Welcome, and please feel free to comment and give suggestions!
I have been getting more interested in photography for the past several years. When I got my Olympus C-5050Z, I began to get more serious about it. I recently upgraded from a Digital Rebel to a Canon 20D and hope to improve my skills to match the equipment!
I like to take a lot of sunset and landscape shots here in Central Illinois - the land of corn and flatness! When I first moved here I thought that the landscape was boring, but now I am have grown to appreciate the striking qualities of a LONG horizon! (Just about the longest horizon available without water to look out across! :)
I also recently started a new website:
-Martin J. Preslar
 Central Illinois ... Discuss |   Snow Day Discuss |  Desperation Save Discuss |   Guitar Player Discuss | ||
  Painted Lady Discuss |  Into the Sunset Discuss |  Red Barn HDR Discuss |  Sense of Wonder Discuss | ||
 Pond in Fall Discuss |  Country Manor Discuss |  Sun Singer Discuss |  St. Augustine Pie... Discuss | ||
 Watching the Show Discuss |  Atlantic Sunrise Discuss |  Air & Sea Discuss |  Stormy Horizon Discuss | ||
 Afternoon at the ... Discuss |  Gradient Discuss |  Magnolia Warbler ... Discuss |  Stick Save Discuss | ||
 Hair Raising II Discuss |  Glove Save Discuss |  Young Couple Discuss |  Music in the Park Discuss | ||
 Family Portrait I... Discuss |  Holiday Skate Discuss |  Christimas 2008 Discuss |  Hair Raising Discuss | ||
 He Shoots, He SCO... Discuss |  Ruby-throated Hum... Discuss |  Great Blue in Fli... Discuss |  Swallowtail Discuss | ||
 American 4th Discuss |  Deep Drink Discuss |  Baseball Portrait Discuss |  Gray Wolf Discuss | ||
 High Surf on Lake... Discuss |  Pride and Joy Discuss |  Fall Portraits II Discuss |  Fall Portraits Discuss | ||
 Red Flower Discuss |  Unexpected Delay ... Discuss |  Fall Color Discuss |  Parhelia - Mock S... Discuss | ||
 Magnolia Warbler Discuss |  Nature's Bird... Discuss |  Pittsburgh Panora... Discuss |  3-D Butterfly Discuss | ||
 Blue Damselfly Discuss |  Concentration Discuss |  Soccer Portrait Discuss |  Oh Canada! Discuss | ||
 Roller Hockey Pla... Discuss |  Cardinal in Sprin... Discuss |  Lazy Afternoon Discuss |  Covered Bridge Discuss | ||
 In Flight Discuss |  Riding the Tiger Discuss |  Snap throw to Fir... Discuss |  Picked Off Discuss | ||
 Shortstop II Discuss |  Shortstop Discuss |  Swallowtail Butte... Discuss |  Red Barn in Summe... Discuss | ||
 A Natural Discuss |  Goose and Reflect... Discuss |  Redbird in Winter Discuss |  Lion Discuss | ||
 Old Derelict Discuss |  Tiny Dancer Discuss |  Dancin' With ... Discuss |  HDR Barn in B&W Discuss | ||
 Monarch of the Th... Discuss |  A Prairie Sunset Discuss |  Red Barn in the H... Discuss |  Fading Barn Discuss | ||
 In the Thistle Discuss |  Make for the tree... Discuss |  Solitary Bloom Discuss |  Red Barn in Early... Discuss | ||
 Orange and Blue S... Discuss |  Farm in Sepia Ton... Discuss |  Red Barn with Sil... Discuss |  Old Rust Discuss | ||
 Pride and Joy Discuss |  Black and White B... Discuss |  Farm Buildings 2 Discuss |  Old Derelict Discuss | ||
 Farm Buildings Discuss |  Little Red Barn w... Discuss |  Beckman Institute Discuss |  Big Red Discuss | ||
 Sunset Discuss |  Civilization encr... Discuss |  Red Barn Discuss |  Conformity Discuss | ||
 Still water of li... Discuss |  Lunie's Comet Discuss |  Lonely Farmstead. Discuss |  Fading into Memor... Discuss | ||
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Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.