Well, we had all the grandparents this year, so there was a sort of theme to the preparations: Testing under the mistetoe!

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[MikeNArk]

Nice photo. One wonders when we will all get beyond this type of preparation. Thanks for posting.

[mroeder75]

Nice photo. One wonders when we will all get beyond this type of preparation. Thanks for posting.

I hate saying this but I think precautions are here to stay. My parents are 87 and 89. I will be taking these precautions when I see them. I wish there were a less invasive way.
The photo is a bit nosy, I mean noisy, or blurry, but the subject matter and explanation add provenance and hit home for me.

[MetteHHH]

I hate saying this but I think precautions are here to stay. My parents are 87 and 89. I will be taking these precautions when I see them. I wish there were a less invasive way.
The photo is a bit nosy, I mean noisy, or blurry, but the subject matter and explanation add provenance and hit home for me.

You are probably right about the future of lingering precautions. You are definitely right about the noise and possibly the blur as well, but this is sort of my holiday photo strategy: I try to capture things as they happen, and now with the K1ii I have decided to rely on ambient light - even if it means a slightly over optimistic shutter speed. My hands (and stabilisation) are steady enough, but the subjects tend to move.

Which is one reason why none of my Christmas photos qualify for the monthly contest's "Seasonal" theme - but they do their job well enough of capturing the atmosphere.