I went birding today

I haven't been birding much lately, mainly because it only seems to rain on the weekend! It's very aggravating because I have a few photo op ideas and I have to wait for the weekend (I'm too busy during the week lately). Hopefully mother nature will cooperate with me soon :)

Even though it was very gloomy this afternoon I managed to get a nice few shots of a concerned veery, I think I was close to a nest. I'm very happy with this one, I was shooting in raw so I was able to brighten up the photo a bit.

Thanks for visiting :)

Newest purchase

I've been getting ready for my trip to Europe next month and since I'll be going snorkeling for the first time, I thought I'd look into buying a waterproof camera. After reading a few reviews I've decided to go with Canon's Powershot D10, which is not only waterproof, but freezeproof and shockproof as well. I was so stoked when I got it, played around a bit with it (it's funny to me that I have NO idea how to use a point and shoot camera anymore, I'll need a bit of practice with that one!) but it wasn't until one week later that I got brave and tested the camera underwater. So I filled a bowl with water, turned the camera on, and (eeek!) put it inside the bowl.

Now how cool is that!

There's even an underwater setting. Needless to say, I really can't wait to go snorkeling!

Fresh new blog

Hi! So I've decided to start a new blog. Instead of having a blog mainly about birdwatching, I thought I'd have one where I can also post about my other hobbies as well, such as photography and traveling. It will be mainly photos like my other blog (which I will eventually be locking). It will just have more of a variety of pictures. I'll probably be going back and post a few things I never got the chance to share in my other blog, such as my trip to Europe 2010.

And for my first post, here's a picture of a purple daisy I saw this afternoon, such a pretty flower.

Thanks for stopping by :)