Show Off Your X-mas Tree, Guys!

[dphotohobbyist]

Waving hello to everyone in the bulb!

 

[JustJazzie]

<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=61463"/> <img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=61464"/> Waving hello to everyone in the bulb!

Sooo pretty!!


Here's our second tree this season. There is a funny story and pictures to go with tree number one, but I won't type it out if no one is interested.

Anyways, tree number two, hopefully the resolution isn't too low to see it!

 

[Kazzy]

Sooo pretty!! Here's our second tree this season. There is a funny story and pictures to go with tree number one, but I won't type it out if no one is interested. Anyways, tree number two, hopefully the resolution isn't too low to see it!

I am interested...I always love a funny story.

Not to mention how much it will annoy me if I don't know.

 

[Rocketman1978]

 

[JustJazzie]

I am interested...I always love a funny story. Not to mention how much it will annoy me if I don't know.

I will post it during nap time then

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Wow!! Sooooo pretty!

Can you share your exposure settings?

 

[JustJazzie]

I am interested...I always love a funny story. Not to mention how much it will annoy me if I don't know.

We woke up the morning of the 30th all ready to head out to the forest to pick the perfect tree. There was a local fundraiser going on, and for only $20 you could chop down your own tree. All proceeds went to the local middle school to send the 8th graders to sea camp in California! We found the perfect tree. at least we thought....once DH cut it down the fun started. It was HEAVY. And POKEY. My legs got scratched and nearly bled through my jeans. Luckily, some poor man offered to help DH carry it to the car since I was useless. We knew it was bigger than we thought, but didn't realize just HOW big until we started seeing the other drivers faces we passed on the road. I counted at least 3 double takes, 2 jaw drops, and uncountable crack-ups. We lost 2 feet of tips when it fell off the car, and at least 4 feet at the base. I'm not even sure how DH managed it get it into the house, but he ended up shoving it through the window. (Once he cut that trees down, he was determined to get it set up!) our pretty, full, Christmas tree, quickly transformed into a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, loosing over 30% of its branches and limbs in its journey to our living room... I swear it didn't look THAT tall when we picked it. Anyways, at this point, I will let the pictures speak for themselves.....

In case anyone is wondering, floor to bottom of beam is about 18 feet. ;-)

 

[Rocketman1978]

Wow!! Sooooo pretty!

Can you share your exposure settings?

Thanks so much!

Shot with my 50, f/22, ISO100, 30s exposure.

 

[Tiller]

We woke up the morning of the 30th all ready to head out to the forest to pick the perfect tree. There was a local fundraiser going on, and for only $20 you could chop down your own tree. All proceeds went to the local middle school to send the 8th graders to sea camp in California! We found the perfect tree. at least we thought....once DH cut it down the fun started. It was HEAVY. And POKEY. My legs got scratched and nearly bled through my jeans. Luckily, some poor man offered to help DH carry it to the car since I was useless. We knew it was bigger than we thought, but didn't realize just HOW big until we started seeing the other drivers faces we passed on the road. I counted at least 3 double takes, 2 jaw drops, and uncountable crack-ups. We lost 2 feet of tips when it fell off the car, and at least 4 feet at the base. I'm not even sure how DH managed it get it into the house, but he ended up shoving it through the window. (Once he cut that trees down, he was determined to get it set up!) our pretty, full, Christmas tree, quickly transformed into a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, loosing over 30% of its branches and limbs in its journey to our living room... I swear it didn't look THAT tall when we picked it. Anyways, at this point, I will let the pictures speak for themselves..... In case anyone is wondering, floor to bottom of beam is about 18 feet. ;-)

Great story!

That thing is humongous! :mrgreen:

It looks like you have a beautiful home. I have always loved tall ceilings with the exposed beams.

 

[centauro74]

My tree

 

[JustJazzie]

Thanks so much! Shot with my 50, f/22, ISO100, 30s exposure.

Thanks! Now I'm gonna go try and take a better shot of mine!

Great story! That thing is humongous! :megreen: It looks like you have a beautiful home. I have always loved tall ceilings with the exposed beams.

Thank you! We love it, and I can't help but feel like a princess waking up here.

 

[SnappingShark]

Late to the party (been on my phone for a while), but here's ours!

Fake one in our "den" - we haven't put up the real deal yet!

... and I just double posted in the double thread!! d'oh!!

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... and yes, that's a burger king crown on top of it!!!

 

[Ron Evers]

Funny, I keep seeing straight trees & crooked rooms.

 

[Stevepwns]

I dont have a tree, but my sister does, and so does my brother. They have slightly different tastes.

 

[oldhippy]

I dont have a tree, but my sister does, and so does my brother. They have slightly different tastes.
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Now that's got to be the wildest spread in holiday decor ever. Later Ed

 

[Ron Evers]

Looks like Steve's brother has a bottle of Crown Royal on the shelf. I have one as well, still with the 1972 government seal intact. My sisters booze of choice but she does not know I have this.




It came in the cloth bag the bottle is sitting on.