The challenge was accepted

Yesterday I set myself a challenge to get some photographs worthy of being uploaded to the blog using the Canon Ixus v2. Now for those of you who don't know what a Canon Ixus v2 looks like I've taken a picture of mine. It's a small, solidly built piece of kit with a tiny screen on the back and limited controls. Makes for good fun but I can't say I'd relish doing a wedding with it !

So thats the piece of kit that I took with me to work today. I didn't get a lot of opportunities to shoot anything exciting so I finished up taking a picture of the opposite end of the office. The end where my colleague Shirley sits - this is the tiday end, so you can see why I didn't shoot my desk (it already looks like a bomb has hit it anyway !).

I have deliberately avoided mentioning the weather today as I didn't want to turn this blog into a version of the local weather report.

Once we arrived home from work I looked around the house and tried to find something else to add to the blog. Just as I had about given up on it for the day the cat decided to plonk herself down in the draining rack in the kitchen - well that was a photo opportunity not to be missed, even if it does mean another cat picture on the blog. As you can see the flash was a bit harsh but there is no control over it and it is set just to the left of the lens so I'm limited as to what I can do - nasty shadow in the background too ! Oh for a bounce flash, oh damn there's no hot shoe !