Hi Terri, Wow! you really had me fooled, I was thinking you used a Digital Canon Large format or Digital Nikon large format. If you can do this with a simple point and shoot camera, just imagine what you are going to be able to accomplish with a Nikon D5100, your husband will have to take you on one of those National Geographic extended cruises to the Amazon and get the Jungle shots, all kinds of snakes and critters and flowers, animals and beautiful Sunsets. I really and honestly I like your work, not kidding either. You have a very good eye for detail and composition, I will be watching the Forum in the Photograph section for more of your work. Excellent!!

I consider myself an Amateur Photographer, however I feel I do ok at it. But lately I have been slipping, too many things on my mind, too many trips to the VA Hospital for me lately, and it has slowed me down, hopefully I will soon pick up speed and get the dullness out of my photography.

Keep at it, looking forward to seeing more of your excellent work. A few points of really good advice here;

Point #1: Always use either a Skylite Filter, or a Haze Filter over your lens, and you will always have the Glass end of your lens protected from dust and scratches.

Point # 2: Always have a backup battery for your Digital Nikon D5100.

There were times, believe it or not where I had forgotten to turn the power off to my camera and I was out on a photo shoot and , Shaaazam!!, no juice, I had to use my old standby 35mm film camera and it cost me allot in film developing., and, one time I thought I was being smart, and the night before a shoot I deceided to charge my camera battery, well in the morning, I left with all my gear, only to set everything up at the site and guess what?, yep, I forgot my battery., Just how stupid did I feel, totally embarrassed, I was with two other Amateur Photographer friends and they have never let me alone about this. So I now have two back up batteries. I have found a great store not far from where I live and I bought two spares. They have any type of battery you can think of, and at near wholesale pricees (saved 15.00 each) on them and they are Camera and Model specific, meaning I bought two more Nikon D5000 Batteries and charged fully both of them and placed in my camera bags with my gear and a visual note on the inside cover of each camera bag to alert me to routinely run a check on all batteries before a shoot.

The name of the store is "The Battery (Warehouse??? whatever)...Don't you just hate that when your brain freezes?. Anyway it is a chain store, so you may have one where you live. I will check on the name for you and when I do I, will write it down and let you know.

Remember Terri, "Always be Prepared for anything".... you would not believe, some of the things I carry in my camera bag, vest and car. Your Very Young, but when you get old like me, well you start forgetting important things. Got to go will talk again, if you would like. I am going to try to send some photos over to the Photography page later, please check them out.

Tom