December Assignment: Kitsch decorations
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sonicbuffalo_RIP
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December is almost over....get those shots posted soon!
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Composition on this shot is not good, but I couldnt resist sharing more steeler's kitsch. Call it entry #2 i suppose.
Dr. I see you like the Cowboys. LOL
Slipperman
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#1 - Xmas army
Slipperman
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#2 - the 'dogcracker'
Slipperman
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#3 - Xmas village
Bob Blaylock
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Second entry:
Since the month is almost over, and it doesn't look likely that I will see any better examples of Christmas kitsch, I guess I'll submit, for my remaining two entries, a few shots that I've produced that I like, but which may not really count as proper kitsch.
This was from a different yard than the one where I found the inflatable Santa Claus in my first entry. I had intended to go back to that first yard, to photograph a tree that I wanted to use in the Christmas Lights weekly challenge, having taken a very good picture of that tree the week before, that didn't qualify because it had not been taken during the week of that challenge; only to find that that yard was not lit up that night. A few days I found that yard had been lit up, but apparently thieves/vandals had hit it, stealing some of the decorations therefrom, including some on the tree that I wanted to use, and also the inflatable Santa Claus, which I had already photographed and used for my first entry here.
But on this night, having found that yard not lit up, I drove around looking for another display that appealed to me, and ended up finding this one.
I HDRed this one using Microsoft Geodesic HDR, and then popstprocessed the solid digestive waste out of the result using a few other programs which, over the course of my time on Nikonites, this forum had directed me to free, albeit outdated versions.*
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Since the month is almost over, and it doesn't look likely that I will see any better examples of Christmas kitsch, I guess I'll submit, for my remaining two entries, a few shots that I've produced that I like, but which may not really count as proper kitsch.
This was from a different yard than the one where I found the inflatable Santa Claus in my first entry. I had intended to go back to that first yard, to photograph a tree that I wanted to use in the Christmas Lights weekly challenge, having taken a very good picture of that tree the week before, that didn't qualify because it had not been taken during the week of that challenge; only to find that that yard was not lit up that night. A few days I found that yard had been lit up, but apparently thieves/vandals had hit it, stealing some of the decorations therefrom, including some on the tree that I wanted to use, and also the inflatable Santa Claus, which I had already photographed and used for my first entry here.
But on this night, having found that yard not lit up, I drove around looking for another display that appealed to me, and ended up finding this one.
I HDRed this one using Microsoft Geodesic HDR, and then popstprocessed the solid digestive waste out of the result using a few other programs which, over the course of my time on Nikonites, this forum had directed me to free, albeit outdated versions.*
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Bob Blaylock
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Third entry:
Back to the first yard; This was taken a week before a weekly challenge in which I would have wanted to use it, the same yard in which I photographed the inflatable Santa Claus that made my first entry. On a night during that subsequent week, when I went back to photograph this tree again for that challenge, I found that vandals had stolen most of the hanging ornaments from this tree, as well as the inflatable Santa Claus. I did end up using the picture I took that night of this tree, for that challenge, but the missing ornaments made it less impressive than when I took this picture.
Other photographs that I took the same night I took this one, at the same location, may be see at this URL: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_blaylock/sets/72157649232145150/
Back to the first yard; This was taken a week before a weekly challenge in which I would have wanted to use it, the same yard in which I photographed the inflatable Santa Claus that made my first entry. On a night during that subsequent week, when I went back to photograph this tree again for that challenge, I found that vandals had stolen most of the hanging ornaments from this tree, as well as the inflatable Santa Claus. I did end up using the picture I took that night of this tree, for that challenge, but the missing ornaments made it less impressive than when I took this picture.
Other photographs that I took the same night I took this one, at the same location, may be see at this URL: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_blaylock/sets/72157649232145150/
Entry #3
All of this "Stuff" was scattered around the house for the holidays. I don't know where, but it was. Ha! Now it's time to pile it up to put away for another year.
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Date/Time Original : 2014:12:29 09:09:32
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All of this "Stuff" was scattered around the house for the holidays. I don't know where, but it was. Ha! Now it's time to pile it up to put away for another year.
--- EXIF ----
Make : NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model Name : NIKON D5300
Orientation : Horizontal (normal)
Exposure Time : 0.4
F Number : 25.0
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
ISO : 400
Date/Time Original : 2014:12:29 09:09:32
Create Date : 2014:12:29 09:09:32
Exposure Compensation : 0
Max Aperture Value : 5.7
Metering Mode : Multi-segment
Focal Length : 52.0 mm
I have a self portrait similar to this that I took a few winters ago. It was for a Christmas greeting. I promise I won't post it though. Ha!
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