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Trial Run of Christmas Present...

21 November 2010

Okay, I'm not supposed to try out the new Christmas present camera but I felt it would be wise to see that it was working... and the new lense 55-200mm had arrived on Saturday morning...

I hadn't been out for a walk for a few days... and we thought it would be good for us to get some fresh air...

What should I see looking down the field but horses (well they may actually be ponies as they weren't all that big)...  perfect for trying out the new camera...  so we traipsed down the field...

and it really was fun...

they nuzzled...

looked really cute...

they bickered...

and snickered...

and pranced...

and posed...

okay... sometimes the person behind the camera let them down... didn't get the focus quite right on this one.

they really were a lot of fun to photograph...

very handsome...


then Neil decided to share out the remains of the apple...

they wandered over to investigate...

took a good sniff...

one party seemed very pleased with the piece of apple...

while the other didn't want to share...

I think it will take a little while getting used to the focus.  I have never tried using a zoom lense like this before and it can be very easy to get the wrong thing into focus...  and yes... it will now be reboxed and wrapped up ready for Christmas... really...

2 comments:

Reboxed? Sigh. These pictures are lovely! And I don't think the photographer let the horses down one bit (ha ha -?) I'm a fan of the camera and think that it should be opened on the first day of Xmas. Xoxo

 

wonderful shots... if I had to pick a favourite it would be number 3. what beautiful ponies; they do look a little Icelandic. Can't wait to see what you post for Macro Monday!

 

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