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 (15)
amlondono
Excellent shot ! Beautiful detail and color in this critter . Ana
bpclarke
Look at the nose on that guy! Wow! This is a fantastic capture. Bunny
angelafair
Where do you live?!?!? You have some mighty COOL insects in your area! Very cool shot!
maandjboy
Reminds me of a bug on my kids video bugs life......
artaddict2
You say Almost? I think it is excellent. the detail is yet again superb.
mhyrdin
What a look ! Another very good shot Lee !
Dianthus
Nice macro Lee
Georges_H_Hoens
I'm fascinating by this specie which looks so magestic (to me... but i'm special... lol)
Cool shot!
I wish you a nice day
Georges.
durleybeachbum
I'd think it must be quite inconvenient having eyes that look out to the side when one's mouth is so far away, but it must work for him! Lovely creature.
aljaysart
Excellent capture, well done.
JeffG7BRJ
The nearest wing is absolutely fantastic Lee but I see what you mean in the rest of it, but again it is only slight. This is another new one for me, I wish I lived next door to you, what fun I would have. This is still an excellent shot, there's no getting away from it. Bravo!!!!! Thanks for the mail by the way, I found it very interesting.
42n8
Eeww makes me shiver lol, so unusual excellent macro shot though
JaneEden
Fantastic macro of this awesome insect, that of which I have never seen before, so thanks for sharing!!! Bravo!!
MrsLubner
That head is incredible! A great shot.
iaacf
A hundres times I have tried to capture these. but I always failed to do that beacuse they were gone before i could do so.. This is a very beautiful captuer of this remarkable fly.