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I liked the effect of zooming with the Christmas lights so I tried it on the sun setting.

Happy New Year!

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More zooming Christmas lights.

Day 181

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Christmas lights. Click on the image for a larger view to see the lights better.

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Experimenting with water and the on-camera flash.

Day 176

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I wasn't finding much on my walk this evening so finally decided to just take some shots of lights while moving the camera. I chose this one since it looks like a bunch of flying candy canes, which seems appropriate since it is almost Christmas.

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I realized my battery was low and the -20 c temperature wasn't helping, but I got a few shots of some Christmas lights.

Day 173

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I noticed a large rainbow patch on my wall today coming from a prism on the window sill. Larger and richer than I've noticed before. I decided to try my glass candleholder in front of the light coming from this and got some nice colours in the patterns.

Day 172

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I went out to Pigeon Lake this morning and found that the ice had broken and been pushed up along this section of shore. These blocks are about 8 inches thick and the one on the left is standing 4 or 5 feet tall. It must have been something to see this happening. Apparently it happened a few days after the first real freeze, and I was there a couple of days after it had frozen. So I just missed it. Lots of interesting shapes.

In the distance is one of the first ice fishing shacks.

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I ended up leaving this one pretty much as it came out. I applied a little recovery of the highlights. The light was fading when I quit work and went out to find some snowflakes. I lit this with a small LED flashlight and got the angle to catch the reflected light off this one flake. I like the way it stands out from the other flakes around it.

Day 169

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It continued snowing and blowing last night. The snow was piled high on some of the branches of this spruce and I really like the way this looks. I converted this one to black and white.

Day 168

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Lots of wind blowing the snow around today. I liked the way the drifts looked from the back window so I went out and took a few shots. After importing and looking at them I would have liked it more if the ridge on the right had more shape. Something for me to look for and try again.

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The sun was out again today so I got out the glass candle holder.

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A light snow was falling today. This does not look quite like what I wanted. I will have to wait for larger snow flakes and try again.

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I initially went out thinking I would get some action shots of our dog playing in the snow. But it was a little too cold today and she didn't want anything to do with it. Instead I took a few shots around the backyard and picked this one because I like the way the snow has accumulated on the fence.

Day 163

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More candle flames today.

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I didn't get time today to plan a shot so as I was passing the Legislature on my way home from class tonight I took this.

Day 160

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I went back to the candle holder and light today. This time I used the late afternoon sun shining through the candle holder onto a piece of paper and shot from the back. There were a number with interesting patterns but this one stood out for me.

Day 159

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I played with shining different lights through a glass candlestick base that we have. There were a number that I really liked but I didn't have as much time as I wanted to go through them. I have been shooting and processing RAW images for the last couple of weeks so it takes more time to work with the images. I'm still learning. The dark red in this image output for the web did not come out as bright as it was in the original. As I said once before I need to figure out the right adjustments to get it to reflect the way it looks on my monitor.

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I played around with a couple of different objects and shadows today.

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This caught my eye today. The colour changed a little in exporting this image but it is pretty close to the way it looks. This is looking down on the edge of a Pyrex measuring cup. One we have has a blue cast and this one is more of a green when you look at the edge.

Day 155

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This birch stump is in our front yard. The tree died a few years ago and we had it removed; all except the stump. I've always liked the way it looks, but it is rotting and we will probably remove it next summer.

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I'm not sure what type of plant this is but it is the latest blooming one in our yard. It usually starts to bloom and get some colour right around when we get snow. Even though it has had snow on it for a while it has not totally dried up. The snow is on the foreground clump of flowers and the yellow behind are some of the leaves of other stalks.