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Happy Halloween!
Wednesday 31st October 2007
Happy Halloween everybody! I thought this year I would do something to celebrate, so what do you think of my first ever, hand carved, Jack o Lantern? I was really pleased with my first attempt, I think next year something a little more adventurous…
The second photo was made with a single 5 second exposure: 4 seconds at 18mm then a fast zoom to 55mm for the final second. This had the effect of creating strange eery light effect from lantern.
Halloween is date of astronomical interest as well. October 31st is a cross-quarter date, which is approximately midway between an equinox and a solstice. There are four cross-quarter dates throughout the year, and each is a holiday: Groundhog Day (US Only, Feb. 2nd), May Day (May 1st), Harvest Day (US Lammas, Aug. 1st), and Halloween (Oct. 31st).
In the old calendar, Halloween marks the start of Winter, so lets get ready for those cold frosty (clear) nights!
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This post is filed under Astronomy, Photography by Lonewolf at 8:38am
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AlaskaLoneWolf
Posted on Thursday 15th November 2007 at 7:08am
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Absolutely love the site and pictures. The best LoneWolf yet. An awesome job. Thanks.
Dently
Posted on Friday 9th November 2007 at 2:54am
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I had never heard of this cross-quarter date thing!
Fascinating. Great Jack O’ BTW.
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