In the words from Monty Python - "And now for something completely different"

My favorite type of photography is wild animals.
It can be very challenging to get close enough with the right light angle,
with the exact camera setting to best display their subtle colors and patterns,
and to also get them to be comfortable enough to get them in normal behavior, ignoring me.
I find it quite challenging and that's part of the reason I enjoy it most, as well as
being as one with nature.

But, I've done lots of different types of photography.
Indeed, weddings, real estate, and other types of photography are a lot easier
and pay more too. Thus, I do that sort of thing also.
Indeed, I will be doing some weddings again this summer.

Of course, I can't show you photos of people that I have photographed
without them signing a release form.
Otherwise one opens themself up to possible litigation.

But, there's no problem in that regard with wild animals nor
inanimate objects. They generally don't have attorneys willing to take a photographer to court.

I remember many decades ago one winter going around my neighborhood at the time
and photographing the holiday lights put on front lawns or roofs.
They came out alright and I guess it was somewhat fun at the time.

A couple of weeks ago I got the idea to again photograph holiday lights, but in a totally different way.
What I did is to set the shutter speed to be long 1/2 second to 2 seconds and have the background dark.
Then, I simply moved the lens, so that the lights became trails over the time set,
I tried several different lens motions. Here are 5 of those photos.
Let me know if you like any. I plan on using them for something else.
More on that another day.