It may be fall, bit just look at all those lovely flowers. For handholding your new toy Joan, remember that at full zoom you have an effective focal length of 450mm so try not to let the shutter speed fall below the reciprocal of that, i.e. 1/450th sec - 1/500th in practical terms. Your effective focal length for this image was 105mm so the 1/125 sec you used was fine.
Hi Joan - I am your Get-Pushed partner this week. I love the bright colors and nature shots, but its been a few months since you've taken a picture of a human's face. So, my challenge for you is to take a street photo of someone on their job; I would love to see their face and identify their job. Have fun!
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A Fav.