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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