Here are some of my photos - I'm trying new things and it's really fun. All of them are taken with the kit lens and my 450D!
90% of these were taken in full manual - my first time venturing into full manual! None of these are cropped - some of them need to be I know

1. a marble!

2. cool "ball" light-up toy. (B&W)

3. Gift for my mom's b-day - she loves unicorns:

4. She likes purple:

5. used a laser pointer in this one

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6. yummy cupcake:

7. My first ever night shot, and one of my first in full manual! dang shadow of my tripod

Let me know what you guys think! Comments and criticism is welcome 