Welcome to the Forum, Infra. Doca got it right when he said we can't mak it it better if we do not know what you were trying to accomplish. "Boring"? hmm... bet it wasn't boring for the poor little birdie. Most of everything is boring. The great thing about photography is that is lets you look at everything from different angles and relationships, and sometimes find wonder in the commonplace. When approaching any subject, study it from different angles, maybe at different times of day with different light. Look for strong compostitional elements. [What are these? Some of the monthly Challenge's here help with this.] As for equipment and media; the Canon system is great; I've used them for years. B&W is an expressive media, but challenging.