Twas The Night Before Christmas...DPS Style! A must read!

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Who says jetlag makes you unproductive??? I wrote this at 4am this morning for all my DPS friends and family, in honor of this joyous Christmas season! I hope you enjoy! Pass it on!!

Twas The Night Before Christmas...DPS Style!!

T’was the night before Christmas
And all through the house
Not a DPSer was stirring
…not even Darren Rowse!

My camera was loaded
With memory to spare
…and the batteries were charging
In the foyer downstairs

With a Latte in hand
And my D3 poised to shoot
At last I would capture
Old St. Click with his loot

So there I was nestled…
All snug in my bed
While visions of exotic glass
Danced in my head

When all of the sudden
On the lawn, what a racket
I sprang from my bed
With my Nikon set to bracket

As I ran outside
To finally capture the tale
Of Old St. Click
Man…he’s my White Whale

I finally saw him
This old man in red
He then turned and saw me
And he nodded his head

At last I would have him
At last I’d have peace
So, I raised my camera
And pressed the shutter release

I expected a click
And an LCD preview
Instead there was silence
Was there something askew??

Imagine my panic
Imagine my terror
When I finally realized
My incredible error

My focus, my exposure
My ambient light
My aperture, my ISO
I couldn’t get anything right

By the time that I realized
The error of my ways
My moment had passed
As he waved, “Later days!”

I stood there and watched
Him fly out of my sight
Checking my settings
“Crap.” I exclaimed…my low battery light!!

….sigh

I sat there in my own grief
My sniffling nose runny
“Oh well.” I thought, next project:
Just you wait, Easter Bunny!!

Merry Christmas everyone...from the Sonoran Desert! I hope you all have a great Christmas!!!

[SoxAddict]

Hehe! That's awesome Jim, and it's the first time I've ever seen a life-sized Xmas cactus! I'm going to mail you some Ambien ;-)

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Originally Posted by SoxAddict

Hehe! That's awesome Jim, and it's the first time I've ever seen a life-sized Xmas cactus! I'm going to mail you some Ambien ;-)

Ok...you can go to bed now!! Guten Nacht!!!

[SoxAddict]

Danke schon. Gute nacht.....

[pjflan7]

excellent rendition of the holiday tale......You have some interesting architecture in your house. Hope you have a great holiday with the family

[fstopMike]

Merry Christmas to you, Jim and all your family! Nice adaptation!

[gottasnap]

Love it! You are quite creative! I love the cactus. I am thinking someplace warm for Christmas would be wonderful!!! Lucky you.

[Jill H]

brilliant ! I will have to wait till I get home to see the pic - my work email won't let me look - probably telling me to get back to work LOL see yah!

[tamcry]

That was fantastic. Thanks for that incredible tale. Have a wonderful Christmas and better luck next year getting that man in red. LOL
Al

[ZannieGirl49]

You're clearly WAY more productive than me at 4 a.m. Great version of the classic. You've captured the photographer's Christmas perfectly. Merry Christmas to you and your family!