Hey, nice shot and it even includes the launch. I haven't shot
fireworks for many years. Even though I can see the local display very
well from my front yard I haven't chosen to take any photos since there
are power and telephone lines cutting across the view.
Chuck Norcutt
John Hermanson wrote:
> Looks like a splendid time was had by all, Chuck.
>
> At the bottom of my index page (www.zuiko.com) is a shot of fireworks
> from last Saturday night July 4th in the small town of Equinunk, in NE
> Pennsylvania. N*kon D200, 18-135mm zoom, B @ 5.6.
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> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> My wife and I took a stroll down to the local park where the vendors are
>> setting up for tonight's July 4th fireworks display. For non-US
>> residents especially, it shows a little bit of 4th of July Americana...
>> as practiced in upstate New York at least... but without the fireworks
>> which are yet to happen. But we will watch them from our front yard
>> tonight while sitting in our lawn chairs. :-)
>>
>> The grassy area shown is normally used for baseball and soccer games
>> and, on the far side of the field (but not shown) one of the local
>> area's six famous Alan Herschel carousels.
>> <http://www.pbase.com/bill_b/carousel_horses>
>>
>> Food shacks shown include "spiedies" (grilled meat marinated in Italian
>> spices), sausages, lemonade, funnel cakes (batter deep fried in oil and
>> covered with powdered sugar... in the left hand of the guy with the
>> backpack standing in front of the "lemon") and southern style barbecued
>> brisket and pulled pork.
>>
>> Also shown: A beautiful senorita with red hair (well, she will be in
>> about 10 years), sixties rock-n-roll for us sixties type folks and a
>> Blue Angel formation taken from too far for a 135mm lens (since the
>> performance was actually being given about 6-8 miles away)
>>
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Highland%20Park%20-%20July%204%20%2709/>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
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