I am a 92 year old neophyte photographer who recently developed an interest. About 3 months ago I bought a Sony RX10IV and am really enjoying trying to figure out all those modes and menusâÂÂ- I think my learning curve has flatlined.
I am going to submit (if all goes well) a couple of shots I took last month of my saguaro during its brief blooming period. They are both jpegs right out of the camera except for cropping. The first is just a snapshot to show the cactus in bloom. The blossom in the second is from farther back standing on the ground in order to see into the face of the flower sticking out from the end of the arm. Both were hand heldâÂÂ-sun directly overhead. I am pretty sure I took both shots in auto mode (I was only a beginner then LOL).
The flower shot was taken from about 15 ft. 600mm then severely cropped. I was amazed at how sharp that funny red eyed fly looked when I could not even see it while standing on the ground.
An aside: I have since seen posts of that identical fly on flowers from as far away as Louisiana and even New Zealand. His little wings must be tired,and if I traveled that much my eyes would be red too!
Welcome to UHH. Congratulations on a successful post, and nice looking photos.
--Bob
ditchdigger wrote:
I am a 92 year old neophyte photographer who recently developed an interest. About 3 months ago I bought a Sony RX10IV and am really enjoying trying to figure out all those modes and menusâÂÂ- I think my learning curve has flatlined.
I am going to submit (if all goes well) a couple of shots I took last month of my saguaro during its brief blooming period. They are both jpegs right out of the camera except for cropping. The first is just a snapshot to show the cactus in bloom. The blossom in the second is from farther back standing on the ground in order to see into the face of the flower sticking out from the end of the arm. Both were hand heldâÂÂ-sun directly overhead. I am pretty sure I took both shots in auto mode (I was only a beginner then LOL).
The flower shot was taken from about 15 ft. 600mm then severely cropped. I was amazed at how sharp that funny red eyed fly looked when I could not even see it while standing on the ground.
An aside: I have since seen posts of that identical fly on flowers from as far away as Louisiana and even New Zealand. His little wings must be tired,and if I traveled that much my eyes would be red too!
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alby
Loc: very eastern pa.
good job old timer... hope i can still be around at 92. let alone hold a camera. and that still
Welcome Mr. Digger. Keep posting.
ditchdigger wrote:
I am a 92 year old neophyte photographer who recently developed an interest. About 3 months ago I bought a Sony RX10IV and am really enjoying trying to figure out all those modes and menusâÂÂ- I think my learning curve has flatlined.
I am going to submit (if all goes well) a couple of shots I took last month of my saguaro during its brief blooming period. They are both jpegs right out of the camera except for cropping. The first is just a snapshot to show the cactus in bloom. The blossom in the second is from farther back standing on the ground in order to see into the face of the flower sticking out from the end of the arm. Both were hand heldâÂÂ-sun directly overhead. I am pretty sure I took both shots in auto mode (I was only a beginner then LOL).
The flower shot was taken from about 15 ft. 600mm then severely cropped. I was amazed at how sharp that funny red eyed fly looked when I could not even see it while standing on the ground.
An aside: I have since seen posts of that identical fly on flowers from as far away as Louisiana and even New Zealand. His little wings must be tired,and if I traveled that much my eyes would be red too!
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Thank you,Bob. I’ve learned a lot on this forum from people like you...have a lot more to learn but not a lot of time.
Hanks, alby—-have to give steady shot most of the credit.
Thank you, Daniel. I will try(I am not very good at this) to post some more as I improve...hopefully!
I also want to welcome you here and glad to have you. Love the area that your from. Was out that way in 2011. I too have the older Sony RX10III. Took me a few months to learn all the features but now that I have, it's a great camera. Your first photos are pretty good, so I want to encourage you to keep at it. Hope you have many years with us.
Good to see you DD. Just my personal opinion, but I would say you can hold your own with most of the people on this site.
I will be watching for more!
Fred T.
Thank you, long shadow...I’ve got a lot to learn from people like you.
Thanks for taking the time, Fred. If I get lucky and take a good or interesting photo I will try to post it.
ditchdigger wrote:
I am a 92 year old neophyte photographer who recently developed an interest. About 3 months ago I bought a Sony RX10IV and am really enjoying trying to figure out all those modes and menusâÂÂ- I think my learning curve has flatlined.
I am going to submit (if all goes well) a couple of shots I took last month of my saguaro during its brief blooming period. They are both jpegs right out of the camera except for cropping. The first is just a snapshot to show the cactus in bloom. The blossom in the second is from farther back standing on the ground in order to see into the face of the flower sticking out from the end of the arm. Both were hand heldâÂÂ-sun directly overhead. I am pretty sure I took both shots in auto mode (I was only a beginner then LOL).
The flower shot was taken from about 15 ft. 600mm then severely cropped. I was amazed at how sharp that funny red eyed fly looked when I could not even see it while standing on the ground.
An aside: I have since seen posts of that identical fly on flowers from as far away as Louisiana and even New Zealand. His little wings must be tired,and if I traveled that much my eyes would be red too!
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Very nice ditchdigger, welcome to UHH, love your sense of humor
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