HAPPY 4TH

[surftree]

HAPPY 4th everyone have a good one an safe one

 

[Chum]

No pyrotechnics here (legally anyway)...extended drought. But with God's blessing: beef, b-b-q, and beer and hoisting a real flag for real reasons in honor of a nation that was, not is.

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

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and hoisting a real flag for real reasons in honor of a nation that was, not is.

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It is sad but true.

But, I have a feeling my interpretation of that would be a little different.

 

[sohner]

Red , White and Boom.. To you all

 

[Chum]

Nothing to celebrate except memories and alcohol.

 

[Kman]

Jr's on leave from 29 Palms and flew his girlfriend out there. They are renting a dunebuggy and blasting through the desert to celebrate the 4th! Happy 4th to all the 'Buzzers out there!

 

[Colin]

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and hoisting a real flag for real reasons in honor of a nation that was, not is.

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You should be waterboarded for talking that smack, fool.


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[Chum]

There's one reason we're not what we were.

 

[Roger_Barnett]

HAPPY 4TH--Enjoy the Fireworks

Ever the dumb dum.....I drove over to my welder's to pick up my big old Gitzo tripod that needs some minor repair (even though he hadn't done it-it will work), packed it, a cheapo tripod, and a desktop mini-pod....Parked the car, went to grab the Gitzo and see that the quick release was at home, attached to my super-telephoto....Grrrrrr. Walked several blocks to the spot, and realized I'd left the mini-pod in the car....coulda walked back to get it, but what the hey...

So, I set my Pro-1 on the freeway railing, on my coat......and took a couple handheld videos with the little A710, and set it on the railing and let it run out the 5 minutes of remaining recording time. (Haven't yet downloaded that to the puter.) Set up the el-cheapo pod, which might weigh a pound, and isn't designed for a 42 ounce camera, and 1 to 4 pound lens. But was able to get some pretty good shots with it. Hadn't shot fireworks in years, so, it was mostly an exercise in experimentation. A couple of the wavy shots could be from the way some bursts spiraled out, or from vibration from trucks rumbling by.....For most of the show, I had the camera on 10 second delay. Near the end, I finally thought to set it to 2 second delay....wasted a lot of good photo opp's.....

I've been editing with the simple, easy, and free Picasa program. Photoshop (which I don't yet have a copy of) would be good for putting multiple images together...but there's a free Photostitch program that I might try...

Here's a coupla pics. And a slideshow... http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/sets/72157605983364226/show/

 

[Norm_Hall]

Re: HAPPY 4TH--Enjoy the Fireworks

Awesome pics Roger.
We went to a nearby city to watch their Firework's. They did it all to music that celebrated Independence Day.. and ended with "God Bless the USA". It was very cool.

 

[Colin]

Re: HAPPY 4TH--Enjoy the Fireworks

Awesome pics, Roger! I wish I had those skills. I'll take 20 pictures and only 3 or 4 will be worth a dang.

Here's the tree I trimmed to celebrate the 4th, lol.

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[KyLimbwalker]

Re: HAPPY 4TH--Enjoy the Fireworks

Here's a Fourth of July celebration: sort of a modern Hendrix version of the Star Spangled Banner.

Take two Nextel phones, with Direct Connect to each other.

With one phone in one hand, beep the other phone and do your best instrumental version of the Star Spangled Banner.

Moving the phones close together, you get feedback.

This trick works with many other Hendrix/Stevie Ray Vaughn songs as well.

Happy 4th everybody!