A couple more pictures from the Fur Rendezvous

[Blue_In_AK]

Today I got shots of snowshoe softball, some five- and six-year-olds speed skating (sort of), sled dogs, blanket toss, carnival, etc. I'm going to try to put together a gallery of some of the best before the Iditarod madness starts, but in the meantime, here are a couple.

This is the skin blanket that is used for the blanket toss.

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And here's a tossee flying high

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Here's a shot of last night's fireworks

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[Solly Mack]

1. Nice! Thanks!

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The blanket toss looks fun. I wonder how old the blanket is..and how long it took to make it.

Looks very cold.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. It really wasn't too cold today, maybe mid 20s,

but it was gray and snowing a little so it looks pretty dreary. The blanket was really pretty cool. The Cook Inlet Region Native corporation sponsors this particular event, so I imagine the blanket has been around for a while. Here's another more close-up shot of it.

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[Solly Mack]

6. Oh, wow. Thanks!

Oh, yeah. Mid-20's...blistering warm it is.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Nice shots

These days I am doing way too many faces...learning that some folks simply do not photograph well. Tomorrow I am afraid I need to practice with Tom's rig. Will take it on Tuesday for a news story and really would be embarrasing if I had no clue what to do with it.

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Nice. The last pic is stunning!

What setting do you use? I can NEVER take good shots of fireworks. I even used the "firework" setting on my camera and they still looked like crap.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. I've had a steep learning curve on the fireworks,

and a lot of mine have looked blown out, too, so don't feel bad. I always put the camera on the burst mode, use a tripod when I can, and just start shooting as soon as the explosion starts opening up and keep going until it's done. I also way underexpose, for this particular shot -2.

The camera was the Canon 7D, with 70-200 F 2.8 lens and 2x extender. I was a distance away from these fireworks -- it's probably at least a mile over there across Knik Arm -- which is why the long lens. Settings were F5.6, 210 mm, 1/13 exposure time and ISO 800. I had pretty good luck with the fireworks this time. Out of the 530 shots (!) probably a fifth of them turned out pretty good.

regnaD kciN takes really great fireworks shots and he may have some more professional tips. Mine are just trial and error.

[Callalily]

5. Wonderful photos!

And that blanket toss - sheesh they go high! Not for me.

[Celebration]

8. love them

makes me feel as if I am there.