What a gift!

One person reads everything on this blog, and I mean everything - from margin to margin. For example, he noted my "wish list", and from that list, purchased an expensive camera for me, a stranger! So now I have another new toy to marvel over, to learn how to use, etc... Such munificence should be thanked publicly, even though the giftor shall remain anonymous. So, thank you!

A couple had a pool and bbq party yesterday at their new home in Anthem, an upscale development in Las Vegas. Of course, I had to take my new camera. This proves to have been a wonderful notion, as their house, furnishings, and art, and several of the people proved to be quite photogenic. I had a blast pushing the limits of the camera. For example, with this first photo (below) I wanted to utilize the macro mode albeit with a 'normal' lens rather than a telephoto...

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The second photo was an attempt to freeze the motion of the falling water but at a relativity different from most standard, pre-set action modes. (BTW, this waterfall is only one of several in their backyard swimming pool -- what a pool, what a home...!)

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