one day three cameras

So yesterday was a very busy day.  My oldest brother is visiting from out of state, so we are acting like tourists.  We started the day at the beach with the pooches...

This was our Olympus Tough camera.
Then we went to the harbor islands....

• This is our Canon SX 30is.
• Then we went to fireworks on Revere Beach...

This is the Canon EOS Rebel SL1.

One day, three cameras.  There is always a reason to take a photo and make a memory.

some not so great shots

Ok so the first day with the new camera out in the world was not perfect.  I don't know what went wrong with these pictures, and I would take suggestions on how to fix them...

I'm not really sure where the shadows came from, or what to do about it to prevent them in the future.

This one was the same day same everything and no shadows... weird! 

NEAQ

We went to the New England Aquarium the other day.  I love watching the fish.  I could sit there all day.  It's very calming.  These pictures were all without the flash...

 And there are penguins, they are too cute!

Sea dragon

An eighty - something year old turtle

the girls

No new pictures today, but I thought I'd add some that I'd taken over the past few days of my favorite subject, my girls.  Our two "old lady" greyhounds are always willing to pose for me...

The black one is 7 years old and the fawn one is 10.  They of course think they are puppies and run and  play and chew on things like they are still young.  They are fun to have around.

Back to the older canon... yes, the fawn one is a tripawd, but we try not to remind her.  She is a cutie pie!

what to do with a new camera

So....  I bought a new camera.  Maybe that should have an exclamation mark instead, but I'm still get used to it.  It's the new canon rebel sl1.  So far, I have two lenses for it.. so far.  The one in the kit is an 18-55 and the extra one is a 55-250.

These were both taken with the 18-55 lens.  We are going whale watching this weekend, so hopefully I can try out the other lens (hopefully because we don't always get to see whales)

Anyway, I am still learning.  It's been a really long time since I've played with a non point and shoot camera.  How long? Maybe 20 years? Yikes, I'm getting old!

Just for comparison, the above two are from another of my array of cameras.  That one is the canon sx30is.  I love that camera too, but I wasn't getting the close ups that I was looking for.  Hence the thought that there will be more lenses added to the array.  

Dragonfly with the new camera...

Hummingbirds with the other canon.  Hmmmm, jury's still out