Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
A group of us (Jerry Kelley, Steven Hoagland, Sherry Boylan, Genevieve Neal, Jim Hansen, and I ) photographed the sunrise this morning at Grandview. It was especially challenging with cloudless sky. Even with a 3 stop graduated neutral density filter, I had to do some exposure blending to even out the contrast.

Cold

....but it was worth waking up. I was rewarded with these magnificent colors.
Both were mad with a 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4 L, and I also borrowed a friend's Sing Ray 3 Stop Reverse Grad ND filter.

Holly Dazzle

This was taken during Holly Dazzel at City Center