Cambria (American) Tradition

Cambria is a tiny unincorporated town in southern Minnesota that has been inhabited for about 8000 years. It has a tradition of celebrating on July 3rd with a town parade, it circles the block twice, and a better than expected fireworks display. If you can't get out tonight this is will give you a chance to see some 4th fireworks this year.

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Holiday Color

We went to the traditional July 3rd fireworks at Cambria, MN, last night. The village easily swells to at least 3 times the normal population of 300 for a few hours each year. Their display is excellent and allows for up close fireworks photography. A wide angle lens is all that is needed for the overhead shots. However, not all the color is in the sky. Hope you get out this weekend to see some holiday color and reflect on the history of the day.

What happened?

Do you ever look at an image and wonder what happened?  I was shooting fireworks with a 28-135 mm lens. Somewhere during the 3 second exposure I changed my mind on the focal length zooming out slightly. Was it a mistake? I prefer to call it a creative misadventure.  Before the show I spot metered the monument to determine an exposure of about 5 seconds which would keep its details while shooting in bulb mode.