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 (13)
-GaWa-
Great shot of an Icon. Love it!
leanndra
An absolute beauty! It is obvious the gentleman loves this car and has taken great pains to keep it in cherry condition! Thanks for sharing the image! Leann
jinet
Nice capture of this old car.
GiMi53
Nice ancestor car, very well captured ! :~)
coolj001
That's a cool car. nice photo :-)
RodolfoCiminelli
Wonderful car.....!!!! Excellent photo....!!!!!
bkhook
Cool shot, cool car! I love old cars especially the classics from the 50's and 60's.
kathym
Take some pictures of that red dodge ram that's reflected in the paint. LOL Trucks rule.
jcv2
Impressive to see it still in (almost) one piece! The shiny exteriors seems pretty well intact! :)
vkoontz
Nice T model. A few things I've heard about it is that it could run on almost any combustable liquid like naptha (dry cleaning fluid) due to its low compression engine and the ones with wooden spoke wheels would drive through streams to "straighten" them when they dried out. The transmission had manually shifted planetary gears the same gears used in all automatic transmissions.
Chaos911
what a F A N T A S T I C shot and work!!!! super cooooool!!! :)
kimariehere
i missed this one!! perfectly shot!! love it!
HannaK
This is another photo I like very much. I would crop a bit less in the front.The light and colors do very well and you have choosen a interesting angle that makes a good composition.