Thanks Larry, I agree of course and I think that the person who criticised the photo was making a rather snide remark.

I'm attaching some more shots taken with the same camera. The second one was incredibly difficult to photograph since it is basically a convex made of hundreds and hundreds of heptagonals of polished stainless steel. Taking a straight photograph didn't show anything and the only way to show what it is was to shoot with figures in front so that they were reflected.

Pink Tea Rose


"Untitled" by Anish Kapoor, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles designed by Frank Gehry

I posted this photo on a completely different site and someone cfriticised it and wrote that "it showed the limitations of compact cameras". Rather than showing the limitations I rather think that it shows just what a compact camera is capable of. Does anyone agree?

It looks even better if you can enlarge it although in this particular case the sample I have used I had reduced in size to be able to send it by e-mail to a friend.

The camera was a Panasonic TZ7.

Dragon Begonia

and joinded Ugly Hedgehog while I was in New York. Since many years ago for some unknown reason, I have photographed flowers, fruits and vegetables. The attached was snapped in the Farmer's Market of San Francisco. Technically probably not the greatests photo and it relies on the colour to carry it but I like it.

I was using a Panasonic TZ7.

EGGPLANTS

Take a look at the Canon Powershot SX1 15. This CAN be used as a point and shoot camera but it has so much more to offer. It is considered to be almost the equivalent of a SLR but it is smaller and lighter. It will shoot 4 frames per second as well as HD video. There are lots of examples on Youtube like these for example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg9zRmtpZ9U&feature=fvsr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em-CpXA9pg0&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL093FA29CA1038A32