Back in November I purchased a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT (a.k.a. Canon EOS 350D). It came with a Canon 18-55mm zoom lens which is a great all purpose lens. Gives me great wide angle shots and provides a little bit of zoom for most normal indoor shots. I also purchased a Sigma 70-300mm super zoom lens. While it's definitely hard to keep a steady hand at that zoom, I have been really happy with some of the resulting pictures.
Here is a picture I took of a full moon. I used a tripod and a long exposure for this shot. Being my first moon picture, I was quite pleased with the result.
This is a picture of a goldfinch that was sitting on my mailbox post one day. I was lucky enough that he didn't fly away as I ran in to get my camera. I shot this one without a tripod, but used a high shutter speed and took bursts of photos. Even though some were motion blurred (due to my unsteady hand), I also had several good ones.
