Critique Welcomed Happy 4th!

[Chris Dodkin]

As a Brit living in the US - I'm always conflicted when the 4th July comes around.

On the one hand, I'm not really up for celebrating a war that the British lost.

But on the other hand, I get a day off work, and a party.

Mmmmm, I'll take the day off and the party!

X-Pro1 and 35mm Lens.

 

[Pete Askew]

I take it that the one in focus represents New England then! Nice shot. Works well.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

A few more from today:

Under Old Glory

Stars & Stripes fruit sticks

Alyssa celebrates her independence on the iPad

Addy does dress-up

Red. White & Blue cake

 

[Pete Askew]

Wonderful series Chris. Love the PP in the colour shots and, as usual, the B&W ones are spot-on.

I trust you only had the one cup cake!!

Is that roof painted?

 

[Paul Lange]

It was a hollow victory anyway Chris...........

Did you spend all day Whooping and all those other things yanks like to do?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks Peter and Paul - no Mary?

I did have a piece of cake Pete - very healthy fat free sponge and lots of fruit

The roof is indeed painted, and is a local car dealership in Oceanside.

Paul - we had whopping, and hollering, and some serious grilling' - followed by ooooos and aaaahhhhhs as the local resort did their fireworks.

The big firework show in San Diego Bay had a technical glitch - and all of the fireworks launched simultaneously!!!

The result was rather spectacular!

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Local Video from YouTube

Very impressive, but not the big long show people had driven to see - some folks had even come in from Arizona to see the show.

They cops had to drive around the bay telling people it was over and to go home!

 

[Brian Moore]

Nice shots Chris. (Have you ever considered food photography as a profession?)

I read about the SD fireworks show. "Technical glitch" they called it. It blasted off 5 minutes early, lasted 15 seconds, and then people stood around waiting for the rest of the show. Its almost like someone sabotaged the show for a laugh. (Hey wait a minute,...where were you between 8:30 and 9 pm last night Mr. Conflicted Brit?)

 

[Pete Askew]

Job well done there Chris!!

Many years ago I went to a private firework party. Just a small affair with a few boxes of pathetic fireworks. It was hosted by a friend's boss who it had to be said (if being polite), was a total prat. He put all the fireworks in a metal tin well away from the launch pad and started setting off these dismal fireworks one by one. The first was a rather pathetic rocket but the second was a jumping jack that proceeded to bound across the lawn behind him into the tin of which he had forgotten to replace the lid. It was a lot more exiting that the way he'd planned I can tell you!!