Christmas moon

It was a doubly rare event for me in Schenectady; a full moon on Christmas and a full halo.  Hand-held, so a little fuzzy, but it was too beautiful not to try.

Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
F Number	4.0
Focal Length	14.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 28.0 mm)
Exposure Time	0.8
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	1600
Advanced Scene Mode	Off
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Christmas ride

There was a Santa visit at City Hall, and many people came to see him.  There were rides around City Hall on this horse drawn wagon.  It's very unusual to see horses downtown these days!  No snow, and the temperature was in the mid-50s F.  I was wearing a short sleeved shirt!

Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
F Number	6.3
Focal Length	45.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 90.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/160
Exposure Program	Program AE
ISO	200
Advanced Scene Mode	Off
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Christmas lights

Some people decorate their houses with lights for Christmas.  This is not easy to photograph, even with the f /1.4 lens.  Of course I might have done better if I'd brought a tripod...

Using a different computer and I haven't installed my Exif tooling yet, so no photo data.

All spruced up

Downtown is already wearing Christmas decorations and the city tree is up too.

Lens	Minolta MD 50mm F/1.4
F Number	Unrecorded
Focal Length	50.0 mm
Exposure Time	1/1000
Shooting Mode	Program
Exposure Program	Program AE
ISO	100
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Christmas lighting

Some people decorate their houses and shrubbery with lights for Christmas. There are all sorts of ways it's done: some people put up as many strings of different colours as they can, with Santa Clause full sized in his sleigh on the roof, to boot!

This neighbour was not quite as... exuberant as that, preferring a more delicate touch with miniature white lights instead.

There's certainly room in the world for both, but this one came out better in the photograph!