Photos from my fall walk as I play with my new camera

[prolesunited]

Please let me know which one you like best.

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[HEAVYHEART]

1. My god

These are beautiful! Are you a professional?

[prolesunited]

5. Thanks!

I'm not a professional, just a hobbyist. However, I was thinking of setting up a shop on CafePress to sell calendars, cards, etc. Do you think they would sell?

Here's a link to some of my other stuff. You can navigate the albums through the links at the top.
http://homepage.mac.com/prolesunited/Through_My_Eyes/PhotoAlbum93.html

[HEAVYHEART]

14. Absolutely!

I think they would sell. I checked your photo album. You have a ton of pictures and they're beautiful! I don't know anything about photography but I know what looks good and your pictures look very good. The pictures you have are the kind of photos I like to see on calendars, cards, etc. :thumbsup:

[prolesunited]

16. Thanks again, well if I get it together

You can be my first customer. :D

[HEAVYHEART]

18. You bet!!!

Let me know! I bookmarked your website! :bounce:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

2. I love the last two.

[prolesunited]

6. They were a bonus.

I was just getting ready to leave when I noticed the color of the sky, so I walked until I could find a view. My tripod was in the car, so I just set the camera on the railing and used the timer so there wasn't any shake.

[qnr]

3. They're all beautiful... numbers please though. I like these the most

even though I think they're all great: 7, 8, 10, 11


(I hope those are right... kinda inebriated at the moment)


Edit: but not too drunk to correct typos :)

[prolesunited]

7. I added the numbers

I should have thought of that -- and I'm not even drunk. :-)

[KitchenWitch]

4. #2 and #5

[prolesunited]

I love how crisp and blue the fall sky appears

Thanks for taking the time to take a look

[KitchenWitch]

25. Me too

It was a perfect backdrop to those photos.

[In_The_Wind]

8. My favorite is number 11 and number 7 is also great.

:thumbsup:

[prolesunited]

13. I wish I had a better zoom for that shot

I kept creeping closer and closer until I got to the water's edge. Since I had to use the digital zoom, I don't think I can get a good print out of that of any decent size.

[In_The_Wind]

22. Still - it is a lovely moment captured to share with us ... on the web.

Thank you for a wonderful picture of a Blue Heron in it's natural habitat!

[nickgutierrez]

9. #2 and #11 are my favorites

But they're all great pictures. :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

10. Wow, you're good!

My favorite is Number 11, but they are all good! And is that a blue heron in Number 7?

[Lars39]

11. Excellent work!

I love them all, but I'm partial to 7,8,9,10. :)

[CanuckAmok]

12. 9!!!!

Ducks!!!!

[prolesunited]

15. I loved the symbolism of having

my ducks in a row. I also liked the shadows.

[qnr]

19. Well, the first thing I thought of was lumberjacks and log rolling.....n/t

edit: s/think/thing/

[Draill]

17. They're all great!

My favorites are 8 and 11. That must have been a wonderful walk.

[wildhorses]

20. they are all nice but,

I especially like 4, 11 and 12....they just speak to me...ya know?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. 6, 11 and 12 are my favorites........

But they are all beautiful! YOu do excellent work, and I think you would have NO PROBLEM selling them.....

I'd buy them, but I'm doing my own photography these days!

Keep up the excellent work.......:applause: :applause: :applause:

[Tsiyu]

23. Numbers Seven and Nine

I'm in a fowl mood.

[Ptah]

24. I like numbers 7 and eight

Fall colors.
All high quality photos, composition and colors
are well done.

:thumbsup:

[Susang]

26. New camera, huh?

Why is it that just before the Chicago DU meetups you always have a new camera? :spank:

BTW, my choice is #11. ;-)

[greatauntoftriplets]

27. And what happens to her old cameras????

Inquiring minds, etc.

[prolesunited]

38. My guess is the last one ended up smashed

in the street or somebody made a very lucky find. I had loaded a bunch of crap in the car, and as we were driving, starting searching the car for it and couldn't find it. It's never been seen since. :-(

[prolesunited]

37. And I'm actually practicing

so I may even be able to use it. :P

It's a Canon G6 and very nice. I also want to get better so I don't screw up our honeymoon photos.

[RetroLounge]

28. Very nice.

Skokie Lagoons?

RL

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

29. 11. But how did you get those ducklings to pose like that? LOL

[prolesunited]

30. They were surprisingly cooperative

I got off a number of shots, at a fairly close distance, before they decided to swim off.

[Jim__]

31. Wow, beautiful pictures.

I like #10 the best - that's mostly because I like pictures of people and/or animals much more than pictures of flowers and scenes - just a personal preference. I like #10 better than #7 or #9 because I think it's a clearer picture.

But as someone who's tried to take pictures for years and failed, I think they are all beautiful.

[prolesunited]

32. Composition wise

I really like 7. The heron was staning in the middle of the shallows and the water was covered with algae and where there was water, the yellowing trees were reflected, giving in a really interesting quality.

Unfortunately, when you use the digital zoom rather than a telephoto lense (which I don't have), you get some graininess.

I haven't run any of these through Photoshop, so they aren't as good as they could be.

As far as pictures, I think the trick is to take a ton and you come up with a few good ones. With digital cameras, it makes it a lot less cost-prohibitive. And sometimes what you think worked doesn't when you upload it and vice versa.

[XNASA]

33. Nothing like the Calumet Region in Autumn.

And someone with a camera who knows what they're doing.

The sunsets have been brilliant the last week or so, haven't they? I'm diggin' it.

[prolesunited]

39. At least the pollution is good for something

I wonder if there is a way to discern what toxic chemicals are in the clouds by the color of the sunsets?

[LaraMN]

34. Beautiful! I like 2, 10, & 11.

:thumbsup:

[Beware the Beast Man]

35. I like the last two.

I'm a sucker for some good sunset photos, but I like the ducks as well.

[terrya]

36. I like number 7 and number 12 particularly.

But they're all great pictures.

[prolesunited]

40. I guess 11 wins

Thanks all for weighing in. Nice to have the feedback.

[wovenpaint]

41. I LOVE #7

From what I understand, it isn't that easy to get a Blue Heron to stand still for a photo. And.....against it's complementary colors as well!
It you do notecards of this, let me know!
They are all very nice-like your ducks in a row, too.