Flickriver is a site that shows all your images in one long continuous stream instead of having to hit the Next button so much. Also the images are shown with a black background and at a consistent size. It really does look better than the standard Flickr. Please give it a look and see for yourself.

 

I'm a very quiet and shy person by nature. I guess that's why I like photography.

 

I got my first camera a Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 when I was in my early 20's and I really liked it. I was really into photography for a while. I even had a darkroom and tried making my own black and white prints. I got satisfactory results but nothing great so that phase eventually passed. After a few years I upgraded to the Contax system which was built like a tank and cost about as much. quite a few years later I made the switch to the less expensive and more available Nikon system (I got a N70 film camera). There were quite a few years after that where my photography was just the standard taking pics at family events and vacations etc... Back in 2002 I went digital and purchased a Canon G3 and started to get back in to some serious photography.

 

Then I discovered Flickr.... it's really brought the interest back into photography. This is especially true for me when I combined my new pride and joy (Nikon D80) and Flickr. Being able to take lots of pictures and not having to wait for them to get back from the processing lab combined with quick feed back from the members of Flickr has really helped foster my love for making images. Seeing all the great images made by people are really inspiring to me. It also shows me the potential of photography and how far I have to go.

 

Thanks to all the people that have added me as a contact and taken the time to make comments.

 

Here are the images that have made it to Explore.

 

 

1. Reflections of Fall, 2. Milky smooth - 327/365, 3. Just before their demise - 325/365, 4. Praying on flowers - 317/365, 5. Waves of fungi, 6. Pining for home - 302/365, 7. Found my marbles, 8. Old time fun - 265/365,

 

9. Posing, 10. Life on the pad, 11. Little house on the bog, 12. The power of circles, 13. Smiling in the rain - 223/365, 14. Reaching out - 217/365, 15. Dallops of color - 210/365, 16. Daisy daisy - part I,

 

17. Happy to be here, 18. Do you like butter? - 185/365, 19. Peach fuzz - 164/365, 20. Honey tea - 128/365, 21. White water - 118/365, 22. Lasagna - 105/365, 23. Mushroom undercarriage - 104/365, 24. Enshrouded in mist - 89/365,

 

25. Nice view - 75/365, 26. Don't push me. 73/365, 27. Two Bridges - 70/365, 28. Cold Sea - 68/365, 29. Lighthouse II - 53/365, 30. Jamestown Sunrise, 31. Destined for a can, 32. Nature gets ready for Halloween,

 

33. Morning light, 34. Beauty and the Beastie, 35. Hidden cave, 36. Mixed-crocus, 37. Mezmerized by beauty, 38. Child, 39. Misty morning river, 40. Pump Tower

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

 

My Gear:

Nikon D80

Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR

Nikkor Micro 60mm f2.8 (Macro)

Nikon 50mm f1.8

Nikon 18-135mm f3.5-5.6

Nikon 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 Macro

Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6

Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6

Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 Macro

 

Nikon SB-800, 600 & 24 flash

 

Canon Powershot SD800 IS

Canon Powershot G3

 

Gitzo GT2330 tripod with a RRS BH-40 LR II Ballhead

 

Please don't use my images with out asking. I'm a pretty generous person and will most likely say yes but please ask first.

 

You can contact me via my personal email justabiggeek at hotmail.com

 

I now have a Twitter stream www.twitter.com/justabiggeek