I got a new camera last summer – an Olympus E500, my first digital SLR.

I found these photos languishing on the memory card from the first few weeks I had it. I was trying out how good the 40-150mm zoom lens was by taking some snaps from my bedroom window.

This is a reasonable close up of the flowers in the garden from the first floor window

Here are a series of shots of my neighbour’s pear tree at the bottom of their garden, 20m or so away.

And finally, the main reason for going SLR is the huge amount of extra control you get. EG this shot, where you can get the camera to focus on the near tree and leave the tower block artily fuzzy.

Who knew the view was so interesting?