Saturday, August 6, 2011

Happy July 3, a month late

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A month after the fact, I've decided to share my photos of a July 3 fireworks show at Cocoa Beach. This is when the display started, when clouds were still visible in the background.

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This is my favorite shot from the night.

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The show was at Shepard Park, a popular beach near the "world famous" Ron Jon Surf Shop.

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The beach was fairly crowded. Many people had been setting off their own fireworks before the professional display. Which is, of course, illegal in Florida -- unless those fireworks were being used for "agricultural" purposes.

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My camera was on a tripod, and most of the exposures I took were about 2 seconds long.

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Because of dry conditions, a ban against fireworks had been in place a week before Independence Day. But with these barges far out into the Atlantic Ocean, I doubt wildfires were a concern.

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After this photo, I spent the next hour trying to get out of Cocoa Beach. Traffic was horrific.

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