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 (13)
skyla824
FANTASTIC MACRO WORK... YOUR FLASH IS PERFECT,IN THIS CASE THE DARK BACK ROUND AND THE FILL FLASH COULD NOT BE ANY BETTER THAN THIS... FOCUS AND DOF ARE WONDERFUL..
praep
Great shot, my friend.
Kyms_Cave
Very cool bug I must say..great macro my friend...
flora-crassella
sooo wonderful photo!!!!
durleybeachbum
Superb! I have the same trouble of course with my pocket camera, this has worked really well. Our bush-crickets which are the same family as your katydids all seem to have quite rounded backs. This one is very straight and smooth!
Alz2008
Wonderful capture, Excellent well done..
JeffG7BRJ
Well it worked out OK this time Lee, you stopped him in his tracks for an excellent capture. When Emma was small we used to go up on the school field catching crickets, now when I want to photograph them they have fenced off the field. The main reason for fencing it off was people walking their dogs on it and not cleaning up after them, so I can't reall grumble. It was a great place for them though. Superb work on this one. Bravo!!!!!
ysvry
great shot.
NightGallery
Ahh, very cool. Never seen one of these but did see some shots of them yesterday at BugGuide looking up my Tree Cricket. Very nice shot and the flash did good. Not washed out or funny shadows to deal with. Well done.
blondeblurr
Never-the-less, the result is great. It's amazing, how these insects (ever so slightly) vary, from country to country. BB
bpclarke
Awesome capture. Excellent close up. Bunny
mbz2662
Great shot, the flash spot-lighted this guy very nicely :)
Chipka
Fantastic shot and a great sense of definition brought out by the flash...I love the subtle contrast between light and dark, all highlighting the subject! Great stuff!