Don't know what it was, but it was happy to be in the sunshine! 

I have a question about digital SLRs. Right now I have a Canon point-and-shoot with manual controls (Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual modes, exposure compensation, auto or flexpoint autofocus, ISO 100-400, etc.) I'm okay with the larger size of an SLR and with the shorter battery life, but what will an 8mp SLR do that an 8mp point-and-shoot with manual options won't? Do any of your SLRs allow you to see the image on an LCD on the back of the camera, or do all SLRs require you to look through the eyepiece? I really value your opinions - thanks in advance.

Daddy Long Legs feasting on Pokeberry

Watery Web 

The spiders are back 

This is the original of the balloon shot below. It was after sunset and getting dark, so Owen was right...it's blurry (and grainy and dark and desaturated too!). Anyway, I got out my poor-person's Photoshop (Ulead PhotoImpact, which I love), and upped the saturation, the contrast, stretched out the levels, sharpened the image, and then found another photo with a nice sunny blue sky and layered blue sky in behind the balloon. Me bad? 

Evening Visitor 

 

Nature Unlocked 

Under the lens 

Chicory 

Powerful Legs 

Great Blue Heron looking for lunch 

Late summer colors 

Waterlily 

From one tower to another at Landoll's Castle, Loudonville, Ohio 

Vervain 

Van Gogh's Model? 

Eat your vegetables! 

Quiet Ohio