Camouflaged-lizard.jpg
by jomari

Comment by scooter97:
That lizard is really well camouflaged! Interesting critter he is. My Turkey images in this thread were taken with my Sony P&S. Love it for being very versatile. Not as many manual adjustments as on a DSLR but it still produces fine images.

Chinese Goldminers' Graveyard - For Those Who Never Went Home.
by jomari

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
The centered composition adds to the oriental look of this shot. I like your processing to bring out the lettering on the stones.

Roadside Bouquet Gets The Sun's Last Kiss.
by jomari

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
I feel that this didn't score well because it is sort of "busy" looking. There seems to be an ambiguous point where the images need to be very simple, with one central subject and focus point, or the other way, a very broad landscape sort of thing in order to have the "it" factor. The ones in between, no matter how beautiful, seem to just not get the big votes.
Personally, I can see what you were after here, and I do like the shot for it's natural shapes and colors. Wild flowers of any type are one of the things that I enjoy seeing anytime. It looks like a shot that I would shoot for myself.

Alana-in-garden.jpg
by jomari

Comment by shalrath:
Looks like she's coming out of the woods for the first time! What a great expression!

Alana-in-garden-2.jpg
by jomari

Comment by shalrath:
Love the light! Way to frame your subject!

Camouflaged-lizard.jpg
by jomari

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
You get some very interesting shots with your P&S. I keep one on my belt at all times for things like this, where the moment will be gone if I don't have a camera handy. This looks a lot like Chomp and Booger, the iguanas that I used to have for pets.

butterfly-003.jpg
by jomari

Comment by fldave:
Quite a nice shot, Marion... nothing lame about it. Great detail and color, nicely saturated. I am looking forward to seeing more shots from you.

butterfly-003.jpg
by jomari

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
I agree that it's a skipper of some variety. It's amazing the number of different butterflies that there are when you begin photographing and identifying them.
You managed very good composition, esp where the one antenna is lined up with the stem beyond it. That makes it very easy to see the details there. This is a right nice shot for a P&S camera.

butterfly-003.jpg
by jomari

Comment by robinssong:
Wow! Mary has some good information! There are so many helpful people on DPC.
No, it's not lame!! You did really well with this one! Nice color and detail in the leaf and the skipper! You can see all the fuzz and veins and even the stripes on his little antennae. I have a similar one in my portfolio. Not quite as sharp as yours. I just love their big eyes. They sort of make them cartoon-like. :)



Message edited by author 2009-01-23 18:18:55.

butterfly-003.jpg
by jomari

Comment by MaryO:
It's a Skipper! Don't ask me which kind 'cuz a lot of them look rather alike to me. I get tons of them here in the summer on my Butterfly Bush and flowers. They're teensy but rather territorial, so periodically someone tries to land on someone else's flower and they do what looks like an air fighting demonstration before settling on other flowers, far away from each other. You got great detail on the little one here and it's nice to be reminded of warmer weather :-)