Just Another Day In Paradise

White-throated Sparrow

Our 6 year old little girl Maria loves to paint. She could sit at her desk all day painting anything that's in front of her. This weekend she noticed a few White-throated Sparrows in the back yard and she decided to paint them. I quickly ran outside and took a picture of one of them so she could see it upclose. I remebered I had purchased this awesome Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song book a few years ago, so we looked through it and found him. It was great being able to listen to its call and she was able to use it as reference. She painted the bird with Pentel Arts Water Colors on a piece of copy paper since we ran out of water color paper, but it still turned out great! I'm so proud of my little artist. She has a bright future ahead of her. :)

Manual Mode Monday 8/52

1/160, F13, ISO 1600

Just like Sarah at Amongst Lovely Things, I'm trying to learn how to use my manual mode on my Canon Rebel t2i Digital SLR camera. She is SO MUCH more advanced than I, but I hope with a lot of practice I'll be able to get better in time.