74YO. Retired and I like to stay active and am involved with bodybuilding and personal training. I retired in '14 and moved to the Lake of the Ozarks and loved it until I didn't. As of 2021 the real estate market got crazy at the Lake of the Ozarks and we were offered what we considered to be an absurd amount of money for the lake house so we took the windfall and moved back to Bloomington, IL.

So far photography is just a hobby but I was involved with photography in college (many years ago) and thought it would be nice to get back into it and see about entering some jury shows. I was thinking that in retirement there may be a market for prints at outdoor markets and art fairs? Anything to help the financial situation! :-)

I try to keep my photos as realistic and as original as possible but am not adverse to Photoshopping a capture to make it better (in my own opinion).

Any constructive criticism would be appreciated!

I do appreciate being asked to join groups but I have enough to do trying to keep up with my contacts photos, it is hard to find time to browse the thousands of photos in some groups.

My Gear:

Canon EOS R

10-22mm f3.5-4.6 Canon EF Lens

35mm f1.2 Canon EF Lens

50mm f1.4 Canon EF Lens

24-70mm f2.8 Canon Macro EF Lens

28-300mm f3.5-6.3 Promaster Lens

70-200mm f2.8 Canon EF

Various ND, Polarizing, and Circular Polarizing Filters

Cheap Tripod (I really need to get a good one after I streamline my glass collection so as not to overlap so much)!

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