New Camera - Moncton & Halifax

Recently I have graduated from uni, and for a graduation gift my parents got me a new camera. It is a Canon S3 IS, and has an incredible zoom, really funky settings for color adjustment and enhancement, plus it was a new toy to learn how to use. I spent some time exploring around Moncton and Halifax with Erika and learning how to use all the settings on the camera.

Heading up to Moncton on the weekend of June 8-10, I explored around Erika's house looking for photo subjects to test some of the settings on. Her cat Josie made for some good photos, partially cause she is an attention hog and has to be around you no matter what.

As I had mentioned, the camera has a really crazy zoom; 12x optical and 48x digital. I started playing around with the macro and super-macro functions on the camera, and they can lead to some really neat photos. It gives you a different view into how things actually are, because you rarely see the tiny details in objects in a regular day.

The next day, we headed to Mapleton Park. I hadn't been to the park before, and figured it would be a good chance to explore some more of Moncton. The park was pretty large and had a good selection of trails to explore. There were a lot of bike trails throughout the park, as well, so we'll have to go back with our bikes sometime and explore some more. Maybe Erika will leave a crusher dust path for real bike trail.

Throughout the entire park, the number of squirrels and chipmunks was insane; they were everywhere! Just walking down a trail, you'd be chased by three or four of them at once, and there would be another three or four up the trail waiting for you. Plus if you looked up, there'd be some waiting there too.

This is all for Moncton, as I had to head back to Halifax for the week to bring home some bacon. The next weekend, Erika came down, and we went to Point Pleasant Park to throw a football around for a bit. I brought the camera incase we saw anything interesting, and to give us a break from football for a bit.

We started by just walking around the park and taking some photos of different things. Then we headed for Fort Olgivie to toss the football around. It was a wicked nice day out, so we threw the ball for a good long time. Once we were done with that, we explored the fort a bit. While we were in Moncton the week before, a blue jay kept landing on the deck and stealing peanuts. I wasn't quick enough with the camera to catch a picture of it, but while we were exploring the fort, I noticed a blue jay sitting in a tree. I lucked out this time and was able to get a picture of this one before it flew away.

I have some pictures of our latest camping adventure to add, so I'll get to those sometime soon.

Until then, keep on keeping on.