It came a few days ago, but since I've been painting walls and entertaining people I never got a chance to open it until today. I'm excited! A Canon Rebel T1i! This camera was recommended by a friend who thought it might be a good fit for someone who has outgrown her point and click. I can't wait to try it out! I was surprised by how light it felt in my hands until I added the lens. There are a whole lotta dials and settings, and I'm wondering how long it will take to learn this thing.
So I'm saying goodbye to my old Nikon that was a great little camera, except for its non-existent view finder. The sun reflected off the view 'screen' so that I was shooting blind most the time. Here's probably my best shot of the summer.
Close ups were hard to get too. In this case I zoomed in Picasa to get a closer look at the bee.
A few ladybugs were hanging out on these wild dill plants at Port Townsend harbor this weekend. This was a first experimentation with close ups with the Canon. Compared to my other camera, shooting closeups was much easier. For one thing I have a view finder now. The lens, just the basicone that came with the camera, has a blur reducing technology so that taking a picture like this is a 'snap' Sorry, couldn't resist. I was actually spending a lot of time at the harbor shooting sailboats when my husband pointed out the ladybugs. Below is a sailboat shot from Port Townsend. I was trying to capture the reflection of the sailboats on the water. I don't like the way the white pole on the first sailboat blends into the background, but I was happy with their reflections in the water.
