Assignment #19: Holidays

ginger_55

This is my Daily shot for tomorrow, so I thought I would put it here, too. I took it tonight 12/23 at the mall. The carriages have always been downtown, but I guess with progress comes strange changes! It was pretty, and free.
Probably the mall is paying for it. I took many photos of the Charleston area this year, more than usual anyway. This is the addy to the Gallery of the photos I would call Christmas in Charleston. 2 pages. smugmug

http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/2251054/1/115106068

Nikolai

Christmas Tree
Fresh, just out of the camera:

ginger_55

Nikolai wrote:

Fresh, just out of the camera:

Nice scene, Merry Christmas!!

ginger_55

This is the serious stuff, put it out tonight!!



I shot it on Friday. Had gone to the doctor for antibiotics and stuff. So, I was out, my camera was with me, I couldn't resist. I asked my husband to take me places where I didn't have to do much walking which would have been impossible.
Then yesterday, I went to another spot.

Today, I have complete laryngitis, still sick, so I stayed home and worked up some of my "haul". This was worked up right after I took it on Friday, I saved it for tonight.

Merry Christmas!!

ginger

Oh, this was with my 30D Canon, 400mm lens, 800 ISO (gloomy out, expected bird to fly, plus I was not as steady as usual, smile). F5.6

anwmn1

Fresh Ones
Taken tonight. No PS just crop and sharpen.

Arizona Temple in Mesa






These are lights that float in the water. Pretty neat.


Check the reflections!!


Thanks and best wishes to all!!

Aaron

Nikolai

Xmas Lights
Not as fancy as Aaron's, but hey, you gotta work with what you have.
Little walk around our community on a Christmas Eve night:



Few more here: http://nik.smugmug.com/gallery/2272510

Osprey Whisperer

It's a little difficult getting in the holiday spirit here in Florida.....with the weather sunny and 80* for the last week. We are overcast and rainy today, though. Now...if it would just drop some 50* or so.

The locals making an attempt :












Cheers

ginger_55

Mike, let me know if you can get those Flamingo necks untangled!! smile.

Merry Christmas to the "sunshine state"!!!!

ginger

Nikolai

Mike,

Bird Man Photographer wrote:

It's a little difficult getting in the holiday spirit here in Florida.....with the weather sunny and 80* for the last week. We are overcast and rainy today, though. Now...if it would just drop some 50* or so.

The locals making an attempt :

Cheers

Since this is a free-form assignment, I'm trying not to comment much on it, but THIS is hilarious :-) You must've spent quite some time on pp, with all those reflections and all:-)

anwmn1

AND THE CHOIR SINGS



Aaron

anwmn1

Nikolai wrote:

Not as fancy as Aaron's, but hey, you gotta work with what you have.

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The snowman is moving!
At least your was in the neighborhood. I had to drive a ways to get to mine. Hope you had a great Christmas morning.

Aaron

Nikolai

Aaron,

anwmn1 wrote:

The snowman is moving!
At least your was in the neighborhood. I had to drive a ways to get to mine. Hope you had a great Christmas morning.

Aaron

Yeah, but it's simply me being me, i.e. lazy :-):D
And, as the result, I didn't get anything even closely resembling the stunning shots you've got

anwmn1

Nikolai wrote:

Yeah, but it's simply me being me, i.e. lazy :-):D
And, as the result, I didn't get anything even closely resembling the stunning shots you've got

Well mine were a bit difficult. There were hundreds of people at the Temple on x-mas eve. It tested my patience to wait until people moved and to be nice to all the missionaries that approached me.

Then I find out they had a special night for photographers- figures! I am pretty happy with what I got, thanks for the positive reinforcement.

Heading North in a few hours. Prescott AZ Courthouse and the Grand Canyon. Followed up by Santa Land Theme Park and a college bowl game- maybe two. And this is suppose to be vacation!?

Aaron

kres

...and this is without Candy...
This is the way that Xmas morning felt at my house:



The little guy was nothing but a blur.

Antonio Correia

Antonio Correia

anwmn1

Yavapai County Court House
This is located in Prescott Arizona 2hrs North of Phoenix. Prescott was once the territorial capitol of Arizona and is known as Arizona's Christmas city and has the longest running rodeo which is held every 4th of July.











Aaron

LiquidAir

One of our neighbors decorates their front yard with a model railroad each year:



The kids love it



There is a whole gallery here: http://images.liquidairphoto.com/gallery/2267299

jsedlak

nice entries! I have got to start participating in these...

here are two from Christmas from me.

Mom gets a new Canon XTi...


Grandfather, contemplating something...

Angelo

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Shima

Went to see the lights at brookfield zoo for holiday magic:








Back at the in-laws:






I call this one aftermath:

photodoug

ethemoon

Christmas in Los Angeles

Happy New Year Everyone !!! This was taken in my neighborhood near Larchmont. Every year the Youngwood Estates puts up a new year with Mr and Mrs Santa and all the David statues with their little hats.Fake snow, music and lights. Believe it or not , i had read that the neighbors actually tried to take him to court over his taste in decorations !!!. I think it's fabulous..... and he won.

Elaine

a few more Christmas shots...


Having been released from much of my high ISO fear through encouragment from DGrin members (thank you very much!), I had fun getting these zoo lights pictures...

Thwack

OK, here's my contribution....the local fire department hauls Santa through the neighborhood's major streets (remote fairly rural area) blaring the sirens on the trucks...if you hear the sirens, come on down and meet Santa.

I got lucky and they stopped two doors away from my place. This was taken from the balcony railing of my cabin the day after this thread started (I'm behind in my reading apparently).

Nandita

My first time playing. Hope to be a regular.

This is Union Square, San Francisco as reflected in an ornament on the giant Christmas tree there.

pepper44

Christmas morning shots, the baby is my daughter.






That's my husband.


Yay, family get togethers...