PineCone

A few days ago we had a branch weighed down with some snow fall in the front yard of our house. And so I recovered a pinecone or two for Christmas decorations. Here’s one of them photographed with the Sigma 30mm 1.4 lens.

More Christmas Tree Photos

Since I have an early Christmas present I couldn’t resist using it with my Sigma 30mm 1.4 lens. I therefore took this picture. And no, the head didn’t actually come from the above linked camera shop.

Actually I also checked out my Rokinon 12mm f2 lens as well (see below) , so this turned out to be a bit of a test of both the lenses and the tripod mount.

Christmas Tree Decorations

I have not had an opportunity to get out with the camera today, but we do have a Christmas tree in the living room and it’s a perfectly photogenic model.

And here is the tree in full.

VA Band Gig

The Seed & Feed Marching Abominable band provided entertainment today at the holiday party for veterans and their family here at the Atlanta VA facility. We did a short standstill performance and I believe everyone had a good time.

And following the indoor performance we placed for a few minutes outside.

Birds and Snow

We had an surprising amount of snow in Atlanta overnight and this morning our bird suet feeder was quite popular. Here are a few of the pictures that I took today.

Here we see bluebirds, etc

And now a Northern Flicker

And finally a Male Cardinal

Band at Night

Here are a couple of pictures from last Friday’s performance of the Seed & Feed Marching Abominable band for the Annual Xmas Tree lighting at the Piedmont Driving Club here in Atlanta.

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Emory Walk

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It was a pleasant afternoon for a walk last Thanksgiving Day, so I drove over to the Emory University Daycare center, parked the car, and then walked along the bus route to the main Emory University Campus. Actually I was initially heading to the old railway station Depot so that I could take photos for trover. This web service is particularly intriguing for me since it holds location based photos and these photos can also be displayed against a google map. Needless to say I was excited at the prospect of trying it out and as I’d already posted some photos of local objects of interest I decided to add photos from Emory.

And here’s a photo of the the Depot which is now a restaurant and coffee shop.

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Here’s a photo of the student cafeteria which is certainly well lit by the sun which at this time was low in the late November sky.

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I pressed on a little further that afternoon since I wanted to get a picture of the Emory Quad. Here it is.