JJ's Photoblog
Festive Balls
Posted by JJ (Jersey City, United States) on 20 December 2008 in Documentary & Street.
This display is at 1251 Avenue of America's
Hard to find a Politically correct title for this but festive seemed better than Big
Thank you for taking the time to visit. I really appreciate all your comments, and welcome any critique as I am learning the art of photography, and having a blast with it
Getting ready for a work trip from the 29th so may not be able to check all your posts but will do as and when I can
Liang from San Francisco, United States
I love the holiday feeling portrayed here. NIcely shot and great reflections!
20 Dec 2008 7:09am
james from portland, United States
that's my first thoughts as well, HUGE! fantastic color and lighting, very Christmas-y.
20 Dec 2008 7:26am
Ross Collins from Wellington, New Zealand
Excellent composition and exposure of this street shot, JJ!
20 Dec 2008 8:22am
Giovanni from Milan, Italy
Wow, big and festive balls indeed! Love the composition and the colours! Great shot!
20 Dec 2008 8:30am
chrissy from London, United Kingdom
Wow they are huge!! lovely colours and good composition, this series of pics would make good christmas cards
20 Dec 2008 9:20am
kiji from valenciennes, France
Stunning! They are so huge !!!
Nice colours for this X-mas atmosphere
20 Dec 2008 10:33am
Scene by Sharon Photography from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
beautiful photo - again, I am loving this whole series
20 Dec 2008 10:56am
NADINE DERUYCK from KLUISBERGEN, Belgium
Nice enlargemt of the christmas balls.... keep on bringing us the christmas atmosphere!!!.......
20 Dec 2008 11:47am
Anita from Quito, Ecuador
Christmas in the "Big Apple" is breathtaking!!
Thanks for sharing the atmosphere!
20 Dec 2008 12:33pm
Ada Panich from S.Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Beautiful colors and great capture of these festive and big balls! :)
20 Dec 2008 1:30pm
Les from Lincoln, United States
OK, I'll be crude and say it: "Well, at least they're not blue!" ;)
20 Dec 2008 2:04pm
Manel from Girona, Spain
Fantastic, awesome, incredible, i lige the sky line reflexted on the balls. Congratulations JJ , you have excelled yourself with that jewelry
20 Dec 2008 2:28pm
Nina from Hamburg, Germany
Beautiful red christmas balls, they are very decorative... this is a wonderful image, JJ!
20 Dec 2008 2:35pm
Don Wiley from spokane, United States
I like this close up of these Christmas tree balls. The shot makes a fine festive statement. Well done.
20 Dec 2008 2:57pm
EYES WIDE SHUT from United Kingdom
JJ, you've captured perfectly the true horror of the moment when the giant man eating ballls from Mars, touched down in 1251 Avenue....... the havoc and carnage that ensued is now history, and all I can say is God bless the S.W.A.T team who took them down!
20 Dec 2008 3:07pm
Mohammadreza Rezania from Tehran, Iran
great comp and brilliant colors, cool shot ...
20 Dec 2008 3:20pm
zahai from Berlin, Germany
cool composition and capture. The title made me laugh ^^
20 Dec 2008 4:28pm
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada
That is a terrific Christmas shot. Wonderful colour. I guess 'festive' is better than 'big.'
20 Dec 2008 5:48pm
zOOm from Paris, France
They look giant ! Can't miss them ! Lovely ! I like the reflet of the sky which form a star on each of the balls...
20 Dec 2008 5:50pm
vu@granby - Alain Berger from Granby, Québec, Canada
Beautiful ! The festve red balls with the blue building and the golden light, the result is fantastic !
I had a look of the all the series, all super photograph ! I like it !
20 Dec 2008 6:15pm
Chris from Jefferson City, United States
Great light and beautiful colors. Truly great shot JJ. I'm going to skip all of the somewhat tasteless comments coming to mind. :)
20 Dec 2008 6:25pm
Marcah from Quincy, United States
Excellent. Giant tree decorations to hang on that giant tree :)
20 Dec 2008 6:31pm
Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States
Just say it JJ... they are some big balls... forget about political correctness... hehehehe
20 Dec 2008 8:30pm
roentarre from Melbourne, Australia
So pretty. What a rich red in the middle of city!
20 Dec 2008 8:41pm
Pixim from Nice, France
Or it is the macro one, or it is disproportion. Knowing the place, then it is disproportion. The buildings are the Christmas tree, it does not remain any more to be come to help you to make decoration ;)
20 Dec 2008 8:48pm
Craig from United Kingdom
Who cares about being PC, the whole thing's gone too far anyway so I'd like to say what impressive large balls you have there! Seriously I love the circular reflection of all the buildings in the largest one on the rights. It's a great festive shot, well done, really enjoying all of these.
20 Dec 2008 8:56pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
That is a marvellous explosion of color and everything is bright, great shot. Nice shiny balls.
20 Dec 2008 10:22pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Don't tell anyone - but I'm going to post the same ornaments in a day or two. Mine from San Francisco. Cool!
20 Dec 2008 11:10pm
Francis from France
This is what Christmas is all about. Wonderful photo!
Very nice .
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009 ..
See you later Francis
21 Dec 2008 12:08am
One from Açores, Portugal
This is a magnificent composition of colors, congratulations!
I'm also waiting VFXY .... :-)
21 Dec 2008 3:28am
Craig from Dayton, United States
My oh my... What big balls you have. Great reflections and composition
21 Dec 2008 4:31am
Othon Leon from Montréal, Canada
I'd like to see the tree for those balls... a magnificent image.
21 Dec 2008 4:38am
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
Now show me the tree these hang on please. Good capture.
21 Dec 2008 5:13am
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
What lovely red baubles you have:-) What a great idea!
21 Dec 2008 6:16am
Charles from New York, United States
Nice colors. Like the composition also. Are these going on the tree at rockefeller center? Big seems okay.
21 Dec 2008 1:51pm
grant from kansas city, United States
i was thinking "big ass balls" - but i suppose that wouldn't do. great photo!
22 Dec 2008 7:28pm
Lynne's Somewhat Invented Life from United States
Breathtakingly beautiful. Where do they store things like this the rest of the year, i wonder?
23 Dec 2008 6:33am
Barbara from Florida, United States
Everything is bigger in N.Y. : ) I love oversized displays including these vibrant colored ornaments. Great capture.
23 Dec 2008 7:46pm
613photo from Dallas, United States
Whoever did this is an artist. I don't care it was done to draw attention to a department store or whatever; to me it's a statement on gaudy excess. Nice shot.
23 Dec 2008 10:40pm
Pentax K200D
1/30 second
F/1.4
ISO 400
75 mm (35mm equiv.)