Marijke's+tomatoes

I use a Nikon D50 which has been discontinued. It is my third digital camera after losing the first to a river and the second to a mountain top. Although losing two cameras in the space of two years was not good at all, I have to say the the resulting camera has been great. I have yet to master all the features. I have been experimenting with the "flower" setting for taking close ups. It also has a "mountain" setting for far away landscapes. I haven't found much difference in using that one or not. I alternate between fully automatic and manual.

No matter what I'm taking, the images are crisp and clear (unless I totally miss the focus, of course!). I love its fast reflex time in that I can capture water droplets and action soccer shots... I am working on getting the foreground better in my closeups. You'll see what I mean in some of these photos. I would also like to get better at blurring the background.

These photos were all taken using the fully automatic setting with natural light. Some of the closeups used the automatic flash. I didn't try any special options although I did take some on the manual setting. I did not end up selecting any of those to post.

I like taking closeups of everyday objects from different angles. I tried here to shift the focus point from the middle of the photos to slightly off center. I also tried to make different shapes by experimenting with cutting out different parts of the tomatoes. My two favorites are: "straight on up close" and "trio." I think "side view" would be better if I had been able to get a little more of the foreground in focus. In general I think the closeups are more interesting than the views from above.