

What are your thoughts? Do you carve your own pumpkins? Have you been to the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular event? Let me know in the comments below. Overall I am pretty pleased with the results. I decided to try my hand with the HDR (High Dynamic Range) technique on a few of the images in the gallery. The pumpkins themselves do emit some light but you’ll likely need to modify your camera settings from display to display. In order to better showcase the pumpkins, there isn’t much ambient light.

If you’re an experienced photographer looking to take some high quality photos of the event, I would recommend a tripod. Revel in the marvelous magic of the Halloween season at this year's nationally acclaimed Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo. There were also a few pumpkins weighing over 1000 lbs, one of them weighing in at whopping 1,754 lbs. You’ll start at the letter “A” and work your way through the alphabet passing by Alice in Wonderland, sports figures, fantasy, inspirational figures, animals, and much more (all of which can be seen in the gallery below). While our journey started with a fairly long wait in line due to the number of people (and the need for vendors to gain exposure), the display was worth the wait. Roger Williams Park Zoo expects to have over 100,000 visitors over the course of the entire month. The theme for this year’s show was “Jack-O-Lanterns from A to Z” and featured 5,000 pumpkins. Revel in the marvelous magic of the Halloween season at this years nationally acclaimed Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo. The event features pumpkin carvings from artists around the area. It usually runs through the month of October and is open to the general public. The Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular is a family oriented showcase of amazing pumpkin carvings that is spread across Roger Williams Park Zoo. I would definitely recommend checking out this awesome display if you haven’t already. I imagine their process is somewhat similar to ours, however they are true artists that are able to add their own visions to the pumpkins. We typically start by searching for a suitable template in books or online and use that as a guide for carving. While I’m not sure what the process looks like for the carvers at the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular, I can surely say that they are very experienced. The pumpkin carvings are simply amazing.įor the past few years my brother, girlfriend, and I have carved own own pumpkins (you can see ours from this year at the end of this post). This year I had a chance to visit the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo with my family. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. X 2014 Roger Williams Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular 9 3.5K views 5 years ago I was asked to put a video together of the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo. Well over 100 of the pumpkins are carved into veritable works of art, and presented in themed scenes with music.Home → 2014 Roger Williams Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Loading.


Join your family and friends in this amazing experience: a night time display of 5,000 illuminated jack-o-lanterns all along our beautiful wetland trail. Everyone should put down the remote, shut off their streaming service and make sure they don't miss this year's Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular, celebrating 75 years of television. To view more pumpkin art from the show, you can check out on the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Flickr page. Celebrate the wonders of New England and all its glory and magic at the nationally acclaimed Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular presented by Citizens Bank at Roger Williams Park Zoo.
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Below is an informative video by John Reckner, founder of the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular, where he talks a bit about how the pros create such amazing pumpkin art, including a few tips on how to do it yourself. Starting with the dinosaurs and going through the Ice Age, Ancient Egypt and Rome, the Renaissance, and through the 19th and 20th centuries. With the theme of time travel, the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular is guaranteed to catch the eye of everyone who attends. According to Geeks Are Sexy, all proceeds from the event support the Roger Williams Park Zoo education and conservation efforts as well as Zoo improvements. A sampling of the Jack-O-Lanterns you’ll see at the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular.
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The Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island is holding its annual Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular from Thursday, Octothrough Saturday, Novemand so far an impressive series of pop culture Halloween pumpkin carved designs / works of art have been displayed.
