Tonight I took my new 16-35mm lens out for a test drive. What a fun lens! The only challenge I ran into was forgetting how close I was to things like people running away from exploding Christmas trees. The lens allows you to be a few feet from your subject, but it looks like you’re shooting from much further away. It should come with a warning: objects in viewfinder much closer than they appear! Enjoy the shots.
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Under a clouded-over full moon we drove through rural Orange County near Chapel Hill, NC.
Nathan, our evening's chauffeur, invited me to his church's annual Christmas tree burn.
After loading up on hotdogs, many attendees bring their own trees and drag them toward the fire.
As the crowd looks on, the real pyromaniacs brave the heat to throw trees on the fire.
Sometimes they experiment with several trees at once!
The event organizer stokes the fire in a very manly way.
Embers filled with Christmas spirit past race toward the moon.
The event organizer calls on the pyromaniacs to fetch more trees.
Nathan is entranced by the scene.
We watch one more burst of tree-fueled fury before heading home. I'm already looking forward to next year!
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Enjoyed your photos. My favorite: “Embers filled with Christmas spirit past race toward the moon.”
Love the intensity of the colors.
sick photos, dude.
Looks like a good turn out. Couldn’t see any hoses or fire extinguishers though..?