Seventeen years into retirement from a 32-year career as a National Park Ranger, Neil was able to fulfill a 60-year desire to pursue photography with the aquisition of a newly released super-zoom "bridge" camera.  Since then he has been shooting everything from the moon and stars to small jumping spiders.  To compensate for the limitations of the camera he has been working on proficiency in post processing and has often said "I don't take photos, I make them".  While only partly true, his photos are things as he sees them, not strictly as the camera sees them.