Hi! I'm Noel, a software engineer for a fiber optics telecommunications company by day. One of my hobbies after hours is photography. I started many years ago with a Canon A1 35mm film camera, but a while back I moved up to the freedom, flexibility, ease of use, and digital integration of a [then] state-of-the-art 0.8 megapixel Olympus D-500L digital camera. The freedom of digital allowed me to rediscover photography, and I upgraded to the new Olympus C-2500L 2.3 megapixel model (shown here) in late 1999 for more features and resolution. Who knows what the future will hold; the new 4 megapixel Olympus E-10 SLR is just around the corner, the Canon D-30 is primo drool material, and of course there's that formidable Nikon D1 already out there, setting new standards...

Since being a webmaster in the '80s, I have held a growing interest in digital imaging. I used a scanner and Adobe Photoshop for many years, and I am delighted that digital cameras have finally come of age. It is wonderful that nowadays both affordable yet formidable high quality image capture equipment has become available, and that a modern computer makes an excellent platform for a digital darkroom!

You can find more of my work on display on the web at http://members2.clubphoto.com/noel190777. I have also put some digital imaging resource information together on my personal website, http://home.att.net/~ncarboni.

It's an honor to follow the fine folks who've showcased their wonderful work here over the past weekends - Charlie, Rex, Carrie, Janet, Whitney, Tony, Sherry, Celia, Janice - and all of the many daily winners. You've been a great inspiration and I've learned a great deal from all of you!

Thanks a million, BestFoto, for creating and maintaining this fine site and the chance to show off some of my stuff!

So, grab a cold drink, sit back, relax, and I hope you'll enjoy viewing these images as much as I did making them.