Photo Competition 2019-12: 'Tis the season for a fresh start

Question

Theme

This is an attempt to kickstart a new photo competition here on Photo-SE.

Seeing as it's already halfway through December and approaching the new year/decade, the concept of the theme combines the winter season with the idea of fresh starts. Give us your best seasonal photo, or your favorite new beginning. Bonus points for new starts with a seasonal flair!

Voting Rules

Vote up as many images as you like.
Please, up votes only! Do NOT vote down your competitors! If you don't like an image, don't vote.
Voting closes on December 30, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC. The winner will chosen based on votes at that time.

Submission Rules

One photo per answer. Multiple entries are encouraged, but please don't spam answers. The aim is quality over quantity.
Post only photos taken by yourself or the person with you.
All entries should include a line of text with the location, subject, and date.
The submitted image must conform to this site's content license, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) with attribution required.
Do not use this as a forum for photo critique. Use chat instead, or ask a new question about your image.

Next Contest

Suggest a theme for the next contest. Leave a single comment below in the format,

Theme: <one sentence description>
Upvote the comment(s) with the theme you would like to see next month.

Good luck!

Almost 90% of the world's population lives in the northern half. I think we can have a winter theme without leaving out the rest — if you live in a part of the world where the season is different, feel free to turn the theme upside down with your entry! — mattdm, Dec 16 '19 at 12:59
Prizes? I think Scott will award the top-voted entry a shiny green checkmark. :) — mattdm, Dec 16 '19 at 13:02
@PeterTaylor That occurred to me. Echoing mattdm's comment, I hope that a southern hemisphere resident adds a nice twist on the concept. — scottbb, Dec 16 '19 at 13:03
Compulsory antipodean seasonal link to Tim Minchin's "White Wine in the Sun". If that doesn't make you shed a tear, you have no heart. — Tetsujin, Dec 16 '19 at 18:52
Theme proposal: Portraits by Candlelight (inspired by Is it practical to shoot portraits by only candlelight?. — mattdm, Dec 16 '19 at 20:50
@mattdm in case I forget, message me to run the next bounty on this after yours expires. Keep this thing going strong through the month. Thanks! — OnBreak., Dec 22 '19 at 21:26
Suggested theme - "Something Different". things that most people don't usually take pictures of. Not obscene or gross, just something besides sunsets, vistas, pretty women, babies, etc. Tasteful, artistic, and atypical of the usual stuff. — Ed on PCR, Dec 25 '19 at 19:10
@AlaskaMan well, I suppose this is an around-the-horn attempt to answer-by-asking-the-counterexample the Meta-PSE question Is the Photo-SE community effectively dead? Really, it's just an attempt to kickstart a sense of participation and interesting photographic interest in a community whose name is Photography. — scottbb, Dec 26 '19 at 20:49

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 16 '19 at 19:23

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Location: Iceland on a waterfall that I still can't pronounce

Subject: Life changing goodness and definitely new beginnings.

Date: December 2017

(Image shrunk down, click to expand)

And here's why it was life changing goodness. Please ignore this bit o' context for the contest:

answered Dec 16 '19 at 19:23

OnBreak.

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awww. The context really ties the dual themes together! – scottbb Dec 16 '19 at 22:36
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Also, thank you for posting the first submission to the new contest! – scottbb Dec 16 '19 at 22:37

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 27 '19 at 17:52

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A lone pelican cruising far off the coast of Newport getting a bird's eye view of a December sunset behind Catalina Island - Newport Beach, California, Mid-December, 2019

answered Dec 27 '19 at 17:52

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 21 '19 at 21:28

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Into the woods -- fresh snow for a new day!

February 2019, Vermont, USA.

answered Dec 21 '19 at 21:28

Jack

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Bright and gorgeous. Love it! – scottbb Dec 21 '19 at 21:45
It was fun to take and fun to ski. I have another that I took my next run that's the same, only my own ski tracks go through it. – Jack Dec 22 '19 at 14:45

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 18 '19 at 23:19

Location: Howth, near Dublin, Ireland

Subject: Leaving my old life behind and starting anew. I got divorced this year, sold my house, packed my stuff and moved to Dublin. Left the life that I built up the last decade to start anew in a different place.

Date: 15/12/2019

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 24 '19 at 20:31

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Garden Bench Rebirth - Taken Feb 2013 at my uncle's house in Stanly County, NC after a snowfall. A bit of winter with spring right on the doorstep.

answered Dec 24 '19 at 20:31

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score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 28 '19 at 05:51

Location: Austin, Texas, USA

Subject: Montopolis Bridge, after having spent more than 80 years as a vehicular bridge and important river crossing, was recently closed to vehicles and now has a fresh start as a bridge for pedestrians and bicyclists.

Date: June 2019

Taken on Ilford HP5 Plus 400 black-and-white film, pushed to 800.

user7886229 · Answer 7 · 2019-12-27T22:06:09.987

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Location: CocoCay

Date: December 2019

Make                            : FUJIFILM
Camera Model Name               : X-T20
Exposure Time                   : 1/2000
F Number                        : 4.5
Exposure Program                : Shutter speed priority AE
ISO                             : 400
Create Date                     : 2019:12:25 17:22:32
Shutter Speed Value             : 1/2048
Aperture Value                  : 4.4
Brightness Value                : 8.97
Exposure Compensation           : -0.33
Max Aperture Value              : 3.5
Flash                           : No Flash
Focal Length                    : 67.1 mm
Picture Mode                    : Shutter speed priority AE
Image Size                      : 6000x4000
Megapixels                      : 24.0
Field Of View                   : 20.2 deg
Focal Length                    : 67.1 mm (35 mm equivalent: 101.0 mm)
Hyperfocal Distance             : 50.12 m

edited Dec 27 '19 at 22:06

answered Dec 27 '19 at 21:50

user7886229

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Hi Josh, welcome to Photo-SE. Thanks for your submission, it's a beautiful shot! =) – scottbb Dec 27 '19 at 21:53
Not sure if this is allowed but this photo is edited. – user7886229 Dec 27 '19 at 21:53
@scottbb Thanks! – user7886229 Dec 27 '19 at 21:53
Edits are absolutely allowed. Just as much art occurs in post (or in the darkroom, in the old days) as does in camera. – scottbb Dec 27 '19 at 21:55
@scottbb Awesome! Thanks! Here's the original if anyone is interested: https://i.imgur.com/hMwT8KM.jpg – user7886229 Dec 27 '19 at 21:58
Thanks for showing the original. It's nice to see the difference between out of camera (OOC) and post work. Ansel Adams said, "you don’t take a photograph, you make it." He spent more time in the darkroom than he ever did capturing photos, he spent a lot of time capturing (he even missed the births of two sons because he was lugging around a 8x10 camera in the mountains trying to capture his shots). – scottbb Dec 27 '19 at 22:11

Photo Competition 2019-12: 'Tis the season for a fresh start

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