Fantastic shots!!! Thats a killer with The Hummingbird looking forward to some more great art from you! SO exciting to have a new camera and just to play.

Hmm, I read somewhere you got a new camera. Your photos are great, so clear. That hummer is cute and I can't wait to see more of your talent! Rootesmeer is gorgeous, I have that one.

Carla

I want to be in that sailboat looking at that gorgeous sunset. Wow. Love the hummer! Cool shot. I want your new camera too! The pics are so clear it's unbelievable. Thank you, you made my evening!

Jen

your pics are beautiful !!!!!!looks like you got a great camera.....show us more soon.......

Excellent shots Harry
Luv that Humming Bird pic
Thanks for sharing and keep them coming, want to see lots more.
Niecey

And I thought your pictures before were wonderful!

Thanks gang. I need lots of encouragement to get over the guilt of spending big bucks for a camera. DW said to go for it, but its really just a toy. I did make sure to take pictures of my granddaughter at the seashore. I'll get my money's worth.

Now, how to get those roses to bloom and the remaining Japanese Beetles to leave?

Hooray Harry!!! I can just smell the Rotesmeer and Sweet Bouquet is lovely. Nice vacation shot too! I now apologize for calling you Beetle Boy. Thank you!!!

Wonderful shots Harry.That camera is got a clear shot! Whats the pixels? Happy shooting!
Angela

Wow! Nice shots Harry!! I love the hummingbird one. That belongs in a nature book! And don't ya just love that black & blue salvia? I need to get more of them.

I'm so excited!! I'm a secret fan of your gardens so now I bet I'll get to see more pics! Woohoo! Great shots. I've tried several times to get humming bird shots, and all I get is fuzz. Great camera! Congrats on a good purchase.

LOVE the hummingbird shot. I'm so jealous. I'd kill to get shots like those !

beautiful shots. I'd never seen that hybrid musk before - pretty. Annie

The Nikon D50 is a basic SLR camera. It gives me 6.1 megapixels which is double my old camera. This gives me the opportuniy to crop and enlarge pictures. Although I did use my 200mm zoom lens to get the hummingbird, I still needed to enlarge the picture to make it impressive. It would have looked blurry and grainy with the old camera.

Color representation is much more accurate. Check these out side by side. The first picture below, taken with the old Fuji, of Rotesmeer has no purple tones. The second, taken with the Nikon, accurately captures the color.

These are beautiful...enjoy the camera. I know it can really enhance your life. It does for me. Have fun!! These images are wonderful.

Harry--Your pictures are wonderful Enjoy your new camera and I hope to see lots of rose pictures.

I can't see the Cape May picture and that is my favorite place on the Jersey shore.

Florence

Zeffy,
It does not surprise me that you love Cape May too. All those Victorian houses with perennial gardens. All that antique furnitue. All those colors of house paint! We love it there.

Is the picture file too big? Can you open the other ones?

First impression was "this camera captures purple!",
and it does it even right.

Great shots

These are outstanding pictures, the new camera must be a lot of fun!

Harry, I'm also a lurker-admirer too. Had to comment on the Cape May scene. I used to live there (was US Coast Guard). Its probably the most influential place in my life - it got me hooked on gardening for the last 15 years. Thanks for sharing that and making my heart ache for an old haunt of mine....

Harry, the Purple pavement picture is awesome. you got the color just right! The other pics are great too! Keep posting!

Caroline - I never thought to take my camera when I went into town (Cape May). I need to photograph those beautiful Victorian homes and the great perennial gardens.

Not much to photograph at home. Drought has slowed down the roses. The current monsoon should revive them for September.

Wow.

The hummingbird pic is awesome...It looks like a picture from a magazine.
Good Job.
Carrie