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Re: [OM] Gettin' Ready for the Fireworks

Subject: Re: [OM] Gettin' Ready for the Fireworks
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:33:10 -0400
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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