There's so much more to it.

Entering the Photo5 competition raised my awareness that there was more to photography than just clicking a button. And I began trying to find out more.

I joined a peer-moderated group to learn more about photography. We followed the Morguefile course, completing regular assignments and giving eachother feedback on our photos.

To start with, I was still using my Olympus "point and shoot" camera. To be honest, before now I wasn't aware that there was more to it. I discovered the world of DSLR cameras, and borrowed a Canon 400D.

Here's a couple of my photos.

These are leaves of an Inga tree, using the Canon 400D.


This is a close-up of the same image, I loved being able to get so much detail.


I decided to try a similar photo using the Olympus point-and shoot... it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. However there is a lot less control over what you will get. Check out that ant!


Here's a close-up of the same photo.


And here's a photo of a Passiflora - passionfruit flower. They make great subjects.