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Callaway Lights
Another winter break means another Fantasy in Lights at Callaway Gardens. We spent a couple of days in Pine Mountain, about 80 miles west of Macon. Though cold, we had some lovely family time, and I think the lights were even nicer this year. I had my trusty Voigtländer Ultron 2/28 and my Nokton Classic 1.4/40; the former also wore a Pro-Mist ¼ filter to help make the lights glow. In addition, I packed along the newest tool in my kit: a Lume Cube RGB Panel Pro provided some excellent subject light, like in this photo of Autumn at the trolley terminal.
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Henry was holding the panel camera-left. I really like the way the lights hit these old “futuristic” cones that make up the roof of the arcade.
It wasn’t all just lights. We spent a day enjoying Callaway Gardens, hitting especially the butterfly sanctuary, the playground, and the chapel. Again, I wanted to try out the light panel in the dark chapel to capture my subject in front of the stained glass. I love the play of light on her face in the left photo below. Autumn also wanted another pregnancy silhouette.
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Again, Henry was my helper with the light panel on the left image. Since it was a cooler day, we had the chapel to ourselves for a mini-photo shoot.
Our last stop was the playground. Henry is still a bit too small to use the zip-lines, but he managed to entertain himself.
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It was a fun couple of days. If you get the chance and you’re in western Georgia, I recommend spending a day at Callaway Gardens. It’s a great motorcycle destination, too.