December Sunrise
by Germaine

Comment:
This is pretty nice. I like the way the sky looks when it has that peach colored horizon. Here, that usually happens at sunset on evenings when it is cold or going to be cold later in the night. This is a very relaxing shot.

Salad Mixer
by Alicia

Comment:
Nice real life photo. You didn't post your camera settings, but it looks good for what I am guessing is a slow shutter speed existing light shot because the hand moved during exposure.
Wishing you the happiest of birthdays and lots of fun with your new Canon.

Hardware
by TheresaA

Comment:
That old door has been opened a few times with this handle. You picked up on a small bite of the whole scene that many people would just use without ever thinking about how it looks. I wonder how long this has been exactly as you have it pictured here? This would be good in B&W too. Try converting it by turning the saturation all the way down, then move the color sliders and watch how different parts of the image begin to stand out, or to fade into the image.

Eagle
by stargazer05766

Comment:
This is excellent! Thanks! You had the eagle looking directly at the lens for this shot, and it appears that you were not very far away. The light is very good on both sides of the face too.
Oh, and that is a right nice sky as well.

Trial1.jpg
by Moatz

Comment:
This is a winner. Now I want to go make a cup for myself.
Good luck with your new adventure. I think you will come out way ahead if you truly want to stick with it.
I agree with Melethia about getting rid of the warning label.

Day 29
by carofo

Comment:
You got this at just the right time of evening to get the sky to look so nice. That's an awesome stone building. The autos are cool too.

Day 28
by carofo

Comment:
That sounds like a fun little adventure. It's definitely not how tea is done here in the deep south. Here it's usually in a big glass with ice and sugar in it.
Your photograph is excellent for being shot in a restaurant setting. That tea pot must be tiny, or the thumb nail is big. : )

Day 27
by carofo

Comment:
The texture is just right for this. That's interesting trivia about the bug.

River Pier
by Alicia

Comment:
Nice sunrise. Big congrats on the new camera and lens! You now just advanced from a great little P&S into now having over 200 button combinations with which to mess up an otherwise great photo. ; ) It will not take you long to figure all of the knobs and buttons out though, as you seem to have the passion to shoot good images.
I like the light on the uneven dock boards in this one.

Poles
by Alicia

Comment:
It's fishing boats, so of course they have good lines.
Couldn't stop myself from posting that line. : ) I am very happy to hear that you managed to get a lens to use while you are in Florida. It looks like you will not be having any problems getting the new camera to do what you want it to do. Now you will have to adjust to looking thru the viewfinder. Have you tried to hold the camera out to see the LCD while composing yet, like a P&S?
You just missed getting the tips of the outriggers (backward leaning poles) on the nearest sport fisher. The vertical poles are radio antennae.
They swing the outriggers out to the sides when they are trolling for big game fish, and clip the lines from the rods to them with a little clip like a clothes pin, and run the clip out on the outrigger with a line thru a pulley at the end of the outrigger. When a fish strikes a bait, the clip lets the lie loose. The "drop back" as it is called, allows the fish to take bait easier. They also allow the lines to cover a wider sweep over the ocean surface as they troll.