New Camera and Lily Of The Valley Flowers

in #nature6 years ago

I wasn't able to be with my kids and their families for Mother's Day this year. My daughter and her family live 10 hours away so that was normal. My son and his family live 2 hours away but they had to go to a wedding that day. But, I did get a wonderful surprise in the mail...a new camera!!! My old digital camera is a Casio Exilim, a hand-me-dowm from my daughter and we are not sure of its age. But it has to be over 10 years old. It only has 6 mega pixels and 3 times zoom.

New Camera

Are you ready for this? My new camera, this Canon Power Shot ELPH 180, has 20 mega pixels and 8 times zoom! It took me some time to get used to the camera and to get the good photos that I wanted, and I can't believe the difference. I am sooooooo loving this new camera! Tonight, I will begin posting with one photo taken with my new camera.

Only the last photo is from my new camera and as time goes on, they just keep getting better.

Lily Of The Valley

Lily of the Valley blooms in the spring with small white or pink bell-shaped flowers. They belong to the asparagus family and grow to approximately 6-12" tall.

The flowers have a sweet fragrance, attracting bees which pollinate this plant.

In some places, this plant is called "Our Lady's Tears." According to gardenguides.com, the legend is said "that the tears of the Holy Mother at the crucifixion turned into the flowers as they hit the ground."

This is the new camera photo. I have tried for a year to capture rain drops but to no avail. Until now! Yay!

Information Source: gardenguides.com, softschools.com

Image Source: 100% own work.

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Ohhhhhhhhhhh what a PERFECT gift for YOU!!! I can see you out now looking and shooting all over the place LOLLL

hugs

It sure is and I have been having so much fun! You pictured me perfectly. Hugs

Way better gift than a bunch of flowers. Will check out your new camera. Looks like a beauty, glad you like it; :-)

It sure is. Flowers are a nice thought but I see them as a waste of money. : )

That's a big jump in specs there @whatisnew no wonder your loving it, the zoom is pretty darn cool I think, I got one which is at x24 zoom

It sure is and I had no clue about the newer specs. You have 24X zoom? Wow! : )

I congratulate you @whatisnew: your photos have always been very good; but, now I see that they will be even better ... The flowers of "Our Lady's Tears.", they transmit me certain melancholy, because I see them as sad or timid flowers, that in their bell form, hide their main face to the humans.
Greetings @whatisnew

Thank you so much for your wonderful compliment @cjao20!
I love, love, love what you wrote about the timid flowers hiding their face to humans. You sure do have a way with words. : )

What a totally awesome gift! How very sweet of your kids!!
Big difference from old to new! tho hang on to
the 10 year old, wow 10 yrs is a long time for
todays gadgets!! The thing is something always
happens when the main camera is being charged
or photos off loaded. Often have grabbed the older
one to catch something lol

Lilies of the valley is what I grew up hearing, we
even have them up here. Didn't know they are part
of the asparagus family, but do now! :-)

Looking forward to all your new ones @whatisnew!! 💕❤

Oh, I will definitely hang on to my old camera for the reasons you said and also because we (me and the camera) have been through and seen a lot together in the past year.

Where are your Lily of the Valley photos? I want to see them! : )

Thanks my friend! : )

You are most welcome my friend! :-)

I've held on to a old one I really liked, the
batteries are hard to recharge and not
easy to get replacements tho.

I got one old special Lily of the valley, I think
I posted it early on when starting steemit.
Not sure on that tho lol, to many photos! ;-)
Will look for it for you! ❤ 🐾

What a sweet gift! Can't wait for more photos!

It sure was a sweet gift! I can't wait to show you more. The difference is like night and day. : )

Aww.. Such a lovely gift from your kids Deb! <3 They really know what you need/want.. hahaha <3 Excited to check out more photos you take using your new camera... Have fun! :D

It sure was a lovely gift. : ) They love my photos with my old camera and thought I could use an upgrade for the photos to be more clear and to capture things that are far away. I did tell them that I have been trying to get bird photos for a year and it was almost impossible. Not now...wait until you see my bird photos...awesome! I am having so much fun with this new camera.

I can feel your excitement, Deb... I'm looking forward to checking your photos out in the coming days!!! <3

Thanks Shei! : )

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