Assignment 3 -- Winter Wonderland -- Congratulations piiooo

Another round of congratulations to Itheone on his win. He asked for the seasonal theme of "winter wonderland." I can't require new pictures on this one as those south of the equator would have gotten them about six months ago. So whether a new picture, or an old one, how do you interpret Winter Wonderland. Itheone and musickna are judging!





I am proud to announce piiooo as the winner. Sorry this took a couple of days, I was travelling for Christmas.


piiooo


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here's mine: (taken from outside my house last week with 17-40l on 50d)


It was cropped a tad (this is about 95% of the image). This IS my official entry!


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I'm in FL, I'm out.

I'm in Florida too but... I'm not going to give up yet. You have to admit that winter in Florida IS a wonderland. Sun, shorts, beach and boat parades for Christmas full of holiday lights.





Gotta ponder this one.

Yeah you're right. I shouldn't give up so easily. It is hard for this northern transplant to think of FL as anything of a wonderland sometimes. Especially a winter one.

Come on guys, let's see the winter in Florida, show us those "brutally" sunny December days. I'm personally jealous of anybody in Florida these days when it's 15 degrees here in Chicago.

I like the hopefulness of this one. Taken the day after a ~3" snowfall. What struck me was that here at the beginning of winter, the little bit of ice and snow left on the bare branches after the strong overnight wind looks like the buds of the coming spring. As someone who moved from San Diego to Boston, that's my interpretation of a winter wonderland - hope for the spring to come.


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Rebel T1i, EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM at 17mm, f/8, 1/320, ISO200

I was shooting some friends kite sailing on a Frozen lake, and this little girl decided to build a snowman. This was a quick shot that ended up being one of my favorites of the day!


Shot info: Canon 40d and 24-105 ISO200, 96mm, f4.0, 1/3200


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And this was the intended subject for the day!





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Shot info: Canon 40d 24-105 ISO400 f14 1/1000


Not much snow here for the really good Winter Wonderland shots, but it's coming. ;-)


Rich

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Here's mine. Taken February 21, 2009. haha. Memorial jib fest for a friend.

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