Halloween sky.

[saturn5]

A very faint Pleiades in the Halloween full moon.

[Catanonia]

LOL, lovely topic image. Like it loads.

[TakMan]

I do like that! ...and the one from the beach in the 'photography section to' - I bet you did get some funny looks! Oooooowww....

Where's the location...?

Damian

[saturn5]

Thanks Damien,its taken at Thurso in Caithness.As far north as you get on the British mainland.

Just a shame i forgot to turn the pumpkin light on for this one.

[TakMan]

I thought that was deliberate!

Makes it look even more sinister - waiting to attack an unwary traveller!

I shall have to add Thurso to my list of places to visit!

Clear skies...

Damian

[saturn5]

Oh yes ,i meant it was deliberate:evil6:

Thurso, famous for its surf,really top waves and also famous for errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,mmmmmm quite a lot of other things that i cant quite remember.

OH yes,founder of the boys brigade William Smith was born here in 1854.

[TakMan]

Thanks for that!

Can I ask what camera, lens, settings were you using for this shot...?

Saw your reply on the Moonlite Sonata thread - I don't think there's any need to be binning the camera when you're producing such atmospheric shots!

More importantly, did you make any soup with the poor pumpkin's innards....???

Clear skies!

Damian

[saturn5]

It was taken with Canon 450d,Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens

90 second exposure,f3.2, iso 200.

Pumpkin soup!!!!! yuk!!!.I tried it once and nearly threw up. I can eat most things from the rawest fish to the hottest spiciest curries but pumpkins are definately not on my must have list.

[TakMan]

Thanks for the details...

As for pumpkin soup being "yuk", well shame on you - poor Mr Pumpkin!

The secret is to sweat the flesh first in a pan with a good lump of butter...

Then add a chopped onion and 3/4 pint of chicken stock....

Then the choices...

200ml (ish) of coconut milk

or a couple of carrots and parsnips (possibly vegetable stock with this one)

or as above, but with a dash of curry powder....

plus salt and pepper to taste.

Leave to simmer for 15-20 minutes, allow to cool, then into the blender - job done and plenty of lovely pumpkin soup!!! The ones without coconut you can freeze (we use old 'utterly buttery' cartons - and each makes 2 servings....

Nigella - move over!!!!