Looks Can Be Deceiving!

Well, we made our usual trek to the Farm on Saturday for Keturah's class and as per usual, Kevin and I were off exploring, feeding mints to the horses, taking pics, etc...This time the llamas were quite close by, so I had a field day snapping their pictures. We were minding our own business taking pictures of the donkeys, when this Llama came bolting down the hill right towards us and he's making this clicking sound to intimidate us...well, he scared the crap out of us to be honest! We hid behind a tree because we couldn't jump over the fence quick enough. Apparently, we find out a bit later that his name is "Larry" and he is quite mean...He wasn't supposed to be out...the llamas have their own enclosure and he is kept far, far away because he hates all people. So, some of the older girls, get on horses (because he is afraid of the horses) to round up the llamas and they herded them back into their correct pen.

The fourth picture is of Larry running towards us and then last one is of the llamas being rounded up.

And here I thought they were so cute!

Headshots!

Here are some headshots that I took while at the farm on the weekend...I didn't mean to take so many, but the animals are so darn friendly, that they get right into your lens. I certainly don't need a zoom lens there! I've had my share of horse slobber on my lenses. Luckily, I always carry my Henry's cleaning cloth!!

Also, I cropped a few of these as well...I use Photoshop Elements to manage, organize and edit my photos. I also use that software to do my digital scrapbooking.

My Favourite Girls!

Here are pics of Brooke and Keturah at Presquile Park in April. Can you tell they hate having their picture taken????

Zoo Pics

Here are some pics from our trip to the Toronto Zoo on the March Break!

Here Boy!

Here's some pics of dogs we see at the farm every week too---they are just too cute, not to take their picture!

Diva

Alpha

Sherlock

Some pics from the farm...

These are a couple of pics I took on Saturday while Keturah was riding.

The first one is a foal, who arrived at the farm just this past week and he is 7 months old. What a cutie and so friendly too!

The next is a cute pic of two donkeys, who happily posed for me.

What a Difference...

a Lens makes! I got my Mother's Day present early (yesterday) and it was a Nikon 70-300mm lens with Vibration Reduction. We then proceeded to go hiking and of course, we didn't see any wildlife, but I took alot of nature photos (flowers, trees, etc). It's an awesome lens and I can see the difference already with my photos.

On another note, we went to the Photography Show in Toronto on Friday---it was what I expected. Lots of booths with companies selling their wares, Henry's was the biggest seller of goods-of course, they sponsored it. We went to a workshop about getting good wildlife photos and the presenter was awesome-lots of good tips to consider! That's the only workshop we went to because by 1pm, everyone was getting bored (except me!). I didn't buy anything...We got free tickets from Henry's, so we didn't feel we needed to stay there long to get our money's worth!

We then proceeded to the mall in Scarborough, which was fun too!

Since I had saved up a few extra dollars to go to the Photography Show and didn't buy anything, when we were at Henry's on Saturday, I purchased an SB-600 Flash unit for my camera--it's pretty cool, but I haven't used it very much, mostly because I've been taking outdoor pics and don't feel I need it there yet.

Here's a pic of a couple of ducks we saw by the Napanee River today.... (I focused on the female in the background, so that is why the male isn't in focus...)