Entering the digital (SLR) era

My friend mooch (if he is reading) will be happy to know that after 2 years of "I'll buy it..." I bought my first DSLR camera: a Canon EOS 450D. Long expected purchase, that finally allows me to make some "real" photo (not that crappy stuff I was making before).
Just unpacked and studied all the instructions, here's one of the first shots: