LOL!! Thank You Jake, yes just call me deadeye ;) My wife say's it's due to my training as an Airborne Infantry officer , as we were taught to always look at a problem head on and attack. I blame it on my early photo training in high school back in the 70's I had a part-time job taking pictures for Auto Trader magazine and they stressed centering the car in the frame/photo. But since the first couple of pictures I have taken and being advised by one of the recreational therapist's at the VA Hospital who taught Photography classes at the local college about the rules of thirds I have been doing some better. Now my main concern is the tilt to the right of my photos as my right leg is now just a wee bit shorter than my left, due to the parachute accident.

Thank you MollyMolly! I would love to see some of your natural work.

Thank you all. The therapy is to help me learn to walk again (without assistance) Note to self-- ''never ever jump out of a perfectly good airplane again ... AIRBORNE'' Unfortunately the VA doesn't even pay for a camera so I'm sure that Medicare doesn't either, even with a Dr's prescription. Although one of the nurses did let me borrow her small Canon Powershot A560
which got me on my way to taking photos.

Maybe one day I will learn how to use the photoshop program but right now I prefer to just use images straight out of the camera without enhancement or I feel I would not learn all about how to take "good" pictures without relying on the computer to fix them later.

Once again thanks to everyone for the advice and comments.

I looked at the Sony admittedly it was the A55, I also looked at the Pentax KR and a Canon T3. Finally I looked at and bought the Nikon D3100 mainly because of the reviews on the Digital Photography Review site and also after reading a Ken Rockwell article saying it's the best Camera with a kit lens for under $600.00. The only upgrade I'm considering is adding a 55-300mm VR Tele lens so I can really reach out and touch someone. I am exstatic with the Nikon, all the above cameras were very good, the deciding factor was the price and local availability, the Nikon won that war hands down.

I'm just starting out with the photography thing (recommended by my Dr. as therapy) I was using a Canon Powershot A560 until 2 week's ago when I got a real camera(Nikon D3100) I am interested in seeing what ya'll think of my work so far and any helpful tips would be appreciated. Thanks

Taken with Canon A560 P&S


Taken with Canon A560 P&S


Taken with Canon A560 P&S


Taken with Nikon D3100


Taken with Nikon D3100


Taken with Nikon D3100

Real nice photo, great sense of action. What equipment did you use to capture it?

Digital Hunter is a total scam site run out of Ft Lauderdale, FL.
I called about a Nikon D80 with a 27-80mm and a 70-300mm lenses for only $533.00 ...turns out, Grey market non USA camera, no warranty and no battery or charger. Of course for an additional amount of $$$ I could have everything except it would not be Nikon accesories and still not a USA warranty but a store warranty only. when I said no thanks I just want the camera and the lenses, the rude guy on the phone said no can do it's out of stock at the moment and how about instead a Nikon D3100 with the kit 18-55mm lens for "just" $799.00 I laughed and then hung up went to Best Buy and got the D3100 with the 18-55mm for $549.00 and covered the state tax with some Reward Zone certificates. As has been stated often here..."If it sounds to good to be true...it probably isn't"