Inspired by . . . perfectly imperfect

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Inspired by . . . perfectly imperfect

I thought Kim's prompt for this week, perfectly imperfect, was the perfect opportunity to share my – straight out of the box – shots taken with my new Canon SX50.

{insert happy dance here}

(Keep in mind that I have been shooting with a Kodak EasyShare 3.1mega pixel camera for the last, oh, ten years or so. Most cell phones have a higher mega pixel camera in them! I have been very thankful for my little Kodak. But lately it has decided that it doesn't always want to work when I want to work with it!)

Back to my happy dance. . .

I have been researching {and dreaming about} a new camera for the last two years. I thought I had decided on the Nikon D3100. Great reviews. Pro photographers were weighing in, saying what a great beginners camera this was, etc. I was convinced. Until I met someone whose name I can't remember and blog I can't find – ugh! She shoots with a Canon SX50 and after reading her mini review I knew I had to check it out. The more I read and the more I thought it through, the Nikon was more camera than I could handle I wanted. I don't mind learning a few manual settings for certain shots, but I really just want a good great point-and-shoot camera. I think I got that in the Canon SX50.

The following shots are completely unedited. They are the first shots I took with the camera – straight out of the box. {The only thing I did to them was reduce the size for the blog}

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Lesser Goldfinch

Petunias

Eastern Phoebe Flycatcher

(the blur on the right is a tree)

I was playing with the zoom. Camera was set to Auto. I was shooting from the corner of my porch – the flowers and bird feeders are about 20 feet away.

The next day I took these:

Verbana textured with Kim's justatouch2

SOOC

Scissortail Flycatcher – SOOC – taken from about 350ft

Cardinal – SOOC

Wildflowers textured with Kim's justatouch

Thanks for indulging me today. I shared more photos than usual.

Last one, promise. . . .

Kitty – SOOC

Obviously, I'm thrilled with my new camera!

My friend Gail {Louisanna Belle} recently bought one as her 2nd "oops, it won't hurt quite so bad if I drop it in the lake" camera. If you're not familiar with Gail's amazingness, you definitely want to pay her a visit. Her "test run" on the SX50 can be found here and she turned me on to some great tips from Tony Britton featuring some of the manual settings on this camera.

I'm celebrating the perfectly imperfect today, with others, over at Kim's Café.

Do join us.

Have a wonder-filled day,