1. Holiday Lights (Every quarter hour these illuminated snowflakes faded out and lit up again according to a different holiday tune. I caught them flashing to Jingle Bells on my way to the airport this evening.)
2. Holiday Spirit
3. A Holiday Treat (the best home-made pumpkin bar with homemade vanilla gelato and pecan praline I have ever had. And the best Americano I ever had to go with it (see photo 13). I just stopped in this place randomly because I thought it was a coffee shop and I needed to charge the lappy. Turns out it is a chocolate restaurant. Let me say that again. Chocolate. Restaurant. Needless to say I will be going back. They have chocolate beer floats with that homemade gelato. I'm not even a dessert person...)
4. An Ornament
5. A Gift-Wrapped Package
6. A Window Display
7. A Winter/Holiday Icon
8. A Tree
9. A Tradition (My wonderful friends Patrick and Lindsay, graciously hosted me for NYE. Here they are opening a bottle of port; don't worry, we're not doing shots! They have a delightful tradition for ringing in the New Year. It may be someone else's New Year's tradition, but I hope it becomes mine!)
10. Something that says Noel
11. Something Precious (Flying somewhere over the U.S. between New York and Chicago. Flying, if nothing else, keeps me conscious of how fragile humanity actually is.)
12. Something Peaceful (BUNNIES!)
13. Something Hot (The best americano I've had so far...)
14. Something Cold (Not the best picture I've taken, but it was the coldest on the solstice, probably 30 below at least, everything windy and frozen. At about 5 in the evening, only two brave ice skaters remained at the park across the street from my dad's house)
15. Something Red
16. Something Green
17. Motion Blur
18. Black and White Photo with Selective Coloring
(Ok, so technically I did this wrong because I thought we had access to Photoshop through my department but I can't seem to access it remotely. The consequences: I had to use Picasa, which I am not at all familiar with. I could not get it to do what I wanted at all, so this is the best I've got folks.)
19. Infrared
Ok team, you really can't do this one without a fancy expensive program like photo shop. Well, again, I downloaded Picasa (which then took over my photo management, so I am now doubly displeased), and anyway, I just cannot find anyway to create the desired affects with this one. I feel sort of whiny saying this, but I can't make it work and no one seems to know how to do it on the internet, which I take as a good sign that it probably can't be done. So disappointed my first photo hunt included something that isn't accessible to folks without a ton of money to spend on photography. :( Enjoy a picture of my cat playing with a straw instead!
20. Digital Macro (The only my cheap camera does well. Salmon maki!)
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Oh my gosh, I am so freakin' proud that you did this. So amazing! I keep going back and forth about it, but maybe I will try and do the next one. You're so awesome! <3
I JUST LOVE YOUR PICS !They are very newyork although there was a cat and a bunny :)
to see my Ostrobothnia, Finland pics go to my blog :)
nicely done... welcome to the world of photo hunts!
...and thanks for making me crave Sushi now ;)
Great pics! I really enjoyed looking at them, I've only ever seen the HUGE tree in Rockefella plaza on the Today show. Love your Tree, something precious, and even though it didn't turn out like you like, your BW with selective coloring turned out pretty neat!
You got a lot of great shots for the photo hunt.
I really loved a lot of them, but 1, 8 and 12 stand out as favorites. :)
Oh and the shot flying was really neat as well.
I've got my fork ready for your treat--yum! and I absolutely love how you caught the sparkle of the snow. well done :) Kaye—the road goes ever ever on
I had a very hard time with the IR one too because I don't have fancy programs or camera either! I DO love the picture you put up instead!! Cats + Straws = Fun times!
Great group of pics!
Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Great shots!! They are all soooo good! I am sorry the INfrared didn't work out for you, I think we all struggled with that one! Oh well, I wanted to try something different and it was more of a challenge than I thought when the idea first popped into my head
Thanks for the comments folks! I think the IR idea was neat, and I wish I'd had to tools to try it. Yay for excuses for photography!
Great pics! I especially liked nr 11 and 18!
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