A couple of months ago, I got a new digital camera. I had a Kodak "point-and-shoot" but I wasn't happy with it. Not that it isn't a good camera--but I wanted something a bit more sophisticated. (In the olden days, I had a Minolta 101 and 201 I was extremely happy with. But those were the days of film.) I had my heart set on a Nikon, but the salesman at the local photo store talked me into buying a Canon EOS Rebel XS, and I must say I am not disappointed. It's a wonderful camera--and probably much more than I need. (So far I only know how to use a couple of its options.)
The fun of photography has returned to my life. I want to take pictures of everything. I'm taking a lot of shots of the yard. We've acquired quite a few flowers. The other day, a white lily opened. Now, we didn't even KNOW we had a white lily. But we did know about the yellow one and the common orange one (what my husband calls lilious vulgaris).
Of course once I started snapping flowers, I couldn't stop. I switched on the "close-up" function and snapped the yarrow, the petunias, the rose campion, the shasta daisies, the coreopsis, the sundrops, and my tiny, old-fashioned roses . . .
One of the features I love about digital cameras is the instant feedback you get. Don't like the shot you just took--delete it. And what I love even more, is taking my 
photos and "tweaking" them in Photoshop. Well, really, you have to if you want them to open on a website. Otherwise, they're HUGE and take forever to paint up for people on dial up. But you can also tweak the contrast and the brightness, the hue, color saturation . . . and of course the most important element--cropping them. The camera also sees what you can't. We're talking details so subtle, most times you miss them.
Pretty as all those flowers are, the flowers I am most interested in at this time are on the tomato plants. I've been nurturing my celebrity tomatoes along, and I even planted seeds from an heirloom tomato I got at the farm market last summer. Hopefully these flowers will go on to bear fruit.
Yup, a walk around the yard is a pretty good thing. What do you like to take photos of?
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Those are gorgeous pictures, Lorna. I love the instant feedback of digital, too, but I have about 1400 pictures I need to print and put in albums...
Those flowers are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing them with us. I love taking pictures. We just got back from a trip to Alaska and I took lots of pictures of glaciers, mountains, and bald eagles.
I like taking pictures of my surroundings and things I see when I'm in the city.
The flowers are beautiful.
I recently acquired a good Canon camera, too - and after a recent trip to the Australian desert, I'm obsessed by clouds and sky.
What gorgeous pix! You have got to take more. You're a natural.
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