there is a lot of awesomeness contained in this post*

Yesterday was the first time I actually experimented with all the settings on my dad's camera. For all the photos below, I basically used the same "close-up" setting, but many of them turned out quite differently from what I expected.

These next two are my absolute favorites!

This one came out too dark, but I still like the hints of blue:

This is one of my favorite ornaments:

* as quoted by my sister Maya