Magic Trees

The woman who lives here is a theatrical lighting designer, so when Christmas comes around she always has interesting decorations.  I love the subtlety of these trees.  They are done with LED lights, and there are the more bluish ones, and the warmer, more yellow ones.  I had to photograph this scene on two different days.  The trick is to pick just the right time of day, so that there is still some daylight illuminating the rest of the scene.  The first time I did the shot, it was so dark that there was no detail in the house and lawn.