Fun with Photos

So recently it was my birthday, and for this joyous yearly event,in addition to delicious ice cream novelties, I acquired myself a fabulous new digital camera! Woo-hoo! My other camera was about 7 years old and the camera on my new phone was nearly better than said old camera. Not good. So I bought a new one - it is one of those middle of the road, Panasonic point and shoot Lumix cameras - it has 10x optical zoom and 8.1 megapixel - MUCH better than my old 2.0 mp camera! And it has all these nifty features for different lighting conditions and such. So I am having fun trying to figure out how to use this thing. What follows are some of my photos with the nu camera. ;)

The front corner of the yard:



Some guara moving about in the breeze. I was testing out this nifty new feature that is supposed to help capture things even if they are moving around a little:



Sunflower:



Squash Blossom:



This is what happens when you don't pick your zucchini every day (Ginormous Zucchini!):



Here is one of my Chile Pequin. It seems to enjoy growing under the really big Zucchini leaves:



A closer shot of the peppers (the mockingbirds LOVE these):



And a little closer (I am still trying to figure out the zoom features):



Cayenne peppers:



Hyacinth bean blossoms:



Tuberose:



Rain Lily Labuffarosa (this one is growing in deep shade):



A hummingbird. This is what I am really excited about with the new camera - I can take photos of hummingbirds! The new camera has a much better zoom and is much, much, much faster thinking due to the lithium battery. The old camera took 30 seconds to think between shots - not conducive to hummingbird hunting!



Hummingbird again:



Mexican bird of paradise - Caesalpinia mexicana :