1) aspen trees in southwestern Colorado. B/W conversion in Photoshop. I had to lie down on my back to frame the image.
2} Nash Motors is a photograph taken in farm country in eastern Washington. I am not certain if it was a garage or just a whimsically decorated storage barn. B/W conversion in Photoshop
3} Wide angle picture of boulder in foreground of Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. Had driven up from Las Vegas that morning, so the light was not as good as it could have been. Used a point 'n shoot.
4] While eating lunch in an old bar on Whitbey Island, in Puget Sound, I took this picture. The back bar is over 100 years old and was brought around the Cape by ship. Rested camera on table and hoped for the best.
5) Fantasy shot of coral in the aquarium in Jenks Oklahoma. Color manipulated in Photoshop using channel mixer.
6) I was driving down a two lane highway in Arkansas when I stopped by the side of the road to take this picture of the Adult Day Care. This was literally a grab shot with a little Nikon point 'n shoot. One couple whose car had just turned in to park kept looking back at me. Maybe they thought I was a private investigator.
7) I was out at Lake Hefner taking pictures of red winged blackbirds, when an elderly lady in a swimsuit paddled up and started talking to me, scaring the birds. I thought this picture of her dog was better anyway.
8) These "saucers" at Monument Valley were perfectly lit in the late afternoon.
9) These canoes were lying on a dock on an overcast day which was good light I think- so I framed this picture.
As an photographer, I have learned to appreciate digital cameras, even though I was resistant at first. Using a digital SLR has really helped me become a better photographer. One drawback with digital cameras for me is that you can no longer "let Kodak do the rest". My first camera was a Brownie Hawkeye, later a Kodak Reflex, then a Yashicamat. In 1972, I bought an Olympus RC rangefinder, which is an excellent and very small camera I still use. I switched from a Pentax SLR to Canon when I first saw a 100-400 IS zoom. I now have a Canon Rebel XTI. Digital photography has been a great learning experience for me, even though I will still use film at times. Unless you're a bird photographer, I think about 90% of the photographs you see can be taken with relatively modest equipment. The most important factors are finding a subject and being there at the right time in the right light.
