well said

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Here are a few of my favorites

Sunrise over Leech Lake MN


Sun Burst on wooded hiking trail


Front end of 56 Belaire @ Good Guys Car show


Country Church at sunset in SW iowa


Squirrel irritated I was taking his Picture

Well Done

Beautiful image by the way.

How so?

I was out today taking photos this morning and found a big beautiful Garden spider in the center of his web. Much to my dismay when I got home I could not get the web to show up well. I tried several things in PP but to no avail. I also found a second web with lots of dew drips on it but again with web is not very visible. Any thoughts or tips would be appreciated.

Garden Spinder and his web


Dew Dripping Web

Here are a few of my Favorites that I have shot.

Squirrel and his Nut


Relaxed Tiger


Grumpy Portrait


Get away from my pole


Puppy Portrait

I have PSP and feel it meets all my needs and then some. I use it on a desktop so I have better processing speed then on a lap top. I like that it is a one time price with no subscription fees like Photoshop or Elements.

To reiterate what others have said welcome to UHH. I like you am new to the craft of photography and the more I think I know the more I realize I know very little and this is a life time of learning. As others have said photographing an eclipse can be very challenging for any one. As for your equipment, it an play a factor in your results but the individual behind the camera plays a bigger role in results and my best advice is read as much as you can to understand the craft. I would start with Bryan Peterson's Understanding Exposure, it is a great book the explains the concepts of photography in an easy to understand manner as well as other nuances of photography. I can not speak to the abilities of the Pantex but I won a P510 and learned a lot on it over the past 5 years before up grading to my first DSLR a couple on months ago. When it was released it was the highest point and shoot on the market it was as close as you could get to a DSLR style camera. It allows you to shoot in manual, shutter and aperture priority, and has features like HRD bracketing and much more. I learned a lot using it I would recommend rereading your owners manual and learn every thing your cameras can do. Attached is a digital copy of the P510 manual. Keep learning and shooting as I mentioned earlier learning photography is a long term process and even the best photographers in the world are learning new things. Hope this helped

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Capitol Reflection off adjacent building

I vote for the color

Thank you for sharing, very nice series.

I am not sure what the car is but the truck is a 1952 Chevy COE, the second one is the Front end of a 56 Belaire and per your request here are a few additional car photos.

1940 Nash


1938 Model A


Hot Rod


Grand Terino


1972 Ford Mustang Mack One

Some shots from Good Guys Car show in Des Moines this July