August 2013 – Page 2 – waterfrontblog.co.uk

It is Tuesday and the train came back

Whether this will be a regular visit, we have yet to see. It did the same as last week. It ran around the train but waited over an hour before finally leaving.

Ipswich to Cowes race

This started today in the Wet Dock. There are some details HERE.

I managed to set the tripod up and get a fairly long video of them starting out.

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A few shots from the other side of the Wet Dock – on the Island

We wandered around onto the island today and took a few shots across to our side of the Waterfront. I is difficult to get any clear shots.

While I was over there, I check up on Nicola Ann the fishing boat. I spoke to the owner. It is having a regular bottom scrape and a coat of paint, as I expected.

This is a big boat when you get underneath it!

Were we in a good place to watch the fireworks?

They went off at 9pm on Sunday. We had some of the family round to watch. Not much more to say – watch the video.
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I learned something from this and that is that the camera cannot focus on fireworks! What I should have done is set the lens to manual focus and set it to infinity. That way I would have stopped the hunting for focus and ensured that it was much sharper. To quote one of my favourite television programs – “I learn, Mr. Fawlty, I learn”.