Mike_Wacht

Santa Napping

Santa Napping

My father-in-law loves to play Santa. As Christmas approaches, he donates his time to children's hospitals, NICU units and other charities to be Santa for ...
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My father-in-law loves to play Santa. As Christmas approaches, he donates his time to children's hospitals, NICU units and other charities to be Santa for the kids. By the time the holiday is over, he's rather tired. It's become tradition for us, when I visit him after Christmas, to do a "Santa Napping" portrait, which serves as his social media profile pic for several months.
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PENTAX K-1

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settings

Aperture 14/5 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/40 Focal Length 70/1

location

location

North Pole, Alaska, US

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upload_date

Jan, 2019

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141

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