TSO

The Tans-Siberian Orchestra annual Christmas show is a spectacular featuring tons of intelligent lighting, lazers, fireworks, flame throwers, a half dozen video panels, hydraulic risers, multiple undulating trusses and individual LED clusters along with over-the-top rock style music. Nothing subtle here. It is an enjoyable show that was performed for about 15,000 people here in Jacksonville FL.

Construction

Wacky presets

I have been absent from the posting routine for quite awhile. I have been busy with other interests and not spending much time thinking about photography. I need to get back to this channel of expression.

For now, here is an iPhone shot that seemed interesting when I captured it but was less interesting when I viewed it later. It just did not have good contrast and color. 

Rolling my computer pointer over the factory provided presets in Lightroom I came across a preset called "IR", presumably intended to make the photo look as though it was shot as infrared. The colors are not true and saturated and contrast is manipulated but somehow it seems nice to me so here it is. Not my usual treatment and obviously highly processed.

Let me know what you think.

Snow Man

Arches

Colorful lanterns

Miami on the water

Shot with my iPhone 11 Pro and is a good example of Night Mode that uses multiple exposures to build-up the image.

Home Depot Santa army

Hugs and kisses

Sunny tree

Foggy morning

A nice foggy morning for my walk today. The added atmosphere makes things look different and less familiar.

Blue mountain

African iris

Bark

Car vending machine

Yes, there really are car vending machines. The only problem is... who carries around that many quarters?

Cloudy beach

Louie

Tree seed pods

Orange seed pods

Being I am still pretty new to the Florida climate I sometimes run into a plant that strikes me as unusual. Doing a bit of research, courtesy of Google, the plant seems to be Coontie Cycad Zamia and it is poisonous. It is interesting that I found it outside our local hospital. I guess incase you ingest the seeds, at least medical help it is closeby.

Looking up