How about a "Show Us Your Christmas Lights"?

GraphyFotoz

Maybe nail it here as a Sticky?

Gotta have something to replace "Show Us Your Fall Colors" There aren't any left!!:cry
Could be interesting?:dunno

Dee

I like the idea

GraphyFotoz wrote:

Maybe nail it here as a Sticky?

Gotta have something to replace "Show Us Your Fall Colors" There aren't any left!!:cry
Could be interesting?

How about "local christmas lights" also? I'm hoping to get out this year around town to photograph some of the more brightly decorated homes. We have some famous ones in the bay area but I don't always get to see them. There's one block that does quite an extravaganza and another section of town in San Jose, Willow Glen, where the home owners decorate their matching trees in their yards.

There was this one house in New Jersey where every year they'd add more lights! We looked forward to seeing the Bruno's house each holiday season.

I'm sure we all have spots like this that would be of interest besides our own lights. What do you think? (Since it's your thread) :

DanielB

I"ll go to the Plaza in KC, KS for the X-mas Lighting Ceremony. Its always a big thing. should have shots posted up here sometime soon.

USAIR

Not just lights
How about "Show us your Christmas Colors" or "Show us your Holiday Spirit"
Or "Spirit of the Season"

or
How about we stop talking about it and post some photos

Fred

GraphyFotoz

USAIR wrote:

Not just lights
How about "Show us your Christmas Colors" or "Show us your Holiday Spirit"
Or "Spirit of the Season"

or
How about we stop talking about it and post some photos

Fred

Good idea on the names....

Hard to get excited about going out for pics when it's 20F outside

Dee

Too cold and lazy
to haul out the tripod. Our neighbor's lights are on. First house on the block! But while it's not 20 degres It's only 51 but it feels like 30! Hubby says I need to see planet and fuzzy moon. I may be able to rest cam on top of fence for neighbor's house... Oh brrrrr what I do for dgrin!

USAIR

Just checked the temp here in Ky 29 and we had freezing rain (it more like freezing fog now) was out all day shooting Christmas stuff froze my butt off.
Was asked to leave Newport on the Levee (no photos on private property)

AHHH the Christmas Spirit

New winter coat worked great kept me warm and easy to shoot with
Winter hikeing boots kept my feet toasty
Need new gloves old ones don't work anymore :cry
I think I am ready :uhoh

Fred

Fred Maurer

6 replies and no pictures yet?
Not exactly "my Christmas Lights" but here is a Christmas Tree at least!

Dee

First lights on the block
Not the best angle, but I misplaced my little tripod and the thing you attach to your camera for the big tripod...

USAIR

Well here's one from today no Christmas lights but it does have a light in it


Thanks
Fred

Stormdancing

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Dee

Too funny!
What a great catch!

wholenewlight

Speaking of christmas lights. . .

You've gotta watch this video clip (don't worry, it's kid safe, nothing bad here):

http://members.cox.net/transam57/lights.wmv

same video, different link, (smaller image size) :

http://www.mypartypost.com/watchvideo/1033/Best_Christmas_Lights_Display_Ever

"Behind the scenes" story about the lights:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/xmaslights.asp

The music, by the way, is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Wizards in Winter. Cool Christmas music concert if you ever have the chance to go.


Have fun!

rainforest1155

wholenewlight wrote:

Speaking of christmas lights. . .

You've gotta watch this video clip (don't worry, it's kid safe, nothing bad here):

http://members.cox.net/transam57/lights.wmv

JUST AWESOME!
Everytime you think you've seen it all - they keep on popping up new lights! Perfectly synced - love it.

Do you have more of it??
Thanks,
Sebastian

PS: Found another song in the backgroundinfo page you linked.
The music is actually transmitted to your radio on a specific frequency when you drive by. How cool's that? :

wholenewlight

rainforest1155 wrote:

JUST AWESOME!

Do you have more of it??
How cool's that? :

There are some more links to animated displays on planetchristmas.com but most of them are very sloooow to download and view.

FYI, I looked up the price of the controllers to do this kind of thing. This guy has 88 seperate channels controlling the lights. $1399 for 80 channels. + the FM transmitter, cost =??. + 20k lights. + the power bill amd higher amp circuits. The guy should get into digital photography - he could buy quite an outfit with some "L" glass

Baldy

I am so doing that. I've been buying controllers, lights, the whole deal!

Even this dude to make his appearance near the finale for the kiddies:

wholenewlight

Baldy wrote:

I am so doing that. I've been buying controllers, lights, the whole deal!

Even this dude to make his appearance near the finale for the kiddies:

and the video of this multi-media event will appear when??? :

Dee

I'm a neighbor
Where's your house! I'll bring my grandson!

gurlondrums

Thought I'd share a photo I took tonight. On my way home from work, I couldn't help but notice all the houses decked out.



Question: I'm a newb. The pictures I took tonight came out slightly blurred. I'm guessing from not keeping the camera completely steady (I tried my best and the shots looked good on the LCD screen). And I have no tripod. Any tips for keeping a camera steady without the use of a tripod? Or, maybe steadiness wasn't the problem and I just did something dumb. :cry

JimM

Okay, I braved the cold for your enjoyment...







I am going to Chicago this weekend. I am going to try to grab some more there.

Andy

Once I saw this, what's the point?
Really, is this cool or what?

ian408

Andy wrote:

Really, is this cool or what?

No wonder the company can't keep stock

Ian

Angelo

wholenewlight wrote:

Speaking of christmas lights. . .

You've gotta watch this video clip (don't worry, it's kid safe, nothing bad here):

http://members.cox.net/transam57/lights.wmv

same video, different link, (smaller image size) :

http://www.mypartypost.com/watchvideo/1033/Best_Christmas_Lights_Display_Ever

"Behind the scenes" story about the lights:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/xmaslights.asp

The music, by the way, is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Wizards in Winter. Cool Christmas music concert if you ever have the chance to go.


Have fun!

OH MY GOSH!!!!! OK, so like I could totally BE this guy but I'm sure glad I don't live across the street from this guy!!!!

rainforest1155

Here's a picture on the topic taken in Leipzig, Germany. This is my daily picture from Monday and I really tried to find some single houses with nice Christmas decoration, but I didn't have much luck as I came mostly through streets with bigger houses. This flower shop came to my rescue:


Now come on and post your pictures - this should be easy to beat!

Sebastian

Tim Kirkwood

wholenewlight wrote:

Speaking of christmas lights. . .

You've gotta watch this video clip (don't worry, it's kid safe, nothing bad here):

http://members.cox.net/transam57/lights.wmv

same video, different link, (smaller image size) :

http://www.mypartypost.com/watchvideo/1033/Best_Christmas_Lights_Display_Ever

"Behind the scenes" story about the lights:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/xmaslights.asp

The music, by the way, is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Wizards in Winter. Cool Christmas music concert if you ever have the chance to go.


Have fun!

I live very close to this house. It is very cool to see in person.

wholenewlight

Tim Kirkwood wrote:

I live very close to this house. It is very cool to see in person.

A local radio station had the homeowner on a talk show. He's spent more than I had guessed - more than $3.5K so far. He's getting a lot of attention on this. Certainly not the only person doing it but his house video is the one being sent all over the web.

rainforest1155

Here's another Christmas tree from the Christmas Market in Leipzig, Germany:

I couldn't resist blowing it up, but be warned - it looks disastrous!

Sebastian

wholenewlight

rainforest1155 wrote:

I couldn't resist blowing it up, but be warned - it looks disastrous!

Heehee - that's how I want my house Christmas lights to look - Nuclear Bright - pity my poor neighbors . . .

rainforest1155

wholenewlight wrote:

Heehee - that's how I want my house Christmas lights to look - Nuclear Bright - pity my poor neighbors . . .

Also had this in mind as I played with the levels-slider in order to find remainders of some cloning I've done in the dark areas. I decided to keep the leveled result. Then I also played with the idea of an animation by slowly sliding the levels-slider ultimatively resulting in a totally white picture. But this has to wait.

Sebastian

Aviator327

Not exactly my Christmas lights. Took these at a friend's house last week of their Christmas display.

Tim Kirkwood

wholenewlight wrote:

A local radio station had the homeowner on a talk show. He's spent more than I had guessed - more than $3.5K so far. He's getting a lot of attention on this. Certainly not the only person doing it but his house video is the one being sent all over the web.

They have shut him down due to traffic concerns.




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Wednesday, December 7, 2005

Deerfield "Light" house pulls the plug

By Jessica Brown
Enquirer staff writer

DEERFIELD TWP. – Just two days after his computerized Christmas light display gained national media attention, Carson Williams had to shut it down last night because of traffic problems.

So many cars have been coming to his house to see the display it has become a safety concern, he said. Last night a car accident occurred in the midst of the traffic jam caused by the display and authorities were unable to get to the scene, he said.

“I’ve compromised the safety of the people who live in our neighborhood,” he said. “So we’ve shut the show down indefinitely.”

The light show featured several Christmas songs, including one from the Trans-Syberian Orchestra. He synchronized the 25,000 lights on his home to flash to the music, which played on an FM radio frequency so passers by could tune in.

Williams posted his 2004 display online and it became so popular it earned his family an appearance Monday on “The Today Show.”
The 2004 show is still available online at:

http://media.putfile.com/Wizards-of-Winter-Christmas-Lights.

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