I thought some of them were quite nice.

Cant go wrong with this subject matter

Nope

I was going to take the picture of the water drop on the branch again into the sunset, but the damn wind picked up and blew all my water away.

Also, I was looking to by myself a new camera and I'm not very savvy with photography. I was looking at this and I thought it would be a good choice - One, it is within my price range. Two, I would like to take pictures of wild life but I can't usually get that close to that sort of thing so I wanted the 12x optical zoom. Three, it has 10 MP's, I've been told that is a little much just for casual photography but I've more then once wanted to make a poster out of my pictures but 6 MP just hasn't had enough quality at 3'x3'.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830122177

Some things I saw that were bad - It is re certified, meaning it is used or somethings missing, but all that is missing is the lens cap and some other accessories, I don't think I would need any of it except the cap really which I'm sure I could find separately.

Does anyone else see anything wrong with it or reasons why I shouldn't get it or some suggestions to point me in a better direction?

Well the fuji's take xd not sd cards which are more expensive. And canon/nikon have a better selection of things like lenses. But if you wana get an affordable one, it looks decent since your needs arent TOO excessive.

i think you need to do some reading about composition ... i'm still a noob at photography so what i'd say won't help much so i'll suggest some manuals or something

I have one suggestion, and I think it would increase your shots dramatically!! I do a lot of flower work, and I used to take shots like this. After talking
to a professional he told me I need to GET LOW!

I think, if you get lower to the ground, and shoot the flowers from an angle that nobody sees, you will find your shots to become MUCH more interesting!
Because, everybody sees flowers from above (Like the ones you posted, from above looking down!)
Get down low, get different perspectives etc. You will notice the difference!
Tell me how it works out. Go get some more shots

This post was edited by TheBlackRose66 on Apr 7 2009 07:08am

@ TheBlackRose66

I would have, but I have to be honest, I can't take a picture looking up on a flower that is less then 2 inches off the ground. o.O

There just budding out of the ground right now, the only ones I might be able to get below are the white flower with one petal open and the red and orange one on the tree.

Here is one on the orange and red one from below, I took it yesterday after it rained, but I just never posted it.



This post was edited by kratos on Apr 7 2009 08:28am

Can't see any of them......

Yea, I know, If you want me to I can update them all, I moved them to a new album.

Here they are, also an extra I just took this morning. It was like 65 degrees last night and this morning it was 15 and snowing...