Bi-weekly Photo Comp Week #14 - Christmas Lights

[homeforsummer]

I'll probably go out tonight or tomorrow seeing how it is finally starting to snow and stuff

Ooh, get you. Here it's pissing down. Nothing so festive as snow...

 

[Azuremen]

Ooh, get you. Here it's pissing down. Nothing so festive as snow...

We've been getting a very Seattle-ish winter till just recent. And Seattle winters sound much like UK winters - cold and wet with minimal snow, if any.

Meanwhile, I grew up with a backyard that wouldn't look out of place in The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe this time of year. Probably why I'm kind of partial to snow, but living in a city now I can see the how much of the charm is lost between the dirt and grime is kind of generates.

 

[TB]

Final Entry



Canon T1i
12-21-2012
f/18, 1 sec, ISO100
Extension rings and flash (1/32 power) used

Click for larger​

 

[photonrider]

Solar - please hold on - I'm coming, I'm coming.

There'll be lights, soon. Just have to unload.


Edit: Okay I'm back . . . sorry I have a habit of not being logged on to more than two sites at a time; though GTP is, of course, one of my very favourite ones right now. Anyhow - my apologies to the rest of the gang that initiated this contest - I have missed two sessions now due to being an over-zealous parent/boss/slave.

Here's the only one I managed to grab - on the run. Doubt it'll get a win but may be enjoyed in the spirit of the game all the same .

FINAL

iPhone 3GS
Auto. Handheld. ​

 

[Solo]

You've got plenty of time Photon, dont worry about rushing, I've postponed the deadline by one week (26th December) due to a lack of entries 👍.

 

[photonrider]

Oh! Ah! What happened there?

Heehee . . . I sneaked in before you said that, Solar. I think. Einstein . . . you and your bloody Spacetime. I sliced it before and after.

 

[Sprite]

Well I would have done it sooner. iPhone 5.

Final Entry

 

[Blitz187]

Final Entry

De Bijenkorf Christmas Lights

23/12/2012

ISO 400 - 24mm - 1/100sec. - f/2.8

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Edit: Changed entry.

 

[wfooshee]

Forest of Candy Canes
Final Entry



December 23, 2012
Nikon D7000
70-300 ED VR at 300mm
ISO 1600, 1/125@f:5.6​

 

[photonrider]

Hmmm. Looks like Christmas Wars in here of a sudden.

Blitz - no offence - but your picture, while scintillating as a photograph, doesn't have enough Christmassiness to win. I mean . . the regular stuff of Christmas. Beautiful shot, though. Tip? Have fun taking another one. Coloured lights?

Up to you, though. 👍

Now . . . why am I telling you this when it's actually a contest between us?

:facepalm:
I might change my shot. Took some others yesterday.

Maybe I'm just greedy to see what else you'll come up with?

 

[nobuffalo]

How about some monochrome...

FINAL ENTRY




"Buck Stove" or "Ugly Rug"
12-23-12
Nikon D5100​

 

[Blitz187]

Hmmm. Looks like Christmas Wars in here of a sudden.

Blitz - no offence - but your picture, while scintillating as a photograph, doesn't have enough Christmassiness to win. I mean . . the regular stuff of Christmas. Beautiful shot, though. Tip? Have fun taking another one. Coloured lights?

Up to you, though. 👍

Now . . . why am I telling you this when it's actually a contest between us?

:facepalm:
I might change my shot. Took some others yesterday.

Maybe I'm just greedy to see what else you'll come up with?

^ Yeah I thought it might be stretching the theme a bit. But at the moment they have these light sculptures setup everywhere in the city in Amsterdam for the Christmas season. So there was plenty of "normal" christmas lights around to shoot, but I thought this looked way cooler. I agree with you though it's not really Christmasy shot, I'll see if I can find something more in line with the theme before the deadline.

 

[homeforsummer]

If I don't shoot anything better...

Lights on the mantelpiece
23/12/2012
iPhone 4​

 

[jus1029]

We had so many parols back in the Philippines! Since I'm on vacation in Hong Kong, I can't find a single Christmas light!

 

[Ibonibo]

Blitz it's x-mas not eastern tro

Nice picture though 👍

23/12/2012 Canon 600D
16mm iso100 6s 2.8f painted the tree with a torch​

 

[Blitz187]

Changed my entry to something more fitting

 

[photonrider]

Blitz - you're a maniac.

Good luck with that.

I guess I have to imagine how awesome that would be in colour.

 

[Solo]

Great to see the influx of entries here over the past few days, hope you all had a good Christmas. I'll be closing this up probably around 9pm GMT tonight so get any last few hour entries or changed entries in!