Twas the night before Halloween. We went out to get a better look of Mars, which was the closest to earth last night. It was mostly clear to the east, but when we looked to the west (where Calgary was), the light pollution from the city made the one big cloud in the sky above us glow...

These photos were taken with a tripod, manual mode, exposure time - 16s, f/1.8, ISO 64, no flash.

Twas the night before Halloween 2

Twas the night before Halloween 1

It came to be @ 03:59 PM MT

4 Comments

How perfectly lovely. Miss you. Hectic here, but calming down finally.

Anne | 10.31.05 - 5:02 PM |

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Oh that's great! Except for that big cloud, the sky is very clear. My viewing of Mars over the weekend was the start of this year's astronomy season for me!

Derrick | 10.31.05 - 10:18 PM |

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Warm lighting, I love that about this photo the most.

Chantal | 11.01.05 - 5:58 am |

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Thanks for the comments, guys :-)).

Anne, miss you too... will come back sometimes...

Derrick, I've sent you an E-mail from your site... Have some astronomy questions :-)).

Lorien | 11.01.05 - 10:27 am |

Just a little something cute/funny for Halloween. We've been to the farmers market again yesterday, and they had this thing going on for Halloween. Lots of entertainment, singers, face painting, clowns... Almost all sellers were in costumes, they had treats for the kids, and it was very colorful and festive... and Halloweenish ;-)).

Joe took the two photos I used for this manipulation. This guy looked real creepy, and he was moving from place to place and then sits there without moving for a while... Halloween is almost here! :-)).

Mmm... Which one?

It came to be @ 12:00 AM MT

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Holy smokes, that looks great. Very nice composition. The black background works wonderfully!

Derrick | 10.30.05 - 1:47 am |

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Well this shot certainly caught the creepy feeling!

john | 10.30.05 - 3:59 am |

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Thanks, guys. I'm quite pleased with how this turned out... and the guy did look creepy... but cute ;-)).

Lorien | 10.30.05 - 10:03 PM |

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WOW very creepy

Tine | 10.31.05 - 1:50 am |

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very creepy my dear! LOVE it!!!! muwahahahahahaha happy Halloween!! :-)).

daisies | 10.31.05 - 2:07 PM |

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Thank you thank you! Happy Halloween back :-)).

Lorien | 10.31.05 - 4:08 PM |

A leftover from summer. It's amazing to see the geese together, how family oriented they are. The couple mate for life, and they both tend to the goslings.

Sometimes we see them in large groups... few parents with a bunch of goslings walking around together. Fascinating indeed!

Family

It came to be @ 03:45 PM MT

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This color really seems to suit the season we're in now. What does it for me is the goslings and the goose in the background!

Derrick | 10.27.05 - 10:37 PM |

Saying good-bye with vengeance

It came to be @ 08:50 AM MT

Two for a cozy autumn evening

It came to be @ 05:52 PM MT

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oh wow ... this is definitely cozy and more than a bit romantic! : ) they almost look like two roses aflame! lovely!

daisies | 10.24.05 - 6:01 PM |

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romantic !

saleh­ | 10.25.05 - 4:37 am |

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I agree. This definitely conveys some intimacy!

Derrick | 10.25.05 - 11:09 PM |

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Romantic, hey? mmm... I sure did something right ;-)).

Lorien | 10.25.05 - 11:50 PM |

A picture taken by Joe and processed by me. I'm not completely happy with the outcome, though. It was hard to work on this one, but what I tried to do is to make it seem like a painting, an old painting. What do you think?

I see wonders

It came to be @ 12:28 PM MT

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what struck me immediately is the oil feel to this, the rich tonal reds ... I like it :-)).

daisies | 10.24.05 - 6:02 PM |

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Good! It means I did something good :-)).

Lorien | 10.26.05 - 9:05 am |

We have to go out and take some new photos. Becoming more critical of the photos we take is a problem in a way, you know how it goes...

Oh well, this one is from our summer vacation, and we like it, and wonder how come we didn't post it till now. Have a closer look? Do you get what is going on this photo?

Tales of a mirror

It came to be @ 12:52 AM MT

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Nice photo! I like the color

jhofais | 10.18.05 - 10:57 PM |

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Were you hanging out the window when you shot this?!

Derrick | 10.19.05 - 2:38 PM |

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Ok... It went like this. Joe took the photo into the side mirror, while his window was closed. The camera was zoomed in, so you can't see the borders of the mirror. And, he wasn't the driver!

That's it :-)).

Lorien | 10.19.05 - 4:26 PM |