My back yard

Terri,

You have some beautiful flowers. You can stop by and help Janie and I get ours in anytime you wish. :lol:

Very nicely captured as well. You did just fine with the 50mm. :wink:

 

I really like the color of the third one, beautiful contrast.

Terri one thing I do when I take picture around the house, is after I take photos, I put them immediately on the computer and very often I see the photos very differently or see other angles to take the shot and I move right away to take some more pictures.

In looking at your first picture, I see a great shot in the blue flowers with the daisy like pink flowers and the green background for that you would need a telephoto lens on your camera.

 

Great colors....the 3rd is just so pretty...I love that you caught the back of the flower, a nice change of perspective. It almost reminds me of a pouting child w/his back turned to you.   Now, get out there and shoot some more!

 

I like # 3 for the different viewpoint as well. It pays to look at things from all angles.

 

Re: Thanks Frank

Terri,

I would really like to have a dedicated macro lens, but have spent so much on my birdie shooting kit that I haven't had enough left over for one yet. The 500D was about $135, so it was a relatively inexpensive way of getting some macro capabilities. I don't have any macro lenses to compare it with, so I was hoping that someone like Crystall could do some comparisons for all of us. 8)

I agree that much study is needed before spending your hard earned $$ on equipment. Looks to me like you have a pretty good start though. I have heard good and bad things about the Tamron 90 macro lens, but mostly good. If I'm not mistaken, it doesn't have a long working distance which would make it less desirable to me.

Thanks for your kind words on the kitties. They are mine and Janie's babies. We even took them to Florida on our week long vacation last month. :roll: