Tips always welcomed...still a long way to go

[nightOwl]

Hi all,
I have not posted any new pictures in a while and figured I better start practicing before my snorkling trip in Nov. So here are some of the latest pictures. Any feedback and tips on making the better are greatly appreciated. I am limited with an Olympus C-770 and some Rayon snap-on macro lenses, but thats all I can afford right now . I am still trying to get the hang of the f-stop settings and getting my white balance to set properly. Even using a tripod I am finding it hard to get the camera to focus on the exact area i want to take a picture of but i will keep trying. I tried to clean the glass before hand and cut off all the pumps, but some debris is still in the pics.

Purple/Lavendar Mushroom

Acro

Feather Duster

Green Pocillopora

Zoanthid polyp


Thanks,

Henry

 

[Brian24]

I think your pictures look great. They are very nice as if they belong in big frames on a wall.

 

[nightOwl]

Thanks Brian,
I am trying to get there. I need to break down and buy a new camera. I want my pictures to be a little more crisp but that means a new lense as welll...lol. This hobby is such a money pit...lol.

Thanks,

Henry