My skills are increasing. Come look.

[Travis L. Stevens]

Well, I've posted a few threads in the past asking for help with my Fuji FinePix S5100. I've gotten a little better, but it's literally taken thousands of pictures to get less than 50 good ones. Here is what I have so far. The quality isn't as good because I cropped the pictures to what I was originally aiming for. I hope that you enjoy.

Part 1

Blue Ricordea florida

Blue Striped Mushroom

Bumblebee Zoanthid

Dragon Eye Zoanthids

Eagle Eye Zoanthids

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Part 2

Part 2

My favorite Green Zoanthids not fully opened

Fire and Ice Zoanthids

My first Zoanthids. They were Green Skirt, Orange Mouth, and Light Blue Center. But they've developed this lovely pattern now.

Gorilla Nipple Zoanthids

Unknown Zoanthid with a Green Star pattern

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Part 3

Part 3

Green Striped Mushroom

Green Ricordea yuma (Closeup, Cropped). This is my favorite picture that I have EVER taken.

Kenya Tree

Orange Zoanthids

Pink Zoanthids. My second favorite picture so far.

 

[BlueCorn]

You should invest in a good tripod. It'd take those shots to the next level.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Part 4

Part 4

Radioactive Dragon Eye Zoanthids

Radioactive Dragon Eye Zoanthids (Closeup)

Raspberry Redds

My Ricordea florida and my Blue Striped Mushroom

Stardust Zoanthids

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7353087#post7353087 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by beerguy
You should invest in a good tripod. It'd take those shots to the next level.

Thanks beerguy. I have one, but this camera, for me, is just so extremely hard to get it to manually focus with all the buttons you have to hold/push. When I took these pictures, I had my adapter lense against the glass to keep my camera steady. I wished it was as simple as not being still enough.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Part 5

Part 5

True Teal Zoanthids

Tubastrea micanthra starting to open for food.

 

[astrogazer]

practice, practice, and more practice.

'film is cheap' ... time/life photographers routinely shot in excess of 50,000 images at the presidential national conventions to use less than 20 for publication.