Well I got to see some fireworks this year. :o) The Portuguese put on a good show as part of the World Fireworks Competition, and I got to try out my new camera. Mainly it highlighted that I need to learn a lot more. Especially on how to control it in manual mode. However I did get a few decent results, though a lot did not work. This was not due to my bungling but the strong onshore wind; which made both the camera and tripod shake as well as deforming the star-bursts.
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Shell Drop
Well I got lucky! There was one date on which the World Fireworks Competition is held that I could attend; last Sunday! I'll post pictures once I've sorted them out; I got very trigger happy. Anyway I was walking down the promenade to find a suitable spot to set up the tripod. I was keeping one eye on the sunset, as it was turning out to quite a good one. But kept noticing that the seagulls were all flying around with shells in their beaks. Puzzled I watched closely as the bird circled above my head before dropping its shell and immediately diving after it. With the crack the shell made the penny, as well as the shell, dropped. The gulls were smashing the shells open on the foot of the sea wall. Now while I'm sure the whelks were not very happy about this I hope you'll agree it made for a nice photograph.
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