I support your proposal. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Richard Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > I just looked it up: the "Precession of the Equinoxes" (to quote > Kipling) is September 22 at 10:29 P.M. EDT, which is a Monday. > > I suggest a 24hour window on either side for the benefit of those of > us with very busy schedules. > > Cheers, > > Rick > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Quoting Matthew Hunt <[email protected]>: >> >>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Raise the bar, make it the same day as the Equinox. >>> >>> >>> Note that will be a different day depending on where you live. For >>> example, the 2014 September equinox is at 02:29 UT on September 23, so >>> that would make it September 23 for Europe/Australia but September 22 >>> for the Americas. >>> >>> (If we're doing a 24 hour period, my own preference would be +/- 12 >>> hours from the actual time of the equinox, rather than a calendar >>> date, but I have a feeling we're getting a little too complex here...) >> >> >> >> >> Maybe not. The first Synchronicity theme in 1998 required photos to be >> taken at the actual time of the equinox. The next Synchronicity theme in >> 1999 allowed for a 2 hour window around UT. So +/- 12 hours doesn't seem >> too restrictive. >> >> It's easy to find out the time of the equinox at various locations and then >> work out the local 'window of opportunity' - eg the website below lists the >> time of the equinox at various cities worldwide: >> >> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?continent=namerica&iso=20140923T0229&msg=September%20Equinox%202014 >> >> http://tinyurl.com/pmmh9qp >> >> >> -- >> Cheers >> >> Brian >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Brian Walters >> Western Sydney Australia >> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
