Playing with my new lens

On Monday it was my birthday! Yay! This obviously means I am a year older now, but it also meant that I got presents! Woooo! I have been wanting a new lens for so long now as my interest in photography has been growing, so finally this birthday I got one! I did know I was going to get it though as I bought it myself from Ebay for less than 50% of the original price, and it is in mint condition! I love a bargain!

The lens that I got was a 45-200mm telephoto zoom lens, so it is perfect for the close ups that I love doing, without having to get extremely close to the subject, like I used to have to do with my 14-42mm lens.

It is also great for wildlife shots as you don't scare them trying to get close to them, so when I get the chance to go out and about in the woods this summer, hopefully I can get some great snaps.

It's such a great present though as it will get so much use! Thanks parents! Alongside this I also got a camera backpack to hold all of my equipment from them. Sadly this was too small for me but another one is already on its way! This also comes with a tripod holder on the outside, so I am in the process of buying one of those too, to go along side my Gorilla pod.

Keep an eye out for my soon-to-be updated 'Camera' page when it all arrives to see my new stash!

Here are the first photos I took on my new lens, in a field across the road from me:

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Christmas Decorations

I know it is the new year now, and that Christmas is well and truly gone, however I have taken all of these lovely photos so you will be seeing them!

These are some photos of decorations taken around the house. This first lot are some of the decorations that could be found at my girlfriend's house. They had plenty on show, but whenever I found any time to actually go and take photos round there, it was always dark and they just didn't look as good as they did in the daytime.

When looking at them properly on my computer I found that there are only two photos that could be used, which is a real shame! But here they are!

1. A birdcage filled with lights and baubles

2. A bow placed on one of the trees

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Lakeside snaps

As I have said in my last post 'Swanning about', I recently went to a place called Charnwood Water here in Loughborough. It was basically for me to get away from my uni work which was driving me mad and to finally get out to take some photos! When I got there, there were loads of birds which got most of my attention, however I did manage to take some snaps of other things too!

Here are some of the snaps I caught:

1. One of the reservoir's life rings.

2. A rusting padlock.

3. A bar stopping cars from accessing the paths.

4. Birds on a roof waiting for the big birds to finish eating.

5. A couple ducks tucked away in the reeds.

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Swanning about

Today I went to a reservoir called Charnwood Water over here in Loughborough as I am struggling with work so really needed a break. Just a ten minute drive from mine, I thought it would be perfect to just pop over and see what I could snap! When I got there I found that there were loads of birds!

Now birds for me have been notoriously difficult to photograph, and I knew it would be a challenge, but with there being so many I thought I had to give it a go. As I only have a reasonably short lens at the moment (14-42mm) I had to get pretty close to take a good photograph. Now those of you who know what swans are like, this was pretty scary! Swans have a nasty bite on them and if they hit you with their wings then they have enough power to break your arm! The things you go through to get a good photo! Anyway, off I went and crept as close as I could and took some photos, before they noticed me and started to walk angrily towards me! I did this quite a few times until I lost my nerve and went away to take some photos of other thinks around the reservoir. These will appear within this week as some more posts!

When I had taken another dose of 'Man-up' I went for a few more snaps of them! Here are the results of the day!

Just after being fed by some other passers by!

Headless swans!? I don't really like this photo too much as I think the green plant at the bottom kind of spoils it, but I took the chance with them all with their heads underwater to take this snap as it looked so strange!

I like this as you can see the water droplets on it's head and neck after diving under.

A couple more pics with just water in the background, nice and simple!

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Macro Mashup 2

Another rushed post from me as the uni work is piling up and I'm struggling to get out to take photos!

So today's post shall be a cheeky macro mashup of things I have taken which havent made it onto the blog yet! See my first Macro Mashup post for more shots!
On a quick edit point after looking through these I realised how 3 of them aren't even remotely macro! You can tell my brain was frazzled! My bad!
Today's installment consists of:

1.The birdhouse in the back garden.
2. My old hamster cage. Now there is no hamster actually in the picture, however I just really like the colours in this.
3. Pirhanas!! And yes, they do actually have gold fleck on them!
4. A Flower at Speke Hall.

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