Those of you who have been following me for a while no doubt recognize this place by now. This little dam and waterfall in the river not far from where I live is a spot I keep returning to ever so often with my camera, whatever the season of the year. This very cold and frozen winter, it is also one of the few places where one will still find running water…
The pictures in this post were all taken on New Year’s Eve, 2010 © DawnTreader
When my aunt and uncle were visiting on Sunday after New Year, we went into the town centre late at night for an icy-snowy-slippery walk in the town park, taking photos of the illuminated trees there.
The lights have been up all December but since I’m rarely in town after dark I had not seen them in their full glory. Unfortunately I still don’t have a proper tripod, only a small table-size one, but for some pictures I managed to place that on top of a wastepaper basket or similar for support. Not easy to keep the camera still free-hand long enough for night-shots (especially since my right arm is my “bad” one). So some turned out very blurry – but some quite good.
I will be showing some of them in bigger format later, but I thought I’d start out with a collage of some of the unedited shots for
Mosaic Monday at Mary’s Little Red House
Apologies for being a bit late - but maybe somewhere in the world it is still Monday?
Monica
Expecting guests for New Year’s Eve, I will most likely not have time to post again until next year…
so taking the opportunity to wish friends and followers
Happy New Year!
(Night picture from my window… with a little help from Picasa and Picnik!)
Maybe some of the other participants in Watery Wednesday had better luck…
