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Tue. July 4, 2006, 11:00pm PDT
Photos ~ 2006 Tacoma fireworks over Commencement Bay
After a busy day down at the Freedom Fair Sarah and I were joined by a slew of friends to watch the Tacoma fireworks. I staked out a spot around 7pm just down the street from our house. It's a popular spot near a ravine overlooking the bay that neighbors gather to enjoy the show. Gavin, Holly, Gavin's brother and girlfriend, and mom and grandma came by as did Steve (of the Fergusons). The evening was chilly with a persistent breeze blowing hard enough that Sarah had to bring by some warmer things for me to use. We even got some DS playing in with Gavin's brother Tyson!
The crowd thickened, Gav and I setup our cameras, and we all enjoyed the show which made a colorful end to a busy but fun-filled weekend.
Update (2006-07-06 @ 9:19am) - More photos
Joel Parker has a collection of fireworks photos he snapped this 4th from the 11th Street Bridge in Tacoma. Great perspective and some lovely shots.
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7/5/2006 @ 10:34am
Nice work.
by Erik
7/5/2006 @ 10:50am
I have more to post but hit a tech snag when I realized I only set my site up to accept up to 99 photos per entry.
by KevinFreitas
7/5/2006 @ 4:20pm
Nice shots Kev! It is fun to get better at fireworks photos each year. That remote release seems to steady up all of the photos quite a bit when compared to the ones taken the previous evening.
by Gavin
7/5/2006 @ 5:02pm
Thanks Gav. Did you crank out any good shots that we can expect to see on your site sometime soon? Fireworks are fun mainly because the focus involved because they don't come around for most of us but once a year.
by KevinFreitas
7/5/2006 @ 5:30pm
I just figured out that you are the mastermind behind the "measure it" firefox extension. I like use that one all the time! You're one of my heros!
by Richard Ryan Anderson
7/5/2006 @ 8:13pm
Thanks Richard! Need to clear some of my web projects so I can get on some extension updates.
by KevinFreitas
7/6/2006 @ 3:01am
I caught the last 5 minutes or so of the show from the 11st St. bridge. You *definitely* have to use a selt-timer or remote release :)
by Joel