i always look forward to setting up and trimming the Christmas tree every year around thanksgiving. of course, this year was especially exciting because the boys helped. believe it or not we only had a few casualties(the good ornaments were on the top half of the tree!) although by the first of the year i am read to have all the Christmas decorations put away, but i am always sad to put up the ornaments and the tree. so here is one last tribute to our fading memory of the 2008 tree.....
*i had several e-mails and a comment asking how i took this image. thanks to a girl, Bobbi, over at 2peas, i was able to get this image quite easily!
-put lens on manual focus
-ISO around 800
-all lights off except Christmas tree lights
-settings, f/2.8, 1/30th
first i messed around with the focus until the lights were as 'blurred' as i wanted. then i metered the light and took the picture. i know i had a very slow shutter speed, but believe it or not, i hand held my camera for this shot!
my post processing was very simple, i did not do any contrast or color adjustments. i only added a texture(with a border), set on a very low opacity.
Dec 31, 2008
a tribute.....*update at bottom*
Posted by *Jennifer* at 3:14 PM
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That's cool...did you use the techique from Ms Booshay on PW's website or from 2 peas? Very neat!
BTW - Happy New Year! It's almost here!
wow, that is AWEsome, I love that!!
by the way..how did you do that?
That is a neat picture!!
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