A cool moth

My absence this summer can be explained this time. I have been volunteering at a children's camp, that is why I have not been updating this blog. The good news, though, is that I got a new camera (also Canon) and that I have taken many pictures!

The subject in question is a colorful moth that was by the door of one of the cabins. Bear in mind, though, that this is just a few days after I got the camera, so I probably didn't get the pictures quite up to their full potential.

Up, up and... they did it!

Some events require careful eye and good timing. Can you imagine: "Hey, please baptise her again, I didn't get a good picture"? You can't do it. This is why you should be prepared: flash, perspective, light, exposure, etc., all must be ready for the moment when you take the picture. The faster your camera is between shots, the better, of course.
And everyone who's used a digital camera can tell you that the worst feeling is to be ready to take a picture and have no batteries.

More on blurry pictures- and cats

This picture is a picture of Vainilla exploring the garden. It would be great if it weren't blurry, you might think. However, the blurriness of the feet just gives a more defined look of movement, which is exactly what the picture was meant to capture.

You can use the movement of an animal to your advantage, as you can see.

On the other hand, this picture, while it is similar, gives a different mood to the little kitten. He's still moving, but not quite as much, and he looks rather curious. This is one of the reasons why you shouldn't settle for one or two pictures. A digital camera, especially, gives you the possibility to take several hundred pictures, which, naturally, gives you a higher percentage of good pictures. If there are two-hundred pictures of a cat, a good fifty are likely to be very good and maybe twenty will be great.