On photography

A digression which may become a significant theme: I need help with my photography adventure.

These are the baseline attempts. They date back about a year.

I have not improved much since then, but some of the equipment has.

I am using Dana's old Nikon D70 s. I now have 3 lenses:

a fairly fast 50 mm (Nikkor 1.8),

a fairly fast 70 mm macro (Sigma 2.8),

and my all-purpose 18-200 mm zoom (Nikkor).

All these were taken with the zoom.

Lighting is a problem.

Sharpness is a problem.

Dirty glass on the tanks is a problem.

But these are not really bad shots.

I will post some of the more recent attempts as a comparison.

The last shot is an underwater flower (spate) on a slow-growing plant. Not all that common.

Comments are appreciated.