New Menmber from Botswana

[botspur]

Hi All,
I’ve been visiting this website for several months and have finally plucked up the courage to decide it’s time to take the plunge and introduce myself.
I ‘am living in Africa for over forty years presently residing in Botswana for the past eight. From an early age I have nurtured an interest in African fauna happily clicking away - more for the sake of “seen that” than “proper” photography, unfortunately not being blessed with good eyesight numerous prints were returned from the developers out of focus. Autofocus is a tremendous revelation and a dwindling interest in photography is rekindled. I began digital photography several years ago with a Sony DSC-H1 shooting in .jpeg (who knew about RAW) I have recently graduated to a Nikon D90 primarily using a Nikon 70-200mm lens and shooting in RAW. I acquired Adobe Lightroom for cataloguing and processing; no expert in the latter and is fairly basic – crop, WB and a few other tweaks. I feel the LR package suits my needs and works for me.
I would describe myself as an enthusiastically average amateur photographer that revels in the challenge of capturing wildlife images but still struggling to define or develop a style (help!!).
Once I figure out how to upload and if members can tolerate a plethora of wildlife images please offer plenty C&C that I would deeply and humbly appreciate. In the beginning the pictures will be from my Sony (jpeg) and I’m interested in C&C about composition. I will tell a wee story to accompany the image to put one in the picture so to speak.
Clive

[Dizzy]

Hello Clive, and welcome to the site...

[Dave Humphries]

Once I figure out how to upload and if members can tolerate a plethora of wildlife images please offer plenty C&C that I would deeply and humbly appreciate. In the beginning the pictures will be from my Sony (jpeg) and I’m interested in C&C about composition. I will tell a wee story to accompany the image to put one in the picture so to speak.

Hi Clive,

You may find these helpful,
HELP THREAD: How can I post images here?
HELP THREAD: Guide to posting images for comment

I would say limit yourself to a max. of 3 images per thread when inviting comment and number them for easy reference. I do like the idea of the story

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