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November 8, 2008
An afternoon in the park
I finally got around to getting a new camera. I bought a Canon PowerShot SX110IS and I’m quite pleased with it. It has a number of settings, most of which I don’t know how to use just yet, and I think it takes lovely photos. I’m looking forward to doing a lot with it, and I got my start today.
We try to take Seamus to the park on the weekends, if not for a hike, at least someplace fun and different for him. Today I decided to document our park time.
Some very autumnal seed pod thingys (why yes, I did take horticulture in college):
I really liked the twisty roots on this tree, plus I thought the way the tree was reflected in the water made the shot more interesting:
Then there were ducks. Lots and lots of ducks.
We are ducks. We swim nonchalantly by, quacking madly.
Oh, but perhaps you humans have some food?
"Hey lady, when the humans come to the water’s edge, we expect them to have some bread crusts. Don't make me come out of the pond!"
Seamus: “Watchit, ducks, leave my Hillary alone!”
Ducks : “See ya!”
Seamus was not cooperating at all with my many attempts to get a photo that captures his jaunty happiness as he trots through the park. I got one picture of him peeing on a lamp post, about 27 of him looking off in the wrong direction, and right at the end, just when I thought I had finally gotten the perfect photo, I hit the power button instead of the shutter. Again. Argh. Aside from that though, I'm having a lot of fun, so you might want to prepare yourself for more photos.
Posted by Bad Penguin at November 8, 2008 3:10 PM
Comments
AWesome I like the tree pic too
Posted by: Jerri Ann at November 8, 2008 7:55 PM
I bought the very same camera and I LOVE it! The zoom lens is awesome! For the money we spent on it, it was well worth it! :-)
Posted by: Cynthia at November 9, 2008 11:25 AM