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"Click or Treat!"


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Copyright: Pamela DG (fotofreak) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 80 W: 145 N: 421] (1763)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-10-29
Categories: Event, Experimental, Mood
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700, 35-280mm, @ ISO 200
Exposure: f/5.4, 1/2 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2004-10-30 1:17
Viewed: 891
Favorites: 2 [view]
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Free candy, creative costumes, carving pumpkins -- everybody loves Halloween!

My mother (cloverstar) and I will be gone for a week, so I just wanted to wish everybody here on TrekLens an early Happy (and Safe) Halloween!

And just for the fun of it,
here are some fun halloween facts:

Why are pumpkins a Halloween tradition?
Using pumpkins as lanterns at Halloween is based on an ancient Celtic custom brought to America by Irish immigrants. All Hallows' Eve on October 31 marked the end of the old Celtic calendar year. On that night, hollowed-out gourds with candles inside were placed on windowsills to welcome home spirits of deceased ancestors and to ward off evil spirits.

Why do we wear masks and silly costumes for Halloween?
Believing that spirits and ghosts roamed the land on All Hallows' Eve, the ancients Celts wore costumes and masks to avoid detection by these ghosts.

Why do we go door-to-door begging for candy?
Have you ever wondered how trick-or-treating began? On All Hallows' Eve, the Celts would leave food on their doorsteps to keep the hungry ghosts from entering their homes.

**Post Pro**
-first, spend hours carving a pumpkin!
-did not crop photo.
-used curves to make the black area darker.
-burned in a few lighter spots.
-created a new layer with the image, did AutoLevels and then changed the opacity to 50%.
-flattened image, resized, sharpened, saved for web.
SandPiper, CVTJan, egerie, vanbeeck, WALTERito, maleentjeh, wck, Freddie has marked this note useful
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What fun and you will be missed. Both you and your Mom are so creative!:O)

Dear Pamela:
1. Creativity A+
2. Carving the pumpkin A+
3. Exposure A+
4. Composition A+
5. Note A+
Amazing picture, makes me feel like family :)
You placed the object exactly correct on the left, little space on the right and with a little tilt. Very good compo.
6. Overall impression A+++++++
7. Winner of the fictional Halloween TL contest.
Happy Halloween to you and of course all TL'ers too !
Yours, Jan

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  • izzzm Silver Note Writer [C: 3 W: 0 N: 10] (400)
  • [2004-10-30 12:36]

Very nice and creative. I love halloween!! Happy halloween to you to!!!!

very creative mind!!
i like carving pumpkins, my mom makes pumpkin soup with the flesh inside. hmmmm.
well, you can carce better than me...
very good shot,Like Jan said, compo is great, so so are the colours.
i would give more that 2 points, i love it!

Happy halloween!

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  • egerie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 643 W: 135 N: 266] (1968)
  • [2004-10-30 15:40]

Well done Pamela, every tings are perfect...
Quel beau travail Pamela. Tout est tellement parfait que moi aussi je te donnerais bien plus que 2 points... J'ai beaucoup aimé lire tes notes, super intéressant...
Gisèle

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  • Dingo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2743 W: 372 N: 2625] (11952)
  • [2004-10-30 18:35]

;o). Click or treat. I clicked, does this mean I won't get a treat then ?
This is great, Pamela. TFS. It's by far the most original Halloween contribution on TL. I'm as impressed by your carving abilities as I am by your photographic skills...
Enjoy your holiday.

Very creative ! Happy Halloween ! Enjoy your holiday.
Alex

Very very creative !

I appreciate your creativeness...
It is really impressive art.

Can

Oh, this is so nice for TL, Pamela! Just saw this on the front page of TL and it caught my attention. I like it a lot! Very nice work of art, thanks for the note. I like the tilt.
Cheers!
Freddie :)

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