I think I am in Heaven!!

Hello Everyone,
This is my first post here, but truthfully I have been "lurking" for a while! I have enjoyed seeing many wonderful photographs that this group takes and I am learning more of the technical side of photography here too. ( That is my major weakness). Photography has been my hobby/passion for 17+ ( groan) years now and I just bought a 20D, got it two days ago and I think I am in heaven!!
Here are a few shots I have done with it so far. Still learning my way around all it's buttons and functions and such.
Comments welcome. Thanks for looking

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Hi Laura!

Beautiful shots, and welcome to the friendly forum!

Welcome to the forum, those are some lovely shots you posted. I like the cat picture alot

Nice shots.. fantastic one of the cat Which lens did you use?

I would say that you are finding your away around the 20D quite well! Nice shots.

Welcome to POTN!!!

Welcome to the forums! Your opening photos are great. I like the composition and color.

Welcome and glad to have you!

I love the cat one too. (And aside from the photo it's a gorgeous cat...)

You'll have lots of fun with your 20D...what did you shoot with before this?

Ditto to all the above. Nice photos, and specially Welcome to the Forum !!...

The 20D will give you a lot of satisfactions, and will be a great tool to help you capture the images you want. Tanks for posting these images, and please feel free to post more !!!...

I got a new camera myself, and now I gotta go get the card, and upload some pics for some C&C. Hopefully they came out good !!...

Cheers,

Thanks so much for all your warm welcomes and comments!!

To answer your questions, I took the cat with the 50mm f/1.8. I am starting with that and the kit lens for now. Now I just need a flash, a bigger CF card, a case, more lenses, etc etc.

What I used before; I began a long time ago with a Canon film SLR, AE-1 program. Then about 6 years ago I switched to a 2.5 mp, fixed lens, digital SLR, an Olympus ( please don't kick me out of the group, LOL! ) Up until 2 days ago that was what I used, so the 20D is a big upgrade for me! And lots more to think about with interchangable lenses again, but I am loving the creative control and I now realize how frustrated I really was with what I had before.

Here are a couple more:

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Welcome to POTN Laura

You've taken some fabulous photos - looking forward to seeing more...

Welcome to the forum! These are some great shots to start you off! Look forward to seeing more.

Hi and welcome! Nice shots. You have adorable subjects and I look forward to seeing more from you.

Looks like you have some real talent! I would normally say great start but I think you are well beyond your "start". Welcome to the forum. I (we) look forward to seeing and hearing more from you.
BTW- I absolutely love the last shot of the chess board. It is genious. The lone black figure in focus against an army of white out of focus players. Perfect use of shallow depth of field. You could read so much into this photograph. I love it. (sorry for gushing- I really like chess )

Welcome to the forum. The photo of the child is great. Great shot, great lighting and great crop. The others are excellent as well. Look forward to more of your work.