new member, new cam

just purchased a powershot, i had a fujifilm f20, broke it, and needed a new cam, then i started to mess around wit this thing and its awesome..at least i think

playing around with macro, i`ve always been artistic, but never did any photography, critique please.

this little thing makes me want to get an SLR

and what do most of you use to host ur images?

I like the water droplets on #2, I use Photobucket to host my shots. How come #3 isn't showing, it's the best one.

should be showing now. i thought we were only allowed to pics per thread
i liked the water droplets too, it rained and i went out to the backyard to try out the cam

Only 2 attached files yes but you can have up to 8 files displayed if they are hosted elsewhere.

ahh i see, anyways.
the picture taking is good? any advice?

Welcome to the forum - nice series of pics. Rather like #3

I'm no expert with a P&S in macro mode but one of the properties of them is they give rather good DOF compared to a DSLR. This can be either good eg for getting all of an insect in focus or bad because it can be difficult to get good subject isolation from the background. So I'd just do a lot of practice with it and learn how to use the DOF or how to minimise it (by using AV mode with the lens wide open).
Brian V.

wat is DOF?

o0bie-noobie wrote in post #8053332
wat is DOF?

Depth of Field

The chances are that if he/she doesn't know DOF stands for Depth of Field then he/she probably doesn't know what DOF is. oObie-noobie: you see how the background is blurry; and you see the front is also blurry, the bit in the middle that is in focus between the front and rear blur; that's your Depth of Field. Usually with macro unless you have a small-ish aperture setting or you combine several shots in to one the DOF (the bit in focus) will be quite shallow compared to say a landscape shot/infinity shot.

i`m a he, so good DOF would be a larger area in focus in macro shots. thats what they are talking about?

o0bie-noobie wrote in post #8057250
i`m a he, so good DOF would be a larger area in focus in macro shots. thats what they are talking about?

Yes
Brian V.