This week I had lot of fun, we had independence day holiday on July 4. Todays Blog is dedicated to US independence day. In 1776 July 4th America has got their freedom from the Great Britain. If you wanna take a look at declaration of independence you can See here. For those who has seen National Treasure movie will know the importance of that. It is located in the National Archives in Washington DC.We had reached DC by what time, hmm I think around 4. It was supposed to be raining though we didn't take any precautions. We got down at Chinatown Metro since the Smithsonian station was shut down (which is the nearest to the National Mall - the ground in front of capitol which includes all the museums) China town station is located near the Spy museum none of us had taken a look at it till then. So we had gone there saw the entry fee of 16$ and came back. We were not in a mood to spend 16$ to see the enigma, other coding devices, camera's etc which spy's used to use. Of course they won't show what are the devices spies are currently using. These are world war remains. Just like holocaust museum but for that entry was free. From there we have been walking walking, till the check point neat Washington monument. It was nice seeing all the people around. So many weird and beautiful people. It was nice till it started raining, it rained so heavily and we found shelter under a tree. And there was a guy who was selling umbrellas. He had a nice business, he was telling this is the 4th Independence day consecutively in rain. Then some cop came and took us to another place to stand since as per him its not safe to stand under tree when there is lightning. Ok as he wish.
Later when the rain stopped, after the security check, we could enter the ground. It was nice to see all the portable toilets out there. Around 50 of them :) . We found a place in front of monument between Lincoln memorial and and monument, the fire works was supposed to be from the middle of the reflecting pool. you wont believe there were more than 2 lack of people there, and this was my first experience to see this many people together at one place. At the end of the fire works people were moving like ocean. Awesome view it was.
I have got some nice pics of the fireworks, people and kids. The fire works photos though it was not so bad, could have been better. I have identified the mistakes I have done. For people who is interested in photography of fireworks, keep your aperture at 8 or above to prevent over exposure. Also set your ISO low again to limit the exposure. Without tripod you cant get anything out of a firework show. Also set the camera to M mode and set shutter speed to bulb and use a remote to control the starting and beginning of the exposure. If there is wind you may end up with bad photos, like what happened to my photos. That was a mistake I could not prevent. The things i could have taken care were, the Aperture and the ISO to control exposure.
After the fire works we have walked to the Metro Center station; walking in the middle of the road in DC was an awesome experience that too in the middle of beautiful gals :). Of course they have blocked the road from the morning. I have tried to take out my whistling skills. Many were trying to whistle, I think only Indian would have succeeded. We reached back by 12.30. End of story.
Later when the rain stopped, after the security check, we could enter the ground. It was nice to see all the portable toilets out there. Around 50 of them :) . We found a place in front of monument between Lincoln memorial and and monument, the fire works was supposed to be from the middle of the reflecting pool. you wont believe there were more than 2 lack of people there, and this was my first experience to see this many people together at one place. At the end of the fire works people were moving like ocean. Awesome view it was.
I have got some nice pics of the fireworks, people and kids. The fire works photos though it was not so bad, could have been better. I have identified the mistakes I have done. For people who is interested in photography of fireworks, keep your aperture at 8 or above to prevent over exposure. Also set your ISO low again to limit the exposure. Without tripod you cant get anything out of a firework show. Also set the camera to M mode and set shutter speed to bulb and use a remote to control the starting and beginning of the exposure. If there is wind you may end up with bad photos, like what happened to my photos. That was a mistake I could not prevent. The things i could have taken care were, the Aperture and the ISO to control exposure.
After the fire works we have walked to the Metro Center station; walking in the middle of the road in DC was an awesome experience that too in the middle of beautiful gals :). Of course they have blocked the road from the morning. I have tried to take out my whistling skills. Many were trying to whistle, I think only Indian would have succeeded. We reached back by 12.30. End of story.
Above photo is from my picasa album of Independence Day. For other photos visit my Picasa album.
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u too celebrating freedom thru blogging...
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