Terry Grogan

I liked this week's lesson. Some of it was a refresher for me, but other information was brand new. Thanks for the "tip" regarding focal length on the Canon Digital Rebel!!

I like taking pictures of animals or other interesting subjects. I especially like closeups or pictures that make you "smile".

This is a picture of my two nieces with my dog. I was looking to create a picture that made you go "awww". I think I should have gotten down lower when I shot this picture and it would have given a better effect. Right now, the flower bed in the background takes your eye away from the girls and dog.

This was taken with the Digital Rebel set at full Auto. 28-55mm lens set at 55mm focal length (actual focal length is 88mm)

I'm in the middle of Amish country. The horses they use for field work are Percherons. Here's a mother and baby. It's a cute picture and makes a great "wallpaper" for the computer. It's just a "normal" picture - nothing artistic about it, so it's something I'd change in PSP (e.g. changing color a bit, bluring the background a bit more).

This was taken with the Digital Rebel at Landscape mode. 100-300mm lens set at 200mm focal length (actual focal length is 320mm)

So far, this is my favorite picture with the new camera. I crawled up as close to this rabbit as I could get. If I knew how to use my manual focus I could probably have gotten the rabbit focused a bit better, but overall I like the image.

This was taken with the Digital Rebel set at Portrait. 100-300mm lens set at 300mm focal length (actual focal length is 480mm)