bsteph