Every year I take some pictures of our tree. Tonight I was photographing this ornament that was a gift and is a new addition to our tree:
ISO 400 50mm 0ev f/2.5 0.4 sec
For this shot I choose a f-stop of 2.5 because I wanted the snowflake to be sharp but the pine needles to be a bit soft. I used a tripod so that I could take multiple shots that would be exactly the same except for the shutter speed. I then picked three of the photos and created an HDR image using Photomatix. I used the “natural” setting because with this photo I am just trying to show detail and leaving it at that. Thoughts or comments? feel free to leave them below.
This post was written in part as a response to the Weekly Photo Challenge the theme of which is one.
I would like to wish each of you a Merry Christmas, all the best to you.
Cheers!
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Cute crocheted ornament. I told myself earlier this year I was going to learn how to do those but…..! Well, wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
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Thank you, and all the best to you as well.
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Pretty! Merry Christmas to you too! : )))
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Thanks 🙂
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What a beautiful ornament Amy. I do so love seeing all the Christmas decorations as they are beautiful, even if we do not celebrate it, it sure is fun seeing all the beautiful photo’s that are posted. Wishing you and yours a lovely time hon and all of the best for 2014. 😀 *big hugs*
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Thanks, and I am looking forward to another year of reading your blog 🙂
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Merry Christmas to you and yours! I also have this habit of photographing the tree, but with varying results.
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Thanks 🙂 Certainly some of the photos I took ended up in the trash 🙂
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Great ornament. Snowflakes are always welcome…
Have a wonderful Christmas!
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Merry Christmas to you and yours too!
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Thanks 🙂
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That’s a lovely snowflake ornament! Merry Christmas!
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Thank you very much!
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Lovely and original ornament!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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Thanks and I hope you had a wonderful holiday too 🙂
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This is so very pretty; just like a snowflake. Merry Christmas to you too. 🙂
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Thanks!
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Merry Christmas! I know I am late, but I was too busy Christmas to blog. That is a lovely photo of the snowflake. What a very nice gift 🙂
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Yes, it was part of set, they are quite pretty.
Merry Christmas to you as well. It is a busy time of year, I wasn’t really around the blog too much either.
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Now, who crocheted that beauty? Lovely photo. AND I love the photo of the big cat at the top of your post. Gorgeous!
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Congratulations on being the first to comment on a new part of my blog 🙂 I am changing my theme for the new year. The original post about that particular photo is here:http://wp.me/p2owKx-r6 if you would like to take a look.
The ornament was a gift from my mother-in-law and she got it from a craft fair she attends every year, so actual artist is “unknown”
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