Fun Friday
6 Nov 2004 03:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
karohemdBusy at work but managed to get out in time, had a pizza at The Zebra and waited for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
akonken and jholloway to arrive who had gotten a little lost.
Wandered around the funfair a bit, taking some cool pics of illuminated rides and waited for the firework display to start. It wasn't bad but I think they used to be better and bigger and better coordinated/choreographed. There wasn't much structure, just bit after bit, sometimes overlapping in ways that didn't really make sense. The best ones were the wriggling screamers. I took about 70 photos but there will only be about 10 really good ones. The setup (handheld, rather close so sometimes had to point straight up) wasn't ideal and obviously I hadn't really photographed fireworks before. Still, I'm quite happy with the results. More wibble about technique etc. in a separate post.
After it had finished, we slowly made our way out through the masses. I then realized that parking in Jesus Lane hadn't been such a good idea after all, as traffic was diverted via Emmanuel St (both Victoria Ave. and Maids Causeway were closed) so it took us quite a while to get out of Cambridge.
No problems at all traffic-wise, just finding the A15 was a bit tricky because of the roadworks. We got toautumn_storm's in the end, though. Quite a few people there, some I knew from previous parties, some I didn't.
We were right on time for the private fireworks to start which weren't bad, either.robinbloke has usurped raggedy_man's throne by sticking a rocket so tightly into the ground that it didn't lift off and exploded there and then. Thankfully, nobody got hurt and nothing was damaged as it was just a small one.
Then we headed off to the field where the big ones were launched. Some very good rockets indeed.
Back at the house, sat around, munched breadsticks with Dippadoom™, chatted and had a good time.
Drove back without getting lost, chatting about gaming and music. Droppedakonken and jholloway off in Newnham, got in, downloaded the pics and wrote this.
Bed now, photos tomorrow.
akonken and jholloway to arrive who had gotten a little lost. Wandered around the funfair a bit, taking some cool pics of illuminated rides and waited for the firework display to start. It wasn't bad but I think they used to be better and bigger and better coordinated/choreographed. There wasn't much structure, just bit after bit, sometimes overlapping in ways that didn't really make sense. The best ones were the wriggling screamers. I took about 70 photos but there will only be about 10 really good ones. The setup (handheld, rather close so sometimes had to point straight up) wasn't ideal and obviously I hadn't really photographed fireworks before. Still, I'm quite happy with the results. More wibble about technique etc. in a separate post.
After it had finished, we slowly made our way out through the masses. I then realized that parking in Jesus Lane hadn't been such a good idea after all, as traffic was diverted via Emmanuel St (both Victoria Ave. and Maids Causeway were closed) so it took us quite a while to get out of Cambridge.
No problems at all traffic-wise, just finding the A15 was a bit tricky because of the roadworks. We got to
autumn_storm's in the end, though. Quite a few people there, some I knew from previous parties, some I didn't.We were right on time for the private fireworks to start which weren't bad, either.
robinbloke has usurped raggedy_man's throne by sticking a rocket so tightly into the ground that it didn't lift off and exploded there and then. Thankfully, nobody got hurt and nothing was damaged as it was just a small one.Then we headed off to the field where the big ones were launched. Some very good rockets indeed.
Back at the house, sat around, munched breadsticks with Dippadoom™, chatted and had a good time.
Drove back without getting lost, chatting about gaming and music. Dropped
akonken and jholloway off in Newnham, got in, downloaded the pics and wrote this.Bed now, photos tomorrow.
