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 (14)
darksecret1
o how pretty
Valerie-Ducom
Excellent capture!! I like this saturation of color and the atmospher very natural... Well done;) good day and kiss
rayburg
Way to get down and dirty with the roons. Like the ants eye view. I wonder when that mushroom fell if it sounded like a tree falling to an ant..."timber" I'm glad these roons weren't too fast for you to capture with your camera..great action shot...lol.
OrchidJB
Awww. Poor little mushroom ;-) I agree, I love the "ant's eye view". The colors are spectacular. Very well done!!
kimariehere
OUTSTANDING COLORS and beautiful mushrooms shot here excellent camera settting and macro VEry impressed with this shot!! V!
FuzzyShadows
I agree the colors make for a fantastic shot. Excellent.
Nameless_Wildness
neat macro...good pov :)
babuci
Very strong colors and excelent macro shot of these "mushlings".(many tiny mushroom together)
Mondwin
Really a fabulous Macro capture!!!!!!!!!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx
PeeWee05
Ah shame! Cute image.
jcv2
Wonderful capture, you show well some stages in the life of these mushrooms! Love the contrasting colors! I would have said excellent without the blurred grassy stem in front but it is close to excellence for me anyway!
jared99
Very pretty shot. I like babuci's term "mushlings" too. And I like your strategy of classifying all fungi as poisonous if it isn't packaged ready to eat.
Inspyred
I love this shot. Great color and casting on the shadows. Excellent photo image.
Chaos911
simply wonderful, one super piece of work!!! excellent!!!! :)