Great job of capturing the whole scene. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 1:33 AM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > Spectacular. A fine image. > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: John > Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2015 9:38 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO: Raleigh 'works. > > Raleigh had their annual 4th of July fireworks display. Actually, two > simultaneous displays. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/18822838903 > > This image is looking south. > > The building in the left foreground is the new Raleigh Civic Center, > with the Red Hat amphitheater in front of it. The concert in progress > was Barenaked Ladies w/ Violent Femmes. I'd heard of them, but didn't > really know any of their music. > > When I looked them up this morning I found that Barenaked Ladies does > the theme song for the TV show Big Bang Theory. > > Just beyond the Civic Center is the Lenoir St parking garage. > > Fireworks display number one is launching from the parking lot south of > the amphitheater; west of the parking garage. Display number 2 is > launching from a parking lot on the east side of the Lenoir St garage. > > The second display is intended to be viewed from Fayetteville St which > is downtown Raleigh's "main street" running from Capitol Square to > Memorial Auditorium (now the Duke Energy Center for the Performing > Arts). They closed Fayetteville St down for a street fair which > culminated in the second fireworks display. > > The fireworks were set for fairly low burst heights, but I found a spot > on the top level of another parking garage where I could see over the > top of the Civic Center & catch both displays. > > You can't really see it in this image, but out on the horizon I could > also see the fireworks displays for some of the smaller Wake County > communities (Cleveland, Clayton & Garner). > > I hope everyone else enjoyed the 4th as much as I did. > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
