Signs of the Times

fraley

fraley

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Some people don't know when to stop :D
Got any extroverts in your neighborhood?

Merry Christmas to all!
 
I always thought that's the way Americans celebrate XMas! Maybe I'm too unfluenced by the movies. :)
 
I can't help being attracted by Christmas lights, the bright colors & the effort people put into decorating sometimes amazes me... any outstanding examples from your area?
 
bmattock said:
RML, that's beautiful!
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Thanks!

I hate to say it was taken with a digital Kodak camera that I borrowed from my brother to take the shot of my Japanesque Gold M2. :)

It was a lucky shot. I didn't have ANY control over the camera in any way, couldn't focus it properly most of the time, the VF wasn't showing what I got on the shot, and the viewing display is too small to give any useful feedback. 10 shots I took; 2 or 3 were "properly exposed". The rest was blurry, out of focus or washed out by the (auto) flash. I hope I'll get better results with the Eos 300D I bought 2 days ago (and will probably receive days after Xmas). :)
 
Originally posted by bmattock Ah, Santa Pimp. There's always a few people who have to take everything to extremes... Bill Mattocks
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Bill, I don't know about your area of NC but where I live in GA there are a lot of homes with enough lights to make a small city bright. I'm tempted to take a tripod and camera with color film and record a few.

Walker
 
Walker,

That's a fact, there are more than a couple of homes that can be seen from space here in this part of NC. I refer to them as "Santa Pimp" homes when they go totally over the top, but my wife loves 'em. We'll probably have to take a drive down the local 'Christmas Lane' this year.

And of course, some of the folks around here like their Christmas lights quite a bit - they never take them down.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 
Yes! Tim Allen extravaganza, or Chevy Chase in the Griswald family's Christmas Vacation, plugging in the house and draining the energy grid..
 
Another Christmas tree shot.

Lights are a bit scarce on 10th St this year. We have some up.

Happy Holidays to All, and to All good light, as Frank says.
 
In case anybody wants to know what happens shortly after new year, have a look at this:

http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/FramerT_MAG.aspx?V=CDocT&E=29YL534N3N3N&DT=ALB

Philip Marlow shoots a Mamiya 6, if I'm not mistaken.

Oh, by the way, for the past year I have been working on a similar project: I've been shooting ripped and torn umbrellas that have been thrown away in town. Might share some photos, but then again - everything was shot using Nikon SLR's or an Olympus Stylus Epic. So no RF :)
 
Jeroen,

made me think of those funny IKEA commercials about 'Olaf', the(probably made-up) Swedish holiday of the falling X-mas trees (you see a guy walking down a street, and behind him you see Christmas trees falling down from open windows)...

Roman
 
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