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)
thevolunteer
What a fantastic macro. Great piece of work. And handheld too. Aloha
StandsInAwe
Great series!
MrsLubner
And even yellow on the wings. Beuatiful. You really have a wide variety of dragonflies around there. I have only seen one kind and it didn't stay long or land on anything. :-( Outstanding work.
kimariehere
such a beautiful detailed macro golden dragonfly capture amazing capture Lee!!!
flora-crassella
...so viele Libellen gibt es wie gesagt bei uns nicht. Gut, dass Du mir diese schöne Tiere auf Deinen super Bildern zeigst! Danke
Doriutz
Excellent details :)
durleybeachbum
A super and fascinating set of pics!
JeffG7BRJ
I see you saved Gold till last Lee, a wonderful Golden Dragonfly, yellow doesn't seem quite right. So today I go for Gold. It's been a fantastic series Lee thanks not only for the images but for the lesson in sexing them. I have found it both interesting and helpfull, and I know some others have as well. When living in my birth house(my surviving brother still lives there), at the other side of this borough I now live in we used to have a large garden the top of which was left to run wild. there used to be all manner of creepy crawlies, that I used to capture and put in jars to watch them grow. Caterpillars were the mainstay of these. New leaves every day, until the hatched out, into whatever, they were then released back into the garden. I learned the life cycle but never their names. I look forward to the next series. Been an excellent week for me, Thank you. Bravo!!!!!
GBCalls
Great bunch. I'll have to send a couple I took yesterday to you. Well done!
RetroDevil
great work :D very detailed subject :D
skyla824
outstanding macro work
tizjezzme
Nice one Lee; like always, you upload the best in macros!
RobyHermida
Fantastic. ROBY :o)
NightGallery
Another nice one. Great colors and detail.
bpclarke
What a beauty! I say it every day, but I mean it every day too. ;o) Bunny