I’m A 15-year-old Amateur Nature Photographer And Here’s Some Of My Best Shots

I never really became interested in photography all at once. Over the years, I’ve had several little pocket-sized cameras, and I’d take pictures of lots of things – snow outside, things in my room, pets, or random things out of the car window. Towards the end of the summer of 2013, I began borrowing my sister’s Nikon Coolpix L120 to photograph plants and insects in the garden. I began posting these photos on Instagram and when people would ask what kind of DSLR or lens I used, I’d have to tell them I just had a little point-and-shoot.

This spring, my sister moved out with her camera, so I wasn’t able to do much picture-taking. However, in August she knew someone who was selling their Canon EOS 50D and lens, and she asked me if I was still interested in photography. I told her that I was, and she bought and shipped it me! So my hobby has resumed. :)

Because my lens is telephoto, closeup photography isn’t the easiest thing (you must be a minimum of almost 3 ft from your subject.) However, I’d like to get a macro lens someday.

Although I’m not planning to go into photography as a career, I’m trying to get a little personal business up and running to bring in some extra money.

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Yellow Swallowtail on Zinnia

Old Mexico Zinnia

Red & Purple Zinnia

Sunflower Bud

Bumblebee & Zinnia

Bumblebee on a Sunflower

Fly on a Zinnia

Turtle

Bumblebee on Salvia

Tiny Insect Crawling out of a Sunflower

Coneflowers in the Rain

White Sunscape Daisy

Waterdrop on Mexican Sunflower Petal

Dew on the Grass

Monarch Butterfly on Mexican Sunflower

Honeybee Landing on Gaillardia

Dew on Mexican Sunflower

Rosebud

Monarch Butterfly on Zinnia

Monarch Butterfly on Sunflower

Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Anise Swallowtail on Carousel Zinnia

Sunflowers with a Rainbow

Foam on the Tide

Vintage Binoculars at the Beach

Blue Crab

Dill Plant at Dawn

Brown Skipper Butterfly on Zinnia

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