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My family went to see the baby swans at North Lakes on Friday (03/07/20)
Today is Wednesday (08/07/20), and I finally bought myself a small telephoto lens after using a 50mm-250mm lens in 2016 being the last time I touched one. There's been a few times I've needed one, and now I can finally take those photos.
I went around my house today, after it arrived in the mail, and took a few shots of my pets, my Mum's flowers, and my Mum's wild animal visitors all with my new lens.
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After I took these shots, I went on a bike ride back to North Lakes to see the swans with my new lens.
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But of course, just like the first trip to see the swans, they weren't the only stars of my paparazzi shoots.
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I heard that a couple of friends of mine were playing soccer at the field down by my place. So, I went down there to get a few action shots for practice.
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We went out, as a family, to celebrate my parent's 29th wedding anniversary yesterday. Beautiful day at Redcliffe, and I just wanted to get a good shot of them on the beach after lunch.
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While walking my dog today, I took my Canon along for practice and got these shots.
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The moon was close last night (03/10/2020), but the longest lens I have is 200mm, so I couldn't get a nice close up shot of the moon.
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While my Mum's guinea pigs were eating their late lunch, they were looking adorable, and I thought they'd be some great little photo models. I grabbed my 55-200mm and Canon EOS 700D to take some close-ups without scaring them off.
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So many times, my mum has asked me to come and take photos of her flowers that don't bloom very long. Photos last longer, I guess.
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While working on the colour and exposure fix on this photo, I accidentally turned off the red and was surprised and amazed at how interesting this looks.