christmas

December 14th in New Jersey

Well, I've been seeing Christmas lights and decorations going up since November 1 - but I have held off until today. Correction to this post - it can be for any holiday this time of year! :) I'll start us off.

This water tower in Colchester is nicknamed Jumbo, with a Xmas tree beneath it.

Time to start the yearly thread I guess. You may not see this time of year as Christmas and of course @gryphon1911 has had his Holiday Images thread up and running for over a month, which is how a lot of people refer to it, so feel free to post there too/ instead...

It is that time of the year again and everyone tries to celebrate the holiday. Some are not able to do so because of war, poverty, and other tragedies. I, My wife, Linda, my three dogs, Pete, Sissy and Heidi wish you a happy holiday, Merry Christmas. We tried to get the dogs settled down for...

Every year for at least the last 15 years, my wife and I have been lucky to have been asked to help the Young Lawyers of our Bar Association with their annual chosen charity, the homeless residents of the Salvation Army. Every year, I take my camera and accessories to the residence hall for...

Well, depending on where you are in the world it is or is about to be 1 December. That's not too early to start the Crimbo thread is it? Well too bad if it is! Feel free to post your 2022 pics here as the month progresses. I'll start off with two, taken in November, the result of the retailers...

Lights are up in some areas and this locomotive is all decked out. Fuji X T 2 with 85mm Mark II viltrox 1.8.

I took a little Christmas Eve stroll yesterday to give my body some exercise before the food onslaught! I took my Pen-F and the 12, 17, and 45mm primes. I love this combo. All the lenses are excellent performers and weigh almost nothing. Mounted on the Pen-F, they are a joy to handle. In...

It just dawned on me that we don't have one. Well, at least I don't think we have, apologies if that's the case. I started last year's thread way too early in November, now I'm starting one way too late. But started it I have. Feel free to post your Crimbo 2021 pics here, also a good excuse...

This is from last year. I am the old guy in Lederhosen. My wife, Linda, holds her dog, Sissy. My companion is Pete and he is on my lap and the little dog named Heidi is trying to get under my hat. She had been a rescue and had been with us a couple of weeks. We are in my wife's photography...

Well, wide angle at least. Voigtlander 21/4 fresh from repair.

State Auto Insurance office in Columbus Ohio puts up a Nativity story scene that they call Christmas Corner, 1:1 scale on the displays there. It is lit up at night, but has just been erected and I have not had a chance to visit at night. If I do get a chance, I'll go back capture some images...

One of her Christmas gifts was a set of rollerblades. We have taken a few park trips to try and get more secure and get out of the house. A6400 and 18-135mm Still not perfect, took a few tumbles But she is proud of herself

Inspired by Christmas 2020- This has been a tough year, and I've been going through pictures of Christmas Past. This one is from 1972- my Sister and Nephew. I took this shot with my Minolta HiMatic 9, same camera that I did the CLA on this past year. by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

We made some sugar cookies and Gingerbread Houses A6400 and 18-135mm and MEKE flash

Is anyone else watching for the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn? Apparently this is the closest they have appeared for 800 years, and by the winter solstice they will appear as a single large (Christmas?) star. I've just been looking out of an upstairs window and the two planets are close...

The announcements for everything in the works from Disney today was huge. Any Star Wars fan should be really happy.

A bit slow this year but Christmas is finally out. A6400 and 50mm Minolta Macro

Today's the day! SHARP FOCUS is out in ebook and paperback today. I've started work on the next big novel, CHIAROSCURO, which will come out next year. The second Short Trip will be published in early 2022, and will be a historical adventure, set during the Seven Years War. The working title for...

Went past a decorated up house tonight, so thought I'd start this thread (a bit early, I know). Feel free to post your crimbo 2020 pics here, also a good excuse to create some bokeh balls, no?

Cheers, Jock (the foul weather camera strikes again.)

This is for if you are doing Christmas portraits with a lit Christmas tree in the shot. With your person, or persons, in position for the photo. Set all of your camera settings for the lights on the Christmas tree and get that exposure dialed in. Then add your lighting for the people. Adjust the...

We were at a Christmas concert and they had this photo booth set up so of course, we had to take a few A6000 and 18-135mm

Christmas Cookies 12/24/18 Fujifilm X100T

A6000 and 50mm Minolta

Hope you all had a fantastic Holiday season. A few shots from our crew Christmas Eve Light tour A6000 and 50mm SEL Christmas Lights on the Mesa Arizona Temple Grounds

Went to one of our big local Christmas events with our nieghbor Winter Wonder - | ScottsdaleBible.com A6000 and 50mm SEL Before the show portraits: The concert: And a few more shots afterwards:

28-70mm and A6000 20mm and A6000

Spent Sunday evening exploring Christmas Lights Christmas Lights on the Mesa Arizona Temple Grounds Took a few shots of the crew. A6000 and 50mm SEL. All handheld, with ISO 6400

First Christmas Event of the Season. Tempe, AZ puts on a light parade, a lot of fun. Took along the A6000 and 50mm SEL. I had to bump up to ISO 6400 to get anything descent.

Taken with the Fuji XF1 on EXR high iso & low noise mode at 1600 ISO, manual focus, f/4.9, 1.7 secs

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