December 2024 Competition - Festivities

[Tim Mayo]

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Thanks again to everyone who entered last months competition. We now move into the final month of 2024, where did the year go!

This Month's Theme
For the final month of 2024 the theme is Festivities. All celebrations and special occasions are welcome, not just Christmas.

Competition Dates
Entries start: The date that this post is published.
Entries end: December 20th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting starts: December 20th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting ends: December 27th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)

What Do I Get if I Win?
I'm afraid it's just the joy of taking part but I will be adding badges to winners profiles.

How to Enter + Rules

1. Post your entries in this thread by scrolling down to the reply box then hitting the 'upload images' button. Insert image as full image not thumbnail.
2. Canon R Series cameras only. Adapted lenses on R Series bodies are fine.
3. Camera metadata must be included in the images to verify.
4. Only one photo entry per member.
5. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
6. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
7. You are free to change you image during the entry period.

How to Vote (when voting opens)

1. Use the vote button (up arrow) to the right of the post (below post on mobile) to vote up images that you like
2. You can vote on as many images as you like apart from your own

Upcoming Themes for 2024
Our themes for the year have already been decided to give you a heads-up on what's coming next.

• Dec: Festivities

Feedback
I'd really appreciate feedback about how the competition is running but please don't post it in this thread. Instead please post any feedback in our Feedback Forum.

Thank you for participating and good luck!

 

[PKM-UK]

St Edmund’s Christmas Tree Festival in Castleton, High Peak District, Derbyshire, England. This annual event starts in November and continues until the Sunday before Christmas Day. Local organisations, shops and businesses decorate individual Christmas trees to create a magical and heartwarming festive display.

You can find out a little more about the Christmas Tree event and St Edmund's Church, by clicking Here and Here.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite, Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Studio 2. Montage features: R7- Karen, R5 - Phil).

Phil and Karen

 

[ctitanic]

In the wild.

 

[miuzi]

Maybe not as outwardly festive as the theme might warrant, but this image I took of a candle with some twinkling lights a few days ago feels really cozy and holiday-adjacent to me. I also used the spherical aberration control on the RF100mm macro lens, a feature I frequently see written off as a gimmick, but in this case it lent a really lush and dreamlike vibe to the image that left the frames I took without using that effect looking less interesting to me.

 

[Hali]

A multiple exposure in the Boston Gardens at their Christmas lights.

I dont' understand why Canon now records the in-camera ME's as .jpg instead of .tif as they used to.

 

[PJ White]

Christmas past and present - A Christmas gift for my parents now sits on our mantle piece.

R10 EF S 18-200 f13 1.3 Sec 100 ISO with tripod

 

[Nick L]

Happy Grinchmas Everyone

 

[Tim Mayo]

Well certainly not our most popular monthly competition. In hindsight festivities probably wasn't the best choice since the majority of festivities this month will be happening after entries closed. Still, a big thank you to all who have entered this month. Voting is now enabled.