[rbat]

This week's challenge is Christmas. I look forward to seeing what Christmas/festive season means to you.

The rules:
One photo per person which has been taken this week (starting TUESDAY). Everyone is welcome to join in. Competition will start Tuesday with submissions ending the following Monday.

If you wish, please note your rating after your image:
Rating 1 Beginner (just got my camera)
Rating 2 Amateur (learning about settings)
Rating 3 Hobbyist (have a good grasp of the theory)
Rating 4 Semi Pro (improved well beyond when I started)
Rating 5 Pro/serious hobbyist (I'm well experienced and have been doing this for quite a while)

All images must be up by next MONDAY at (9pm EDST, 8pm EST, 7.30pm CST, 6pm WST) for inclusion.

Remember the EB rules state images within posts must be smaller than 500 (wide) x 470 (high) pixels and 100kb.

Challenge history for the winner:

Food - rbat
Portrait - elle-M
Macro/close up - ILBB
Rule of Thirds - mummy26
Vanishing point - rbat
Patterns in nature - Jupiter123
Fun - Silverwattle
Seven - mummy26
Texture - ILBB
At Home - elle-M
Nostalgia - rbat
Reflection - Bryden
Half - Nut
Spring - millie71
Antique - elle-M
Tells a story - Ev
Postcard - raven74
Favourite things - winkwink
Long exposure - rbat
Wings - silverwattle
Sweet - rbat
Light - Skepticaemia
Wild - Mecurial
Moody - BeagleBoy
In the eye of the beholder - cat
Symmetry - JamieLee85
Serenity - winkwink
Out Of Place - Peanut
Water Drop Shot - blue4me
One - Raven74
Black & White Portrait - rbat
Red - Luckyseven
Suggestive - Abbygirl
Mostly Black/Mostly white - PrincessPinkenIt
Autumn - Superman+4Sisters
Capturing Action - Peanut
Black and white perspective - Abbygirl
Shadows - winkwink
Props - Jalex
Numbers - apocketfull
Circle - mummy26
Coke - rbat
Abstract - mummy26

This post has been edited by rbat: 11/12/2012, 11:07 AM

[Bryden]

Congrats on the win rbat! Beautiful image.

Hopefully I'll be back this week! I finally caved and bought a new laptop. I was really trying to delay it because I wanted to buy myself a 100mm 2.8 with the money I had saved but I'll have to wait again

Looking forward to seeing the entries.

Teressa

[Peanut]

I actually have an entry for once!

These are the Christmas/class breakup gifts my DS handed out to his kindy classmates today. They are a pompom critter sitting on top of a golden chocolate coin. Those kids who don't eat/not allowed chocolate can remove the critter. They were a big hit!


Christmas Pompom's

[~Kee~In~Hawaii~]

I completely missed the food challenge but was drooling over those donuts! Yum!

Chirstmas in my family means seafood lunch on the beach and hunting for the perfect shell that will be added as an ornament to next years Christmas tree. We have one that represents each year we have spent together on a beach. This Christmas is about to be our first one without Dad so it's going to be very strange to be the beach baby on the sand without my beach-bum Daddy. Anyway, I figured since that's what Christmas time is about for me, I'd snap a pic of all our Christmas shells with our latest addition, the Hawaiian shell ornament from our last trip back to Hawaii all together.

Christmas Shells

[rogue-shadow]

Oooh, I have one from today that fits this one perfectly, though I first thought of last weeks. My laptop is broken though so I'm not sure if I'll get to post it here. Look forward to seeing everyone's entries.

[winkwink]

Yay, I actually have an entry this week. I made some mini gingerbread houses yesterday and today we had some friends over and the kids got to decorate them. My DS was lucky to get any on his house, he was too busy eating all the lollies.


gingerbread house by wmc75, on Flickr

Teri those critters are the cutest, what lucky classmates. Your DS starts prep next year too doesn't he?

~Kee~in~Hawaii~ What a beautiful collection of shells and such a lovely tradition. I'm so sorry that your dad is no longer here to continue it with you.

[mummy26]

I did a few Christmas ones today and this is one of them

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28286225@N02/.../in/photostream

[elle-M]

SUCH good entries so far!!!

[silverwattle]

I wanted to go for some thing different. To me Christmas means fun. So I had fun with the Christmas lights


christmas by silver wattle, on Flickr

[Peanut]

Great photos ladies!

Wendy, the gingerbread house looks delicious! Yep, my little munchkin will be starting Prep next year, eek!

I was playing around with Christmas lights too Silverwattle, but going for the bokeh effect!

Tree bokeh

Rudolph bokeh