flickr.com
in the exif data on an individual picture is how I find my count at the time of that picture
my D80 is now at 36,500

should have bought a shorter plane or a longer hanger

I use flickr.com

*open your picture
*view the exif data
*look 3/4 way down to shutter count
my last one uploaded to flickr from last month was over 32,000

thank you for the first page of this post, the one page I read, then skimmed the rest

I love polorizer filters, but it took your example about the clean reflection in the hood of the car to refresh my mind. one more plus for your pic with a young model

i like the yellow n blue hillside pic

thought it was going to be a photo story that turns bad with the photo of the TIGER, but then it went to a friendly puppy...but what happens with the tiger?

p/p/ is probably post production computer manipulation

i try to do my pics in camera

I like the orange dragonfly, nice n sharp without a cluttered background.

your right about not being able to pose a shy insect, but trying a different angle to change the background to make the micro critter stand out.

i read about a magazine photographer(underwater) who now relys on auto focus because of his "old" eyes. experiment with both find out what works for you, put yoor camera on manual and choose the focus point.

my nikon ring flash i can chooose left or right, or top or bottom if i rotate it, and obviously full. i use it on my pb6 bellows mostly, but its good for handheld macro too. nice even lighting without the shadow caused by the lens from a hotshoe mount

use a tripod and a small apature(big number to let lots of info into the camera), watch for little breezes

really love them, what lens?? how close?? that bird must have an iron throut to swallow those dorsal spines

taking head shots for a friends facebook...my zoom lens didn't come out very flattering, I switched to my 60mm2.8macro and the shots were great. the zoom lens compresses the image and flattens the face

portrait lens have always been 85mm-135mm (film #'s)(60-100mm digital) shot from like 15' from subject,, remember your hi skol photo the camera was along was from you so you were less nervous

use a flash, the hubby pic is the best

the guy took one picture with an hours long exposure to get star trails...like art wolfe tv show in south america episode