Since these pictures are mostly of my mom's turtles the title fits. I took these on May 20th, but went to see Terminator at midnight so I didn't get a chance to upload last night :)
Coming out to play...
May 17th we went to the Strawberry Festival in Oxnard. Normally food festivals have TONS of different foods and crafts centered around their theme. This festival had some of the usual fair food, but was disappointing in other aspects. There were NO homemade goodies to take home and none of the crafts had anything to do with strawberries. Most disappointing to Jr is that the kids area had height requirements for their rides and he was too short for them all...
I have been the proud owner of a Nikon D90 since Monday May 11th. I finally got over the worries that I would be wasting my money. I figure that if I'm so dense that I can't figure out how to use it to it's full potential I can always sell it! And I still have my point-and-shoot Sony Cybershot. I've been searching online everywhere to find the best deal. A search on Ebay revealed some awesome steals. You know the saying "If it's too good to be true it probably is"? Well, that is most definitely true. The majority of the camera shops selling these great Nikon packages aren't even authorized dealers. They're selling grey market products. I didn't want to spend all this money and not have a serviceable warranty, so off I went to Best Buy with a bunch of stuff I printed off the internet.
Best Buy has a great price matching policy and I was able to haggle down the price. I immediately told the salesman that I was looking at prices other places and found them for much cheaper. I also told him I would be getting accessories and an additional lens besides the kit so I wanted to see what he could do for me. He knocked a couple hundred off the camera and the lens that I bought. I got filters, a bag, a memory card, and a tripod. All togehter I was a very happy camper. I immediately took the boys to the park so I could get some shooting out of my system.
