Everything has it's beauty, but not everyone sees it. - Confucius
Sometimes the picture doesn't have to be perfect; it's the captured moment that counts. - me

Monday, 11 April 2011

A few from the new camera

Just a few random shots with the new camera. Some are better than others; it's taking a bit of getting used to.




 Cowslips



 Cowslips, using the wide-angle function.



 Speckled Wood from this afternoon.



 Chiffchaff, high, at the top of a tree. The zoom setting came in handy, but.....



Last one, a Brambling. A bird I've been trying to get a decent picture of. This particular day I only had the new camera with me; sods law.


Enjoy the week.

29 comments:

texwisgirl said...

ha ha! all the shots are beautiful tho!

holdingmoments said...

Thank you texwisgirl :)

ONG said...

Pics look awesome! New camera looks like a success!

Captain Shagrat said...

My first digi camera was a fuji finepix, liked it alot although it wasn't quite as swish as yours Keith. I dropped it right on its sneck when I was picking up dog poo and broke of the lens right off. The array of simple spring woodland flowers are a real treat especially fond of the colouring on the cowslips

JRandSue said...

New camera showing a lot of promise,hope you are well,take care.
John.

ADRIAN said...

Seems to be doing the business. I like it's wide angle facility.

holdingmoments said...

ONG, thank you for stopping by, and your comment :)

Thanks Debbie. The Cowslips are a lovely flower, and I was happy with the way the camera handled them.

Thanks John :)

Cheers Adrian. The lens has quite a good range.

Bob Bushell said...

The new camera looks quite good, let's see some more.

Chris said...

I'm signing for the alst one, I've never seen it!!

denzil said...

hi keith, the hardest part of buying new gear is getting to know how to get the best out of it, i must say that you've made a fine start.

grammie g said...

Hi Keith...I "am" parcel...I think you could take picture with a junk camera and it is would still look great!! lol
Hugs my friend!!

grammie g said...

Hi Keith ..I am not parcel... hahaha... I am partial lol!! The minute I clicked that post button the light bulb went off!!!

Andrew said...

I want one...

Sondra said...

I think its a keeper!! Lovely job terrific on the wide angle feature--Great shot of the Brambling!!!

Jillsy Girl said...

I love the wide angle shot!!

holdingmoments said...

Thanks Bob. I'm hoping to give it a real test next week, when I have a few days off.

Thanks Chris. A lovely bird, and a visitor to my local lake for a few weeks now.

Thanks denzil. I'll keep plugging away at it :)

Thanks grammie. My light bulbs frequently go off lol

They're not a bad little camera Andrew. They make a good addition to the kit :)

Thanks Sondra. The wide-angle feature does a pretty good job.

Jillsy, thank you. My favourite too.

forgetmenot said...

What wonderful photos--you captured the many aspects of nature with your flowers, birds, and butterfly. I'll be back to check out more of your lovely photos. Mickie :)

holdingmoments said...

Thank you Mickie, and thanks for stopping by.

JoLynne Lyon said...

Enjoy your new camera. I still think it was a smart business investment. The brambling is lovely.

ShySongbird said...

You are doing well Keith, Lovely one of the Brambling! The zoom seems very good.

NatureFootstep said...

you call them cowslips? We call them Gullviva. :)
Are they blooming now? In Sweden I will have to wait another month before I see them.

The Herald said...

Keith, it`s all looking good so far! ;)

holdingmoments said...

Thanks JoLynne. Let's hope you're right ;)

Thank you Jan. It's like learning all over again lol

NatureFootstep, thank you. The Cowslip started to bloom a couple of weeks ago. At the moment they seem to be everywhere. Such lovely flowers.

Cheers Trevor.

Nicole said...

I totally love them. I dig the second shot! Boy, do I miss flowers, green and really nice blue skies against those colours ;)

holdingmoments said...

The sunlight makes such a difference to a field of flowers Nicole. Nature at its best :)

Nicole said...

'field of flowers'... I hardly remember what one looks like :D

holdingmoments said...

There are so many here at the moment Nicole. Spring is thrusting them from the ground ;)

Nicole said...

:P
After reading this (and some other flower posts), I took some shots of the greenery around here that sprouted up after the so called rains.
Will post them in the coming days :)
Will try to ID some first.

holdingmoments said...

I'll be interested to see them :)