Slug

I love taking pictures. Probably my second favorite hobby behind fishkeeping (My new computer, and old computer have 500GB HDs specifically for my pictures). I also love sharing all of my photos with everyone, so i wanted to post some of my gallery.

Some are photoshopped to give that artistic touch and some have old copyrights, don't worry about those hehe i havn't found time to fix them yet. Some have color and B&W versions. I have tons more for each series, i'll post more when i find them!

Patriotic Series
Blues

Cost of Freedom


Nature Series
Photoshopped Flower

Rose



Misc Series
$1

Liberty

Buffalo nickel

"Electric!"

"X marks the spot"

Slug

Costa Rica Series
Paradise (Costa Rica)


Costa Rica Sunset

More Costa Rica

Slug

Family Farm Series
"Grandpa's Place"

"Last Ride"


Old Farm Store


"The Off Season"


"Gone Fishin"

Slug

Small pics but here is my "Another day at the office" series...

Shawnie

slug you have an amazing ability to catch some superb pics...grampa's place in his chair is awesome!! so is the b n w of the rose...gosh all of them are truely remarkable..thanks for sharing! may I borrow some to print off for some of my walls? the rose impaticular...

Slug

Thanks! Sure. I could probably find you one without the copyright if you'd like. I'd have to dig for it. Just let me know.

Shawnie

I can crop it a bit but just wanted to ask first...didnt realize it even had a copyright on it..but id never take a pic without permission ..ty muchly!

Slug

Found some more lighting pictures!

COBettaCouple

Sweet pics!

macroman

Matt you have a great eye for a pic mate, some very impressive
shots there, thanks for sharing.

Slug

Thanks, photography is my 2nd hobby.

MissMTS

Matt your pics are wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing them with us. My dad is a professional photographer and a high school photography teacher, so I love and appreciate photographs so much. I started going in the darkroom with my dad when I was like five years old. Too bad I didn't inherit any of his photography skill, lol.

Mike

Amazing. If you're not a professional photographer, you should be, because you're great at it. Thanks for sharing those great pics.

Slug

My dad was on the verge of working for National Geographic right before i was born, he chose a different direction so i credit him for passing on his love for photography and some of his old gear. He helped me spark the interest by giving me my Canon Digital Rebel.

MissMTS

That is amazing. You are so lucky to share this with your dad.

MudHog

very nice pictures.

What kind of lenses do you have?

Slug

Usually i just use the stock lens that came with the Canon Rebel (18-55mm i think?). Also have a small macro screw on adapter. The other lens i use is a 18-200mm macro. I'd get more sophisticated but i spend all my money on fish so i can't get a great lens lol. Gotta make due with what you have i guess!

Thanks.

MudHog

cool.

I have a 18-55 on my Rebel XTi. My next upgrade will be a 28-135mm IS that comes with the 40D or the new XSi (drools). What kind of macro adapter you have? We likely have the same lens and I've considered a separate macro lens to add to my bag.

If your ever wanting to rent a lens, look at www.lensrental.com You can get all the way up to the new 800mm prime lens and they have equipment too if your needing that.

Slug

If you want to put money on a good macro lens the Canon 100mm macro is....jaw dropping good. Its definitely the next lens i buy. The 60mm macro is nice too.

I have just a macro ring from a wide angle lens. It just screws off the back of the wide angle and onto the threads of the 18-55mm lens.

"Bower High Res Pro Digital Lens with Macro. 0.5x AF pro wide angle" is what the whole kit is. I believe i've found it as low as $40. Not going to break the bank and a definite upgrade for macro then what the stock lens can do.