It's here!

So my T3i arrived today (after a bit of trouble with UPS), and I'm already having a great time with it! Sadly by the time I got the package it was already after dark, so I have already started my photography career by trying to shoot at night and indoors. That being said, I'm getting great practice at trying to make the best of low light. Cat's are hella hard to take pictures of in low light!

I've probably taken about 100 shots or so thus far. Out of them there have been about 5 that I'm fairly satisfied with. Here's what I have so far:

 

 Surprisingly, I've already found that I feel far more comfortable trying to shoot manual than I do in full auto modes. I still have a long way to go before I'll be able to whip out exposure settings without more or less just doing what the exposure meter shows as normal, but it's a start.

One more bonus shot to post because I had to grab the camera to take it right in the middle of this post: