Cindy,
Thanks for clearing that up for me I'll try photobucket, I already resized the images so I don't think I'll have to constrain them.
I'd love see some of your Macro work, I have not done it in a long time but I used to do medium format film with pentax 6X7 and a 90mm with a bellows mostly flowers loved to do orchids.
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So here is the crystal star a morning sunbeam came through the tree canopy and the star lit up like it had fallen from the sky and landed in the window. (the was a D300 with 18-200mm lens) it only lasted for a moment but I had my camera in my hand when it happened. I sort of see finding ourselves as that ray of light that sometimes reveals to us who we are. I afraid I am an artist in my heart so I always like the heart of the matter not the matter.
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This light house sits atop the rocks in Maine you can't see them here but the stars are twinkling in the background, this is my family roots every generation of my family is here from the 1700's even till now. The light is the anchor that guides me to where I came from. May we all find that light that guides us. This was with the D4s and a 50mm F1.4
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The light on the Indian gave him this surreal appearance to me majestic alive it looked like he was going to break his concrete mount and ride to be with his people, it was all about the light. This was a D3s and I think my 16-35mm zoom. I felt like him but now I have found my people and broken free of that mount.
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The lines of the trees draw my eyes up to the light, it looks like a picture of trees but if you put it on the ceiling and look up at it the light is what captures my mind. This one is more subtle than the others, it was taken in Mt Rainier Nat Park with a D3s I forget which lens. It is a lot like your glass on the table picture, I wandered most of the day but couldn't find the picture I wanted I lay down on a picnic table to rest and went wow there it is. Sometimes when you can't find what your looking for it's because we're looking in the wrong direction. Humans never look up for some silly reason as a photographer and a person I have learned a lot of the best parts of the world are over my head literally.
I hope some come here and find some peace and inspiration in the work we share....the beautiful things