Snow Ball -23
Snow Ball at Hatherley Manor
An HDR image, processed in Photomatix and finished in Photoshop
Nikon D2X 28-70mm, at 50mm. ISO 500. 7 exposures from 1/2000 at F21 to 1/250 at F7.6
An HDR image, processed in Photomatix and finished in Photoshop
Nikon D2X 17-35mm, at 19mm. ISO 250. 5 exposures from 1/1000 at F15 to 1/180 at F6.7
I've always been a "pop" artist at heart ...
St. Paul's by the Thames on a winter's day
Also on my RedBubble site
Rhys tries to blow it all out ... but a fire blanket comes to the rescue ;-)
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* Croatian: Sretan Bozic
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* Danish: Glædelig Jul
* Duri: Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
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* English: Merry Christmas
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* Eskimo: (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
* Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon
* Estonian: Ruumsaid juulup|hi
* Faeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
* Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
* Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
* Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
* French: Joyeux Noel
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* Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
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* Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
* Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
* Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
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* Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik
* Maltese: LL Milied Lt-tajjeb
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* Maori: Meri Kirihimete
* Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh
* Navajo: Merry Keshmish
* Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
* Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado
* Papiamento: Bon Pasco
* Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
* Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
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* Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
* Portuguese: Feliz Natal
* Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
* Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
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* Romanche: (sursilvan dialect) Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
* Romanian: Sarbatori fericite & La multi ani
* Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
* Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
* Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
* Sardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
* Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh
* Serb-Croatian: Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
* Serbian: Hristos se rodi
* Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
* Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
* Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
* Slovene: Vesel Bozic.
* Spanish: Feliz Navidad
* Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
* Tami: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
* Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai
* Tongan: Mele Kalisimasi
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* Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
* Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym
* Urdu: Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
* Vietnamese: Chung Mung Giang Sinh
* Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
* Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!
* Yugoslavian: Cestitamo Bozic
Earlier this year, a group of people whose common interest was the Glastonbury Festival decided to meet the day the Festival started, last June. About 75 people came along, and a small movement was started, called #twisto on twitter.
If you would like to read more, please see mickyates.posterous.com/seasons-greetings-and-thoughts-on...
And, if you would like to see some of the pictures, please see Mick's #twisto on flickr
Anyway, in the meantime, let me just wish everyone Seasons' Greetings, and the very best for 2010.