Relationship

You'll get tired of seeing these birds pretty soon,
but here's a few I shot today with the Nikon P100.
The herons are developing relationships!

If it stays warm tomorrow and if I can find a time when the rain stays away, 

I'll take the Canon down there and see what I can capture with the 70-200 lens..

First -- renovation of the old abandoned nest.

Next -- bill and coo -- hey! the neighbors are watching!

And finally, just a couple of shots to show what the P100 can and can't do.

First with no zoom.

Then, zoomed in all the way -- isn't that amazing!

But the chromatic aberration is distracting to say the least,

so I converted this to black and white.

H is for heron

Spring is definitely trying to make an entrance!

There's still snow and ice on the ground, but the first of the

great blue herons have migrated back to their nesting ground.

 

Music

I would never have spent the extra money for a radio this fancy, 

but it's how the FIT Sport is configured.

It has a USB plug in the upper glove compartment 
(there are 2 glove compartments)

and the radio will play music files ripped from cd's to a thumb drive!

Saves wear and tear on the cd's 
and I can put lots of my favorite cd's on one thumb drive.  :=)

Frosted

It was REALLY cold last night and this back window was frosted.

I couldn't resist cropping a bit of the center.

Taken with the Nikon Coolpix P100 in Aperture priority mode with manual focus.

Two

Two deer in the back yard.

I'm gonna love thiis camera!

Nikon Coolpix P100

Using an automatic setting at full optical zoom -- taken outside this time.

It's so lightweight that I'll probably use a tripod to hold it still.

This time I held the camera out holding the camera strap tight and leaning on a wall for stability.

No cropping necessary!

The letter "N" - New camera

I finally gave in to temptation and bought a Nikon Coolpix P100.  It arrived Thursday and I'm just learning how to use it.  This is a macro shot of a small cookie -- out of the camera but reduced in size.  I guess I should use a tripod to reduce the shakiness.

And I tried the zoom to see if it really is as great as they say.  This is looking into the back yard from my back porch -- about 200 feet away I'd guess -- through a closed (and dirty and slightly steamed up) window.  Again basically resized for the blog.  I think I'm impressed with the zoom, but I'll have to try it outside when it isn't so horribly cold!

And I found how to do manual focus.
First icicle shot is in automatic mode with auto focus.
Second shot is in Aperture priority mode with manual focus.

Not ready to give up the Canon yet, but the zoom and the light weight make the P100 a winner so far.
We'll see how it works with burst mode and birds in flight.

Faceless portrait

I tried taking some photographs of myself with arm outstretched --

trying to catch the snow on my coat, not my face.

This is the best I could do and I cropped it, too.

And looking down...

The snow wasn't up to my knees in the driveway because my snowplow guy had been out early in the morning.  But it covered my boots.
Walking out to fill the birdfeeder was like wading through 8-10 inches of white mud!