My favourite present/thing this Christmas

[Geoff]

Well,
I thought it might be fun to start a 'my favourite present' photo thread..
Bel gave me this t-shirt which she partially hand sewed..and I LOVE it! This shot was taken down at Balmoral this afternoon, it was a good day!

Post your best Christmas present in this thread..or something you enjoyed about the day that you captured on your DSLR!

[aim54x]

My favourite thing. Well my sister got me a build it yourself 35mm camera. I have built it already but I'll take a picture of it a little later (waiting for this new light tent to arrive, it should ship on the 27th). It is really quite amazing how a whole bunch of plastic pieces become a plastic lens camera.

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[chrisk]

lmao. great stuff mate. its got geek written all over it !!

my fave things...hmmm...well i love xmas cos it means my girl can dress up and get a bit spoilt. she even let me take her picture which is rare ! 50/1.4 @ f2.8



this pic shows a pretty funny time for us at this year. its a singing santa that Lucas is very apprehensive about. i love the look on his face...he WANTS to touch it but he's not quite sure. oh..and its taken with my xmas present. 16-85VR.

iso3200, 1/20s, f3.5, 16mm

[aim54x]

Great pictures, the colours are awesome! That 50 f/1.4 really is something!!! Congrats on the 16-85VR I have not heard a bad thing about that lens, so I look forward to hearing your opinion on it.

[chrisk]

that photo has a moderate amount of skin smoothing, otherwise its as is. at 1.4 i've been very impressed. by f2 its sharp and contrasty. by f2.8 this lens is really something else. seriously, i'm stunned.

the 16-85 is what it is. pretty cool little zoom. i'm very impressed at how sharp it is right out of the box. its also super fast AF and its the so quiet i cant hear it working at all. i had to check it a couple of times cos i was like..."wtf...is this thing working or not ??". i doubt i'll be using it too much though, i took around 20 photos with it today and i was happy with all of them but guess what ? they were all between 44 and 52mm. lol having to shoot at f5-ish is so limiting to me.

but as a "chuck-around" lens it seems to be a solid choice.

[Geoff]

Nice shots Chris! Very nice.
Looks like you guys had a fun day, and the little fella's trepidation towards Santa is great..one to show him in years to come when he's 'over' Santa

Good stuff...more pics peoples! Come on!

[sirhc55]

You will have to wait until I return from the nether regions but I did get a Wii and a JVC Everio vidcam

[Geoff]

Great stuff Chris. Where are you right now?
We got a WII too, via redemption with our new plasma telly!! So we don't get ours til about February!

[dviv]

We got a WII too, via redemption with our new plasma telly!! So we don't get ours til about February!

Us too! Although we think ours might be at the TNT depot ready for delivery on Monday (fingers crossed!)

[chrisk]

Lara trying to prove to Lucas that santa isnt all that bad.


Lucas and his favourite Xmas present. as you can see in the top right corner, someone else likes it too. lol

[firsty]

Not my present, but the wifes new cat "Bob" (I kind of like him too)

50mm iso 400 f2 1/80


My Christmas present that I picked up early, a week or two ago. was an Epson stylus pro 3800 printer and I won't bore you with a picture of it, but it's prints are amazing

[sirhc55]

Great stuff Chris. Where are you right now?
We got a WII too, via redemption with our new plasma telly!! So we don't get ours til about February!

Nice one Geoff - I got my Wii to try and lose some weight

Enjoying the sun in Port MacQuarie but returning to normality real soon. . .

[ljxphotography]

Christmas over for another year,
My favarot present is a Rain Laptop stand for my Macbook. The stand lifts it up to about the same hight as the screen on my imac
Took this picture christmas day, my cousins glued to their presents and not paying any attention to each other.


Nikon D3 18-35 Nikkor


Mick

[DebT]

Hi,
my Christmas Present this year - Bronson the 8 week old GSP

DebT

[Oneputt]

My daughter gave me a boxed set of the old Leyland Brothers DVDs - absolute classics! My daughter knows her dad

[aim54x]

Just added my picture, taken using my new 75cmx75cm light tent! (my backdrops have creases in them so I have resorted to using my black backdrop as it appears to hide the creases the best)

[dviv]

Got a top-of-the-line TomTom GPS

Score!

[whitey]

My wife gave me some photography lessons with a local pro. Perfect present. Been admiring his shots for a while so really happy.

[Critter]

It has been a good year, so I got a D300, 105VR Macro, MacBook, 42" FullHD Panasonic Plasma, Breville Coffee Machine, oh and a new King sized bed! (Some of these presents were not just for me

[sirhc55]

I call it my ar*e cam as it is just so small:

[Matt. K]

My sister in-law gave me a voucher that notifies me that I have donated a chicken to some village in Ethiopia. I have to go all the bloody way to Ethiopia to get my eggs!

[Reschsmooth]

Alex & I received a Gray-Nicolls miniature cricket set - little bat, red weighted tennis ball and stumps. I am teaching to play with a straight bat through the line. Hopefully, he won't bat like his dad, who does play 'the V', but between fine leg and 3rd man!