Camera settings

I took my Canon G2 digital
camera out the other day,
set it on close-up,
and snapped a lot of
pictures of spring flowers
like daffodils
and tulips.

Was so intent on looking
through the view finder,
neglecting to check the
image in the view screen,
that I failed to notice that
I had accidentally
clicked into Manual
mode when I switched the
camera on.

Lost all the daffodil pics
by this negligence. The
Manual settings were
not right for the daylight
close-ups I was making.

Well, a typical goof, for me.
But perhaps the memory
of it will help me to avoid
making that mistake
any more this year.

OEDILF partially restored

The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
http://www.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php --it's back up, with only a few weeks of posts lost, and a few months of comments missing from the data base.

Virge, the programmer who volunteers his time to the care and maintenance of the site, worked heroically all weekend. The forum is running and the little community of limerick writers is posting more strongly than ever.