One of the really nice extras of the holiday season from a photographer’s perspective is that a lot of places put on special shows for a few weeks. A local botanical garden got all prettied up, so we swung by a few nights ago (before the most recent storm hit). Here’s one shot that I beat my head against for a while until I got happy with it:
You see, the lights on the tree are all blue — but since the camera’s dynamic range is less than that of a standard-issue human eye, they look white in this shot. I tried multiple exposures, HDR, the works — and just couldn’t recover the color in the brightest parts of the lights. Oh, well — after all the fuss, I finally got comfortable with this anyway…
Hope you & yours have a wonderful holiday season, regardless of how / whether you worship!
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December 24th, 2009 at 14:26
lol.. i hate it when that happens..
well the reflection you captured here looks good enough.. very nice shot! have a good one too.. 
December 24th, 2009 at 20:45
Good work!! You should be happy with this one, but it sure is frustrating when the photos doesn’t turn out as imagined ~ a familiar feeling
Happy Holidays!