. (I also got a Manfrotto tripod, my first, but I can't get the plastic plug off of the head so I couldn't hook my camera up 
).I also included 2 shots I took with my old Olympus E-300, just becuase I could. (And they looked nice)
Weird statue
No HDR, just good old fashioned auto lighten shadows and boost contrast-midtones in Photoshop express. My first playing around with it
.Time's a ticking. (Olympus shot)
Cactus plants. (Taken under orange light)
No green channel
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Creamy bokeh...
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Creamy green
Depth of field? What depth of field?
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I should have tried cropping more I think, I couldn't get a good composition with the bottom of the pole and the shadow without my shade crossing it. (Especially not with a prime lens).
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a quickr pickr post