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Where the Love Light Gleams
Where the Love Light Gleams
Jutilda


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Collection: December 08 - Whatever
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
Location: Austin, Tx
Date: Nov 21, 2008
Galleries: Black and White, Overlays
Date Uploaded: Dec 22, 2008

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Comments: 9
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Glow filter
Added sparkle flare brush
Border grunge layer
Converted to BW in Silver Efex
Adjusted tone with sepia

This is for all of the service men and women who are not at home this year for the holidays. I'm coining a phrase from a classic

I'll be home for Christmas
you can count on me
please have snow
and mistletoe
and presents on the tree

Christmas Eve will find me
where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
if only in my dreams

Whether this is the holiday you celebrate or not, the sentiment rings true for anyone who wishes they were back home for the traditions they celebrated in years past.

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12/28/2008 12:23:20 AM
Photo is wonderfully nostalgic, but your words make is special. I'll Be Home for Christmas is one of my alltime favorites, and I just hate it when artists sing it in a happy fashion because it's such a sad song.
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12/27/2008 01:25:02 PM
How beautiful and appropriate.
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12/27/2008 10:24:03 AM
Very sweet! Lovely ornament and beautifully processed!
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12/23/2008 05:45:49 PM
Now U got me crying....
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12/23/2008 05:01:50 PM
Lovely image and beautiful sentiment.
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12/22/2008 10:55:30 AM
Lovely ornament! The faint sparkles are a great addition, and I really like the diagonal lighting.
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12/22/2008 10:21:19 AM
This is wonderful Judy - I love the sparkle and bokeh! The B&W treatment makes this timeless.
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12/22/2008 09:48:17 AM
Sweet, Judy! Love the way the light seems to meander down from the upper right bokeh into the base of the heart. The low light here is wonderful. And I'm in Germany, so I'm good. I do appreciate the sentiment, and share it with those who are a bit further away from family and comforts of home. Thank you kindly!
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12/22/2008 09:48:05 AM
Beautiful processing.
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