55-200 Millimeters of Bliss

I slept on the couch last night, and I slept well.  The couch was by the kitchen, which I was warned of, because everyone was expected to wake up early.  They did, but I enjoyed drifting in an out of sleep while I listened to them make coffee and get started on their day.

Today was a lazy one.  Most of it was spent sitting out on the porch, reading and sleeping.  One of our friends is a retired pharmacist/artist, and had a Canon Rebel XSi with a 55-200mm lens on it, which was incredible.  I lazily sat and snapped shots of what I could see from my chair.  With about 4x magnification, there wasn't much I could see.













I was kind of bummed about the picture of the bird.  Had I reacted more quickly, had a higher shutter speed, and used continuous shooting, I could have gotten a much clearer shot.  Given that, I had to react on moment's notice and didn't have time to prepare, but it was still a good opportunity I missed.

All of these shots were taken with the 55-200mm lens, though I switched to my camera for the flower pictures.  This lens is kind of like crack; I think I might be addicted after using it just once.  It's probably pretty expensive, too, but oh so worth it.

Thanks for reading.

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  1. Matt G.June 20, 2010 at 9:28 PM

    I am sorry to knock on you, but the crack analogy was a poor one, as it is a fairly cheap street drug. If you had used cocaine, it would have been more appropriate, because cocaine was notoriously abused by lawyers, doctors and the well-to-do in the 80's.

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