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 (9)
wonderworld
Love all your insect/non-spider photos- Thanks for the info- The locals here believe that Daddy Long Legs are very poisonous, but their vicious fangs are not long enough to hurt humans! I think they're rather gentle creatures, staying in the same position for days, Beautiful shot!
jinet
Strange creature, nice photo.
Chaos911
yo man, thats some long legs ^^
MrsLubner
I was once told that these spiders are a type of mite. A friend of mine used to explore small caves in the "badlands" in Texas and said he'd run into huge colonies of these things covering the walls and ceilings. Don't know if he knew what he was talking about but it had something to do with the absence of a separate abdomen rather than the one-piece body. Wonderful photo and nicely detailed and well presented.
mamabobbijo
These are always maligned as vicious killers. The whole enough poison to kill a city, but tiny mouth thing has followed it everywhere. I'v seen them in many countries. In Germany I saw people carrying many varieties of spider outside and placing them in trees, but these were killed on sight. I often wondered but the language barrier was always too great. Thanks BJ
Valerie-Ducom
Oh yes, very beautiful picture and colour, I like!!! Good day ;)
GiMi53
Impressive macro ! (I like the flower too...) :~)
mermaid
lol...another daddy long legs...so you got them too...and yours has kept all its eight legs.... fine one
tizjezzme
amazing ... I see you use a Nikon 7900 -- what lens are u using here??? I'd love to know!