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 (10)
bkhook
Really nice Lee. Nice presentation too.
TwoPynts
luv the sense of motion indicated by the petals. :)
kimariehere
beautiful whirliigig flower !! fantastic presentaion and framing !!
lgp692000
I am not sure about the heavy border in contrast to the delicate image, but the shot and colors are fantastic! I love how the dark red stands out against the bright green.
jcv2
Love to see flowers like these, never seen before and the core attracts my attention by its organisation!
short_ribs
Awesome lookin' flower!!! Ya did an excellent job at capturing it to! Thanks for sharing! Hope ya have a great weekend!
Inspyred
Very nice Lee. Interesting and different. Makes the viewer want to keep looking for a few more minutes. I like this image.
Chaos911
wow, what a super super work!!!! excellently done!!! :)
DJB
Quite impressive colours from center to petals. Very good close up.
GiMi53
I do agree with the photography team : this excellent picture deserves its selection in LWitG [ Last Week in the Galleries : http://backroom.renderosity.com/~photo/newweb/last_week_in_galleries/lwig_may15-22_06.html ] Well done, Lee ! :~)