Fourth of July Fireworks

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Huntsville, AL
Name
Jason
Well, not really. These were in Chattanooga, TN shot on July 3rd in downtown. Post'em if you got'em from the fourth.

E-pl5 and 14-42 kit.



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We rented a 2-person kayak, headed out into the Charles River with our daughter / food / a good beer for me at about 7:30pm, and waited. And waited.

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KBRX5622 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

...and waited. And watched police helicopters spotlighting everyone and everything. Then I finally googled the start time, and was horrified to see "about 10:30," some 2.5 hours past her bedtime, and a good hour and a half into the future. But what can you do, except watch the helicopters, hang out, and wait?

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KBRX5695 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

And finally it began, at which point I realized the difficulty of photographing in the dark on a pitching small boat...

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KBRX5708 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

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KBRX5727 by gordopuggy, on Flickr


When it was done, we booked it back to shore, turned in the rental boat, got drenched in a Spectacular downpour, and my wife biked my daughter and I home as we sat in the front of our new cargo box bike, under a rain cover. Errr.... this thing.

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KBRX5882 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
 
We had fireworks on the evening of the 5th out at the Jersey Shore, as we were dealing with the after-effects of Hurricane Arthur the night before. It was a lovely evening and a really nice time, with everyone from the neighborhood gathering at the area with a veiw of the park to watch. The fireworks were really lame - the big show was several miles farther down the island - and I got a lot of photos of the lame fireworks. Here are two...

Everyone gathering on the tiny little "beach" with a view of the park where they were set-off:

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July 4th on July 5th by ramboorider1, on Flickr

And the fireworks - I think these were from the big finale if you can believe it:

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July 4th on July 5th by ramboorider1, on Flickr

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July 4th on July 5th by ramboorider1, on Flickr

-Ray
 
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