Dijon Bastille day fireworks
Bastille day is taken seriously all over France, as it should
be. They're free from the tyranny of government now, aren't they?
Anyways, when I was visiting Morgan in Dijon we went with some of her
friends from the program there to see the Bastille day fireworks down
by lac Kir, a lake in the western portion of Dijon. The only thing
that my camera really scores poorly on in its class in digital camera
ratings is low-light photography, which isn't surprising considering
the point-and-shoot nature and small lens. In any case, it got a few
good shots. The fireworks lasted for about 45 minutes, constantly. It
was the longest show I've ever seen in my life.
One of the most beautiful aspects of this show to me was how close we
were to the fireworks and how high we were. If you read the Dijon trip log you can see where we were
situated, on the hill overlooking the lake right next to where things
were being launched. Thus, we were about half as high as the
explosions were compared to the lake, making the viewing very
comfortable and different than what I'm used to (which is staring
straight up for 20 minutes). The grade finale actually filled up my
field of view -- I had to turn my head to see all of the fireworks
going off at any given time. This was significantly more impressive
than I remember the stuff being back home.
[o
m]
[o
m]
[o
m]
[o
m]
[o
m]
[o
m]
[o
m]
[o
m]
[o
m]
[o
m]
[o
m]
[o
m]
[o
m]
[o
m]
