Christmas Tree dinghy - a New England coastal tradition

SquarePeg · Dec 5, 2021

There are a few of these floating around in New England. I know of one in Nantucket and another in Rhode Island. This one is in Marblehead MA. I'm sure there are others. I've asked this here on the forum before - Does anyone else have a similar tradition in their part of the world?

Light and joy by SharonCat..., on Flickr

Christmas Dingy by SharonCat..., on Flickr

Light and joy by SharonCat..., on Flickr

enezdez · Dec 5, 2021

Very cute, love it, the 1st & last are my favorites...Merry Christmas!

NS: Nikon Shooter · Dec 5, 2021

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Lovely and eye catching tradition!

Jeff15 · Dec 5, 2021

A very nice set.....

SquarePeg · Dec 5, 2021

enezdez said:
Very cute, love it, the 1st & last are my favorites...Merry Christmas!

Thanks a bunch! I’ll have to post a before and after on that last one. I tried some new things editing it.

NS: Nikon Shooter said:
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Lovely and eye catching tradition!

One of my favorite holiday scenes.

Jeff15 said:
A very nice set.....

Thank you very much….

Dean_Gretsch · Dec 6, 2021

Did you do a little background blurring on the first? I really like it!

PJM · Dec 6, 2021

Very nice. First and third for me.

SquarePeg · Dec 6, 2021

Dean_Gretsch said:
Did you do a little background blurring on the first? I really like it!

First and last are both from the same raw file. I wasn’t happy with the cluttered background or flat light so I started playing aroubd After sharpening in Topaz, I used the healing brush in PS to remove a boat from the background but it looked obvious so I used the new select subject option in LRC to select the dinghy and tree then I inverted that so I had just the background selected. Next I took the texture and clarity all the way to the left to really smooth out the water.

In the last one I left it wider to include the island and reflections in the background and went to the negative side of the dehaze on the background only to give it a slightly foggy look and then moved the temp slider to the left to increase the blue tones.

This is the photo I started with after making my usual edits.

Christmas Dingy by SharonCat..., on Flickr

SquarePeg · Dec 6, 2021

PJM said:
Very nice. First and third for me.

Thanks! May be heading there for sunrise this week if you want to join us. Also heads up on 12/19 moonrise is just after sunset on the east coast so a great chance of some pink sky moonrise photos. I’m thinking of heading to Nubble - the Christmas lights are on.