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Still only using the point and shoot features.  But I am reading the manual and learning more.  Took this today and thought it turned out nicely.  Cropped and reduced file size for web.

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Wow that did come out very nice. Good job!

I'm not a professional photographer by any means, but I wanted to share these with you all and see what you thought.

Squirrel: Fearless squirrel in my backyard.

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Rainbow: During my trip to the Black Hills in South Dakota, I ran into a rainbow that was barely off of the ground.

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Waterfall #1: Above Roughlock Falls in the Black Hills.

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Waterfall #2: Side shot of Roughlock Falls. Check out all of that moss!

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Sunset: Sunset we saw leaving Deadwood, SD (gambling like Wild Bill) and heading back to the cabin.

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I have no idea what I was doing out of bed this early, but I took some pictures. I think these are some of the best. Please let me know how I'm doing. I'm moving away from the "Auto" feature and trying out some of the manual settings...

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Practically no editing other than resizing them. I love my Canon S2 IS. It was certainly worth the wait from Dell (especially with the deal I got).

My girlfriends brother, who did my promo pics for my upcoming tour, who also claims he's 'not a photographer' took these pics the August long weekend up at his cottage. Figured I would showcase some of them here;

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And I particularly like this one here:

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About 30 mins elapsed between the two shots.

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