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Fireworks report


  • From: Tom Deering <tdeering@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Fireworks report
  • Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 13:30:51 -0400


>  I'm kicking myself a bit for not checking the lenses
>for water before the fireworks, though it may have
>happened after they started and we aimed the cameras
>up at 45 degrees.

Shooting in an intermittent rain is always difficult. Especially shooting
slightly up.  Don't be  so hard on yourself.

>  I think I'll have about 5 or 6 decent shots if you
>can ignore the retinal rivalry from the blobs on some
>of them. Two or three flaw free ones, though they may
>not have the best fireworks bursts.

5 or 6?  Heck, that'll be about 50%.  Pretty dang good, considering the
difficulty of the subject.

>  So, was it worth 15 or 20 evenings of cutting and
>filing and about $100? Yes. 2001 here we come.

I bought supplies to create my own version of your big bar, but just
couldn't get everything done before 10pm.  I've been buried in preparations
for Green Bay.  I'll be ready next year, promise, promise.

Tom