I am a rather ancient in years, but young in vision and passion, photographer. I have been creating images for about 45 years with a rather wide variety of equipment and styles. I now use a full format Canon digital camera that is allowing me to explore the wonderful world that surrounds us and to capture a small bit of the color and beauty that abounds, but just so too often is missed during our busy lives. My primary area of exploration is the macro world of both flora and fauna, where beauty is hidden in plain view, just at too small of a scale to be clearly viewed and appreciated....more