{"id":1832,"date":"2010-12-25T05:21:22","date_gmt":"2010-12-25T10:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sipotd.wordpress.com\/2010\/12\/25\/12252010-merry-christmas\/"},"modified":"2010-12-25T05:21:22","modified_gmt":"2010-12-25T10:21:22","slug":"12252010-merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1832","title":{"rendered":"12\/25\/2010: Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Around-Home-CanonSX20IS-22010\/11297974_hN4oB#1135389908_nsov8-A-LB\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Around-Home-CanonSX20IS-22010\/IMG5435\/1135389908_nsov8-L-2.jpg?resize=650%2C490\" width=\"650\" height=\"490\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas! May joy find you today!<\/p>\n<p>Walking down paths at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters during a snowstorm, where mine were the first footprints, I discovered that someone with a Christmas spirit had been there before me (and before the snow). I was blessed. I am hoping you will be too, especially on this most blessed of days (or on the day we celebrate such a blessing). <\/p>\n<p>Canon SX20IS at 28mm equivalent, f2.8 @ 1\/250 @ ISO 80. Landscape mode.<\/p>\n<p>I did my usual <a href=\"http:\/\/potd.lightshedder.com\/lightroom-processing\/\" target=\"_blank\">processing<\/a> for intensity and clarity in Lightroom, but I wanted the wreath to stand out more than it did in the original exposure. I boosted the saturation and the luminance of of the greens and yellows using the spot HSL control, but even then the wreath was too dark. I resorted to the <em>local adjustments brush<\/em>, with which I painted over the green of the wreath, increasing brightness, contrast, and clarity. And all of that just to present something closer to the <em>feeling<\/em> of the place, so that you can, hopefully share in it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1832\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1832&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1832\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1832&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1832&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas! 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