Nataly's pics of pastoral Ukraine

[Nataly2202]

 I was inspired by D_D pictures and decided to download some of my work here as well. They are not as good as D_D's since they were made by a cheap camera and I am not professional at photographing at all, but I really enjoyed taking them. Most of the pictures were made when I went to Ukraine for summer trips.

This is one of the lakes near my house in Ukraine. One day we went swimming there and I picked on these frogs in love.


Picture of the birds was made when I was driving home from Borispol airport.


I found these bugs on the fence by my grandmother's house. I think they look pretty interesting


Kalina at my grandmother's house

[ECR844]

Well done "nataly"!!!! Those are some very nice shots, I hope you'll share more.

[Nataly2202]

Ok, this post is devoted to the mushrooms found in Ukrainian forests.


This is poisonous, but very beautiful mushroom called muhomor  in Russian.


Muhomor again


I don't know what kind of mushroom it is, but I am sure it is poisonous too


The same kind


This picture is my favorite. These are two little muhomors

[Paul]

They are not as good as D_D's since they were made by a cheap camera and I am not professional at photographing at all, but I really enjoyed taking them.

Hi Nataly,

thank you for the very nice words. Your pictures are very good, and the most important thing about taking pictures is that you enjoy doing it  I love to see pictures of plants, animals, and insects from different parts of the world, so thank you for posting yours.

[mirror]

This is one of the lakes near my house in Ukraine. One day we went swimming there

Swimming in this marsh?   

[mobyone]

Great Shots, Nataly..

Hey Manny, if this keeps up you'll need to buy out flickr.com

This is all "your fault" D_D.. !;D

Let's have more, please.

[Jinx]

 I like her mushroom pics    Her family is obsessed with them, mom and dad argue over which ones are poisonous and which ones they can eat    Her Dad is always the "tester" of course, but they know their shrooms pretty well, no fatalities yet 

 She wasn't trying to steal D-D's thunder, please don't forget his awesome pics here: http://ruadventures.com/forum/index.php?topic=5216.0

 She just got excited, so I said "why don't you post some of yours?" 

[mirror]

Поганки,мухоморы,болото,лягушки....а где сама бабка-ёшка на метле? 

[Paul]

She wasn't trying to steal D-D's thunder, please don't forget his awesome pics here...

No worries Jinx, I'm glad she posted the pics 

Have Nataly check out this site http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/  It is probably the best photography site on the net,.. it can be a little intimidating to see all of the outstanding pictures there, but they can also be very inspiring, and it is a great place to learn about photography 

[Jared2151]

Nataly - The picture of the bugs on the fence is worthy of being professionally mounted and displayed.

Great work !!

[mendeleyev]

Nataly, welcome to RUA!  Great photos. 

[Nataly2202]

Поганки,мухоморы,болото,лягушки....а где сама бабка-ёшка на метле? 

Бабку ёшку я не успела сфоткать, она слишком быстро летает:)

She wasn't trying to steal D-D's thunder, please don't forget his awesome pics here...

Have Nataly check out this site http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/  It is probably the best photography site on the net,.. it can be a little intimidating to see all of the outstanding pictures there, but they can also be very inspiring, and it is a great place to learn about photography 

I checked out the website it was awesome, lots of nice pics there, thanks D_D

[Nataly2202]

Nataly - The picture of the bugs on the fence is worthy of being professionally mounted and displayed.

Great work !!

Thanks, I liked those bugs too, it sucks I did not have a better camera, because the pic came out a little blurry and unfocused.

[Paul]

Nataly - The picture of the bugs on the fence is worthy of being professionally mounted and displayed.

Great work !!

Thanks, I liked those bugs too, it sucks I did not have a better camera, because the pic came out a little blurry and unfocused.

Nataly, if your camera has a manual mode, try taking some "practice" pictures using that mode. The way I would have tried to get a clear picture of those bugs, would be... increasing the aperture number (a large aperture number, gives you a greater depth of field), increased the ISO speed (to compensate for the large aperture setting), and then lowered my shutter speed if it needed to be lowered.

If you look up aperture, ISO speed, and shutter speed on the internet, you can find many websites that will explain how those things work a lot better than I can. Once you begin to understand those things, you can use your camera (and any future camera) to its fullest potential.

[Wild Orchid]

I don't know what kind of mushroom it is, but I am sure it is poisonous too

I was taught that the pale one with the "skirt" is called Pale poganka бледная поганка. Poganka is translated in my dictionary as toadstool  Is that right? We have a lot of them around, they don't look like mushrooms 

[Wild Orchid]

If you look up aperture, ISO speed, and shutter speed on the internet, you can find many websites that will explain how those things work a lot better than I can. Once you begin to understand those things, you can use your camera (and any future camera) to its fullest potential.

hmmm.. why didn't you tell me that when I was asking? I have all this functions but didn't have a slightest idea what they are there for 

[mirror]

Поганки,мухоморы,болото,лягушки....а где сама бабка-ёшка на метле? 

Бабку ёшку я не успела сфоткать, она слишком быстро летает:)

Да ты шо? Такая молодая и не догнала таку стару бабку?
Ну ты посмотри,а,какие бабки шустрые пошли.

[Paul]

If you look up aperture, ISO speed, and shutter speed on the internet, you can find many websites that will explain how those things work a lot better than I can. Once you begin to understand those things, you can use your camera (and any future camera) to its fullest potential.

hmmm.. why didn't you tell me that when I was asking? I have all this functions but didn't have a slightest idea what they are there for 

Oops  I didn't know that you were that interested in photography, or I would have tried to explain those things.

[Wild Orchid]

Oops  I didn't know that you were that interested in photography,

of course not, I just like taking blurry pictures  Thank you any way. At least now I know what I suppose to look into. I've  already tried to change ISO and see what difference it would make, didn't get much out of it but I din't know what I was doing 

[2tallbill]

Privet Nataly,

Beautiful Photos!