All Chilled Out

One of the things that I was looking forward to before we left for India was to get my hands on Canon's new 21 megapixel prosumer camera, the Canon 5D Mark II. As it turned out, the camera was not available in stores until the first of December, which is about when we returned. So, even though I no longer had a rationale for this camera, much less the budget now that my portfolio has tanked, the first thing that I did when I got home was to go aout and buy one. I did this in the firm belief that a better camera will take better pictures. We'll see. The next thing I did was to try and take some decent pictures with it. That's not so easy. One of the reason that I like to travel is that I get to see new things. This helps to focus my 'vision' and provides opportunities for getting, what I think are, decent pix. Driving around the old neighborhood (and this includes most of western Washington) does not provide the same stimulus. In any case, I headed out to the Snoqualmie Valley in search of... something. I usually find something new every time I head to the valley even if it's not particularly photogenic. I did not get much this time, either, but I did see a flock of snow geese in a field, just south of Monroe. Not a great photo, but it is the best that I have gotten so far with my new camera.