My Week So Far

I'm going to tell on myself this morning.  Oh, it's not earthshaking news because I lead a fairly simple life.  And that suits me just fine because....I love the sweet, simple things in life.

 

What I did was almost ruin our dinner last night because I was busy hanging out the window gawking at the birds and trying to get a decent shot with the rain coming down.  Has that ever happened to you?

Do you ever get so engrossed in birdwatching or whateverwatching and forget everything else?  What is that Goldfinch looking at anyway?  I managed to save dinner from getting too burned, but it was close!

While I was at the window, I saw Bambi prancing across the field toward the pond for a drink.  Sorry my shots aren't very clear.  Part of the problem is that it was raining and the light was poor.  And zooming this far doesn't help under those conditions, either.

Even Mr. Bluebird looks all wet and ruffled up.

I took this photo the other day at the lookout over the Missouri River.  As you can see, it was raining that day, too.  The river is looking low compared to the last time I was at the lookout.  This shot and the zinnia was taken with the new camera I bought.  The others are with my other camera.  The weather hasn't been the best for testing the new camera, but I won't complain.  We need the rain.

Several of you have asked me what my new camera was.  Here she is....the lady in red!  I won't go into the details of the camera, I'll let you google that information if you're interested.  I will tell you that I love the size.  I can easily put it into a pocket.  And, I love the color!

What I don't particularly like is that you have to charge the battery while it is in the camera.  And, the battery is only good for about 200 photos.  Also, while charging, you have to take out the memory card which you need to buy separately as the internal memory only holds about 5 shots.

I have several days in which to decide if it's a keeper.  There is a lot I haven't done with it yet.  The weather has been a factor because most of my shooting with it will be outside.  So far, from the photos I've taken, I've liked some and didn't like others.  I realize that I can't expect to get high end photos from such a small camera, but it has taken some nice photos from the shots I've seen online.  It has gotten some really good reviews, which is what lead me to buy it in the first place.   I have to make a decision soon!

Until next time...