Thursday, December 9, 2010

A new view…

The next prompt for Picture the Holidays was “The View From Here”…and it just happened to occur on the day after I received a new 50mm 1.4 lens as an early birthday gift…so my view was through my new lens…and it has been ever since.IMG_1973 copy copy

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…it is so nice for shooting Christmas lights!

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

and it is so nice seeing your festive pictures

Karen thisoldhouse2.com said...

Photography is such a wonderful medium for creating a still moment, a feel. I'm hoping for a new camera for christmas! Or at the very least, a macro lens :-)

Love the shot in The Key post too.

steviewren said...

Happy Birthday! Nice gift. Lovely photos. My fave is the slightly unfocused Christmas lights.

Umā said...

How lovely! I adore my 50mm and I'm sure you're going to find it's on your camera more often than not. Happy (upcoming?) Birthday!

Ruth said...

WOW! I want one. :)

But seriously, those Christmas light shots are fantastic. They would be great for chakra meditations. :) I love the holly leaf shot too.

Hmm, I wonder when your birthday is . . .

Jen said...

so cool, can't wait to get mine in January!!

ds said...

Happy Birthday, happy lens!! Those lights are fabulous!

beth said...

that's a great lens....i want one of those, too :)

Char said...

i love my fiddy

beautiful shots

MaggieGem said...

Beautiful images... it's such fun to work with new lenses!

kate i said...

I have a 50 mm lens too that I love...beautiful photo's! I love the one on your header of hanging the wreath...an interesting shot.

Birdie said...

I love it!!! so beautiful :-)

Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti said...

Gorgeous photos! I have a suspicion my husband is getting me a new lens for my camera for Christmas as I caught him peeking at my camera's instruction booklet for info :)

Susan said...

Pretty, pretty! Love the Christmas lights.

Relyn Lawson said...

What a great birthday gift!