Playing with the new camea

I finally got my new camera, a Nikon D3100, and I got a telephoto lens to go with it. Now to figure it all out! It'll take me a few days, I think.  Of course, I had plenty of subjects to practice on!

 *Ahem * did you notice it's green here? Not white? *

Then it was off to the pasture.... where Josie was happy to do some streaking for me after a few days of rain and being cooped up.

She really got fuzzy!  She is turning into my little buddy. Every time I go out to the pen she whinnies to me- in a very raspy, unfeminine voice, I might add. and she is nice to handle. She was even pretty good for her first trim with Shayla a little while ago. 

And then there's Rio... he had just taken a drink of water, and if you all remember this little idiosyncrasy he has of sticking his tongue out during and after drinking, you can see that he is sticking his tongue out in this photo.

 Beamer was way too muddy to take photos of, maybe I'll clean him up for a photo shoot this weekend. I put the telephoto lens on and zoomed in on the town in the distance, with the grain elevators catching the late afternoon light.

One thing I learned was to make sure I use the viewfinder for the burst shots, not the monitor, so that I can follow what I'm shooting. There's lots of bells'n'whistles for me to learn.