Christmastime in Syracuse. Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/15s, f/3.5, ISO 450, EV +1.0, 18mm focal length.
Now the snow really has a reason, it decorates the season
The photo which leads off this post was taken on December 20, 2007 in Clinton Square showing the ice skating rink Syracuse (NY) Parks and Recreation runs each year. I wanted to recreate this scene this year to share with you but the rink was closed the night I was shooting due to being buried in three feet of snow. As all good photographers will do, I found other scenes to share with you.
A Christmas wreath outside of 250 Clinton Street in downtown Syracuse, New York. Nikon D700/28-300VR, 1/40s, f/4, ISO 6400, EV +1.0, 40mm focal length.
For 2010, Syracuse’s Christmas tree in Clinton Square is using the energy saving LED lights for the first time. Looks much different than the one from 2007.
Clinton Square Christmas tree in downtown Syracuse, New York. Nikon D700/28-300VR, f/16, ISO 800, EV +1.0, 62mm focal length, tripod, HDR image.
The quote above is from a beautiful Christmas song written and performed by the Trash Site Blues Band which first recorded it in 1985. Here’s a video of the song.
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Thank you for sharing. You can’t say it doesn’t look like Christmas here.
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That’s for sure, Joanne! Thank you for stopping by!
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It’s snowing!!
Love the first photo! To me, THAT’s what Christmastime is supposed to look like.
That’s a lot of lights on that Christmas tree! Way too many blue and green ones, though 😦
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If that’s your vision of Christmastime, we got tons of it this year. Over 70 inches of snow and counting for December.
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The first photo is a classic. Looks almost like a vintage Christmas. Beautiful!
I love the way the snow shows up in the Christmas wreath shot. (One would think I’d had enough of snow by now…lol!)
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I figure one can curse the snow or enjoy it. I chose to enjoy it.
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Scott, the last HDR image looks like a painting, absolutely beautiful.
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The HDR processing I decided on must have worked as that was exactly the kind of image I was trying to create!
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Thank you Scott, your photos are helping me getting into “Christmas mode”. I think you did well by chosing the” wreath in snow” as alternative to the closed ice skating rink, the light effect is perfect. The tree is impressing.
Is saving energy by using LED a topic in Daily life? Here it is. And it´s still a problem to find light with similar color as the old electric bulb.
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LED lights this year are a buzz as the prices have come down to a point people are replacing the older style of lights. I will try and find some after Christmas bargains to replace my outdoor lights with LEDs for next year.
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I just love your skating rink shot. So beautiful. I’d love to be there – I haven’t put on my skates in a couple years, and that looks like a great place to do it. The Christmas lights around here just don’t have that charming look since we don’t really have snow yet.
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I hope you get some snow for Christmas. I believe you just might. 🙂
The rink is fun to skate on. I hope to go back sometime next week to skate and photograph it.
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I like the blue tree! It reminds me of the year . . . no. I will stop with the nostalgia. It’s pretty.
Now I’m going to let the song load. Maybe I’ll bake a batch of cookies.
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I hope the nostalgia is a good memory for you, Gerry. Did you get to hear the song?
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Thanks for the LDCMB Scott. 🙂
“Long distance Christmas mood broadcast”
It looks very different from here in Denmark. I really like the mood in the picture with the skaters.
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beautiful photos – the song (co-written by Michael Carletta and me) was first recorded by the Trash Site Blues Band in 1985, not 1994. thanks.
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Thank you, Scott. I was going by one of Big Mike’s Christmas CDs for the date. I’ll update the post and thank you and Michael for creating a classic Christmas tradition in my home.
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Great shots, Scott! Now, I’m all for LED lights (I have switched to warm white ones myself) BUT, I simply cannot get into the colored LEDs that seem to have waaaay too many blues and greens! Some day the light manufacturers will get it right. However, with that said, I do think in the case of the last image, the tree does make those white-lighted deer pop!
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Yes, those deer do pop, don’t they? My tree’s LED lights seem well balanced with blues, greens, reds and yellows.
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Very nice, Scott. I really like the first one and the tree. Looks like your D700 is getting a workout. 😉
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Hi, Dave! Yep, the D700 is getting well used. Getting great results which get better and better the more I use it.
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After seeing what Nikon did with that new D7000, I can’t imagine what they have in store for the new year with the D800.
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