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Headshots day 2
Band Shabbat
At Jackie’s school …
Petzval in the woods
Took my Christmas present to the woods this morning 🙂
It wasn’t particularly cold, but for some reason B&W felt right for a lot of these. Here they are again, but in color, which set do you prefer?
Either way, I really like this lens! It’s pin sharp in the center and allows you to dial in the amount of swirly bokeh you want; I’ve probably gone a little overboard with it in a lot of these, but I’m learning it’s foibles and having fun 🙂
2 damp doggies …
… in the back of the rental Hyundai Tucson I have while my car is in the shop after getting rear-ended just before Christmas. I don’t think the damage is too bad, but we have to wait for the other parties insurance adjuster to come and look at it before they can start the repair.
The Tucson is very nice (I had to insist on a larger rental than they were going to give me as I needed something that could haul the dogs around, and so they upgraded me to this), but I can’t wait to get my Crosstrek back!
Merry Christmas!
A few pictures of the usual family festivities in the Parish Hall after the Christmas morning service was done and we could all relax 🙂
Most of these are taken with my Christmas present from my amazing wife- a Lomography Petzval 55mm f/1.7 MKII Art Lens. It’s a modern re-imagining of a 19th century lens design which allows you to subtly adjust the bokeh and also has the option of adding shaped aperture plates- I couldn’t resist using the snowflake one- kitschy but fun 😉
There is a definite learning curve, but I love what I’ve got from it so far!
Then it was on to the presents, including the ever-popular grab-bag with special rules and an amazing riddle-based scavenger hunt by June, our mistress-of-ceremonies.
And finally, food and the usual amazing spread put together by Jackie (with a little help from Stew L.) and lots of fuzzy family time and conversations… and some very tired doggies who had a very busy day!
Snow dogs ….
Brrrrr!
Boy it’s cold this morning- 9°! But thankfully the girls have their warm coats and it’s absolutely beautiful out here in the woods!
The heat in our apartment can’t quite keep up when it’s this cold so I actually had to put out an extra space heater last night, but hopefully it will warm up a little today and then not be this cold again for a while.
A little quiet time
Jackie has gone with her nephews to see some Christmas lights, and June is busy getting ready to DM her regular Sunday night online Dungeons & Dragons campaign, so I thought I would take some time in the church to install the pew candles ahead of tomorrow’s Altar Guild decorating- while listening to one of my favorite Christmas albums, the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Charlie Brown Christmas, on the new church sound system 🙂