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'Tis the week before Christmas, and AVweb readers must be settling in
for their long winter's nap — submissions numbers were down to a modest
50 entries this week. As longtime readers know, that's not unusual
for the last couple weeks of the year. Even pilots and
photographers have holidays to celebrate, as demonstrated by the large
number of holiday lights, flying Santas, and prop wreaths we saw in this
week's batch of photos. So, in the interest of celebrating the
season, we're running the top five holiday photos this week — and
rolling over our non-holiday submissions (all 29 of them) to next week's
contest. This will give us more photos to choose from next week.
In the meantime, kick back with a cup of eggnog and see what your
festive fellow readers have been up to!
Due to privacy issues, AVweb does not publish e-mail addresses of
readers who submit photos.
*** THIS WEEK'S WINNERS ***
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Used with permission
of Noel Dennis |
"Merry Christmas from KAPC Wine Country"
Noel Dennis of Napa, California kicks
off our holiday
festivities in the time-honored tradition — with twinkly lights!
Not only was Noel kind enough to include camera specs
(always popular with our technically minded readers), he
even changed his name to reflect the spirit of the season!*
Those specs: Canon EOS 20D with 24-70L 2.8 lens
exposed at 1/25 second at F/2.8, hand-held.
* Not really.
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AVweb continues to receive a large number of excellent images for our
POTW contest. Here are some of the runners-up. Click on the links below to view
larger versions.
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Used
with permission of Scott Ross |
"VIP Transport"
"Santa inbound on final for Ontario Provincial
Police Kids' Christmas Party," courtesy of
Scott Ross of Orillia,
Ontario (Canada)
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of Fred Glasbergen |
"Modern Day Santa"
From the party, it was straight into the
SeaRey for Santa. Destination: Fort Langley, B.C.,
where good little boy Fred Glasbergen
snapped
this nifty li'l photo. As Fred points out, there are some
environments the reindeer just aren't cut out for.
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with permission of Gary Kerr |
"A Jenny Sized for the Wee People"
We'll close the week with two photos
from Gary Kerr of Richardson, Texas.
Gary writes, "This is a Hallmark ornament,
but it's my tree and my picture." Fair enough!
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of Gary Kerr |
"O Bi-Plane Tree, O Bi-Plane Tree"
"A Laird Special and Staggerwing,
hanging around for the holidays."
Also from Gary Kerr.
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A Reminder About Copyrights: Please take a moment to consider the
source of your image before submitting to our "Picture of the Week" contest.
If you did not take the photo yourself, ask yourself if you are indeed
authorized to release publication rights to AVweb. If you're uncertain,
consult the
POTW
Rules or
send us an e-mail.
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