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Christmas Tree 2018
Notice Inspector Flamingo, all tucked in in the corner.
You are viewing stuff tagged with christmaslights.
Notice Inspector Flamingo, all tucked in in the corner.
A few nights ago, Mykala drove us around to look at Christmas lights. Ess sang Christmas songs in the back. She took off her boots and then her socks, like she always does. Then she told us about how one of her feet was cold:
“Mama foot cold. Mama foot not under the blanket. Mama foot is cold.”
“Ess, did you take off your boot?”
*30 seconds of silence*
When you want to save everything and forget nothing, you are always stretched between participating and documenting.
A seven foot white pine Christmas tree, grown at the Kroeger’s family tree farm from which you pick it up, freshly cut for you, baled, and drilled plumb for a tree stand is $59, which I believe is an excellent deal. We went to get ours yesterday and marveled at the difference a year makes with Essie. Last year, Ess was in the Björn, reacting a tiny bit to things, and generally kind of just along for the ride. This year she is 16 months old and far more interactive: riding on my back in the Kelty, reaching out at trees she likes, drinking sips of apple juice in the warming house, beaming at people she sees. The long-needled trees like our white pine feel soft to the hand, and, as with anything she feels that is thick and soft, Ess says “maoww”, meaning that it feels just like her cat at home.
Wasn’t feeling all that Christmas-y yesterday, but Mykala pointed out that it was not going to be that warm for a long time and maybe we should get the tree so Ess can see the trees outside in their natural habit. Wouldn’t want to raise someone who thinks Christmas trees come from asphalt lots in strip malls.
Got a shorter tree this year, which made loading, unloading, carrying, and putting it up far easier. Note the old-fashioned C9 bulbs on the tree — very proud of incandescent Christmas lighting.
At Justin and Amber’s wedding, we’ve this lovely ceiling!
Some more masking — since the low light levels create color noise in the dark areas, I masked out the center area of interest and turned the outside edges to black and white. That way, your eyes are attracted to the colors of the Christmas lights, and not the colors from the sensor noise.
Did a bit of masking to get this effect right.
Seven images at different exposures, merged to HDR, colors tweaked, shadows brought out, and a filter applied to cover up the mess. Still doesn’t look the way I’d like. Maybe I’ll get it next year.
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