35/365: joy in black and white

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35/365
Christmas day. This was taken with a little pair of holiday glasses that Marcella has…imagine them like the 3d glasses you get at the movie theater. The lenses take points of light and turns them into the word “JOY.” I draped them in front of the lense just to play around as if they were a lens filter. I took multiple shots, both in color and black and white. I decided that black and white isn’t what you expect for a christmas tree so I went with the surprise value.

Shot in low light at high ISO, so there’s a lot of noise that I tried to clean up with iPhoto, although the effect isn’t entirely uninteresting while in b&w.

I have a tripod now…yay!