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...if you're me, to take rather pitiful pictures of Christmas lights.

I was at Birmingham's Frankfurt market yesterday.  I had a monopod, but it was crowded, pouring with rain, I had the kids with me...etc...etc...all I managed to do was shoot off a few quick frames at different shutter speeds and mostly got out-of-focus pictures of people's heads and umbrellas where they stepped into the shot.

Enough of excuses.  This is probably the best of a very bad lot:

What are the experts' tips for photographing Christmas lights?

by Sassafras on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 04:53:45 AM EST
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I dunno, but this one is cool...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 05:07:25 AM EST
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I wanted to go but couldn't find a cheap ticket and nobody volunteers to go on the M25 if they can avoid it.

What was it like ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 12:29:47 PM EST
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I thought it was pretty good.  It has a reputation for being a rip-off, but, relative to Germany or the continental street markets we get here, everything seemed quite reasonably priced.  Lots of food stalls, though not many "proper" German decorations stalls, and you couldn't get near those there were.  Otherwise, craft stalls and wooden puzzle stalls: that sort of thing.

Oh, and there were some beer stalls too...  :)

by Sassafras on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 02:08:02 PM EST
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I like it - I'd never know it was Birmingham!

I lost the lens cap on my 50mm and it has been enough to keep me from using the camera everyday since my other lenses are just that too big to have in the bag when I have other stuff to carry too.  Plus the weather is uninspiring...

I must improve!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 01:39:47 PM EST
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Well, I've started on a weekend where I have Been Somewhere both days. Let's see if I manage to produce a picture on a working Monday...

I haven't had a chance to have a good look at the...cough...180 pictures from this afternoon.  But when I saw this on the way home, I felt like I had to pull over:

by Sassafras on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 04:46:36 PM EST
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Wow!

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Mon Dec 7th, 2009 at 03:00:51 AM EST
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