I am an American baby boomer with varied interests and I consider myself to be a new-comer to photography, especially digital photography. Since getting my Nikon 7900 in '04, I have become rather interested in capturing wildflower and small critter close-up images: thus most of my postings are of those subjects, but occasionally I do find other things that either interest me or I just feel compelled to share, lol. I use a point and shoot Nikon 7900 coolpix digital camera and I am usually within a few inches of my subjects. I seldom use a tripod. My camera has very few manual adjustments so most of the time I have it set to "macro" mode. With this setting, I get a 7.8mm lens with an f stop of 4.8 and aperture speed of around 1/50-1/100 of a sec. I do my digital editing using Paint Shop Pro XI as the primary program with some usage of a few specialized features in Photoshop 7. I appreciate all comments but I ESPECIALLY like those that give honest critiques. Update: I bought a Nikon D40X with 2 Nikon AF-S VR lens (18-55mm and 55-200mm) at the end of 2008 but did not have free time to play with it until May 2009. It is a steep learning curve to go from point and shoot to DSLR, especially if one knows nothing about photography beyond - turn it on - then point and shoot, lol.
Update #2 - Aug 2013: I bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC - Lx7 because the Coolpix 7900 is on it's last legs. BIO I am a 60ish single man with a diverse background of employment. Among other things, at one time or another, I have been an engineering draftsman, a union carpenter, a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stagehands union, a stained glass pattern maker, a ranch hand, a lifeguard, and a member of the USAF for almost 8 years. I have been retired for over 20 years because of a back injury and now spend my time enjoying my 25 acres of Northeast Texas Woodland. I have been building a house for the past 10 years and may even finish it eventually, lol. Thanks to all who have taken the time to comment on my postings and I hope everyone (who has clicked on one of them) enjoyed the image. Lee
Comments (18)
hewee
Wow that is some great setup you have there and I bet it does take lots of time and money.
DJB
I know so many people who would love to have this.Nice clarity and the light just worked in your favour.
Richardphotos
awesome hobby and quality work. your capture is excellent
DELMUR
beautifull pic ,for a (fantasmatic)TOY!!THE TRAIN.
rayburg
How cool is that to have a train set in the backyard. Great pic of the train..You should have a naked Lee engineer piloting this train..lol.
nongo
This is an amazing trainset!!!!! My friend who's a train engineer, would love this!!!!! beautifully captured!!!!!! excellent work!!!!V
verdejo
Great photo in hi- definition.
Chaos911
wow, what a super super work!!!! excellently done!!! :)
drace68
Nice capture of the train. Trestle shots are always the most interesting. How about slowing down the Nikon and giving us an action shot from this or similar perspective. Great work. Looking forward to the next. -- Dick
weesel
Great shot! And great work on the railroad. All it needs is squirrels with kerchiefs staging a train robbery!! ;-D
bkhook
Very well done Maestro Lee. I remember my father had a huge train set....I loved it...
cynlee
i luv this minature train!! happy to see it again.. we're doing trains now in the simon says ;] super shot! (there's a song called the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe)
jcv2
Building one's own landscape completely with rails and trains, that's fabulous! The details look great! Love the compo here! toooooot :)
CDBrugg
I would love to play with your friend's train
GerGol
Great Shot- I love trains of all sizes.
kgb224
Amazing capture my friend. God bless.
durleybeachbum
Such a great object!
tennesseecowgirl
Oh wow this is so cool. I have a friend that live in Tennessee that is also into the model trains and the size I guess like you have shown here, they also have the one that you can ride in. mostly small children but adults can also ride, He would just love this.