Oh, What A Circus #2
6:18pm Okay – so I decided that this might provide a better angle on the main block when the big one went up, as well as the more obvious aerial explosions which we can see hanging from the booms.
A new viewpoint
Canon EOS 350D, EF-S 18-55 USM @ 18 | ISO 200 | Av | 1/1000s f/7.1
6:19pm "I wish I had their viewpoint! Mind you, one of them has just put on a clear protective ‘raincoat’. And the wind is blowing across the grass towards me…"
At this point, I realised that the wind would very probably blow the falling paint spray right into this corner I was now in. I was very carefully planning my escape while waiting – there was a corner just behind me which I was going to race behind as soon as I had got my shots. And then…
Camera crew, in a superb vantage point
Canon EOS 350D, EF-S 18-55 USM @ 55 | ISO 200 | Av | 1/640s f/7.1 +1/3
And then a nearby policemen received orders over his walkie-talkie to clear spectators from the corner. I presume that someone else official realised the risk we were at from drifting paint spray. Maybe I’ll be able to to find Carol when I go back round…