After Nate and K had gone to bed, I drove up to the Stone Quarry Hill Art Park to watch and photograph the fireworks. The field overlooks the village of Cazenovia and the lake. You can also see Oneida Lake to the north, the Fenner windmills and much of the countryside in between.
I hadn’t thought to go up there for the fireworks before, but obviously others have, as there were probably 2-3 dozen viewers already there by the time that I arrived.
The sun had set and the twilight was fading, so I knew it wouldn’t be long before the fireworks started. There were already several other displays going off in the distance, and a few ‘private’ shows nearer at hand.
It was a beautiful night and after the fireworks ended and the crowd cleared (except for a few intentional stragglers shall we say), the lightning bugs came out and started putting on their own show. So Sis, the last two shots are for you. I think it will definitely warrant another trip up there when it’s darker and later into lightning bug season.
Here are some highlights, but make sure to look at the whole album.
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July 5th, 2008 at 7:37 am
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July 5th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
It’s good to see you’re getting some use out of your 70-200. The shots are excellent, particularly those with the moon. From a photographic standpoint, they picked just the right time to launch fireworks. I’ll have to get around to posting a few that I took yesterday, however the skies are much darker here when they get around to shooting them, so I’ll have to photoshop in some dusk lighting.
- R