My Christmas tree decoration was a little unusual this year.

I couldn't put up a tree this year, so I decided to decorate one out in the wild.

This is what I ended up with:

This was taken about noon, and the moon was mostly full. It looked pretty cool! With my wife in the hospital, this was the only Christmas tree I decorated....

This is what I started with:

Notice the near full moon to the left of the water tower.

Here the moon is pulled out alone:

This is when I decided to decorate.

I went behind the shopping center to "Golden Pond":

This is my quiet place, it gets me out of the city fast!

I tried a filter on my camera they call natural:

They claim it will give the proper color and lighting balance to a picture. I'm not impressed with the results. Color is way off, and the overall light levels are terrible!

Hope you enjoy this as much as I have!