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Pureness...My shot to you for Yule. Enjoy, and may you be blessed these holidays! ~sdh
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Don't get much of it in England at the moment, but it seems Winter is here at last though. XD
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..I love this shot. <3
It has such a sense of mystery, yet also of awe~
Great photos you've got, dude!
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Thank you! I'm glad you like it! It's one of my favorites in my gallery. c:
Also, sorry for the super late reply! I'm sometimes pretty bad about going through my inbox. I'll try and reply to sometime soon to your last reply in our other conversation! Again, so so sorry for the late reply!
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You're super welcome, Sage. ;D
And I'm sorry for the WAY super late reply, haha. x'D
I'm pretty bad about going through my inbox, too.
And yus! Now I've gotta reply to it, buuut it'll be a while. You're fine. x/D
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Excellent shot 
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Haha. :] I just love the image.
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Thanks! It's actually one of my favorite shots! I'm so happy you like it.
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Yeah I love the snow. I did the same thing at some point. I guess my snow didn't make it to deviant art?
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You should post the photo!
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Eh, it's on my old hardrive which I still need to get a case to transfer it over.
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lol it looks like the free mason sign. nice eye
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I lowered the saturation completely, increased the contrast and shadow qualities, and added a white vignette around the corners. ^^ And thank you!
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That would have been cool had you not rotated it a bit, but the transformation really lends well to the effect! Nice!
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I love the contrast of all the different angles
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this is beautiful. It really gives me a calm feeling when i'm looking at this pic
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Thank you! I'm glad it gives you that feeling! It was what I was going for.
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your welcome.. hope to see more pic during snow :3
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It's very rare here... Though it might (if I'm lucky) snow some in the early spring.
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wow, snow in spring ? that's the first time i heard something like that D:
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Well, our springs are pretty cold. Usually that's when it snows if it does. We've gotten some pretty good snows in past years during February and March.
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Ohh
Can I request a spring snow during daylight ??
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I'm curious, what is Yule?
If I remember correctly, you believe ina different religion than me (i'm christian) but I've never heard of yule, if you wouldn't mind explaining it I'd appreciate it!
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Yes, I am indeed a different religion, hun. ^^ I consider myself an eclectic pagan.
Yule is the Germanic pagan holiday which Christmas takes after. It is the longest night of the year and the dawn at the end of the night represents the rebirth of the sun god, the conquering of darkness, and all the many blessings that are to come after winter. The ancient Christians, when converting pagans to their religion, and seeing that the holiday already marked the birth/rebirth of a deity, took the point of the holiday and made it Christmas to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ (though Christian theologians pinpoint Christ's birth to actually be in the lambing season, which is in the spring). Also, there are several other days that Christians borrowed (or "re-made") from paganism, including Easter and All Saints Day. Annnnd, while not Christian, Halloween derives from pagan (Celtic) origins as well.
The Roman name for Yule is Saturnalia (the celebration of mid-winter and the winter solstice), and from Saturnalia we get many of the Christmas traditions such as the exchanging of gifts, visiting friends and family members and feasting with them, bringing trees into our homes and decorating them (the Bible actually condemns this), putting lights up, etc etc. Yule/Saturnalia is celebrated by many modern pagans on the 21st, though this varies... but typically, it is the 21st. At least, every single pagan I know does so on this date; but, again, in different places around the world, this is prone to have variations.
Also, traditionally, the celebration of Yule/Saturnalia lasted for twelve days and since pagans go by a lunar calendar, it made up for the missing days in the year and the holiday would begin around the 17th of the month. This is also where we get the "twelve days of Christmas" from. Not the song, but the observance or acknowledgment of the twelve days. lol
Lots of interesting facts to be learned, I suppose. You should do some research into it if you're so interested in the topic. 
But, no, I'm very happy you asked me about Yule because it's fun explaining it to people!
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apparently you know some things about christianity even I don't know!
thanks for explaining it!
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I attended a Christian school for 6 years. lol I would hope I know a few things! hehe and my pleasure, dear. Never be afraid to ask questions!
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Awwww, thank you hun! It's very rare I do a black and white pic.
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You're very welcome hun
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Thank you! Your words are far too kind!
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Hehe
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I really like the angle and the background! It's fuzzy and capturing in some way.
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You're welcome, I also really love the colors, and the sense of motion from the swing like it's sledding down the "slope". Maybe It'd have more emphasis if the swing was tinted red?
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