Southern Maryland Balloon Festival Aug 26th

Just a few photos to share from the balloon festival in Prince Frederick, MD.  I have lots more, but I'm busy getting ready for the Artwalk in Leonardtown square tomorrow 5-8 pm.  More later.

     Inside a balloon

      Tethered hot air balloons

     Jennifer Cooper, singer

      Don Stapleson, saxophonist

Another Eclipse Photo

One more eclipse photo, the first one I took.  A little overexposed, but I liked the star effect.

Eclipse Photos from St. Mary's County, MD

My husband had a solar filter for his telescope.  It was bigger than my 150-500 mm lens, so we just let gravity hold it down.  We had a scary moment, when I almost let it fall off the end.  Yikes!  The eclipse was about 80 percent or so here.

Jim remembered seeing interesting crescents on the ground through the trees when he was younger, so I photographed that too.

Winning Photos for July from Camera Club

I had two honor photos from July 2017 at the St Marys County Camera Club.  The special theme was Destruction.  I'm not too keen on photos of destroyed cars and buildings, so I used a little creative thinking.  I asked Jim to make me some huge bubbles with a bubble wand.  Using a fast shutter and my hand holding a gadget to pop the bubble, I finally caught a half popped bubble.  It won first theme digital.

I also got Advanced second place for a sunset reflection in my new neighbors window.  The judge liked the interrupted pattern.

Recreation boat demo at the SMBC 2017 Summer Regatta 2

Jim was in the recreational antique boat afternoon demo at the Southern Maryland Boat Club 2017 Summer Regatta on July 30th too.  Approximately 2 PM.  He was thrilled to be participating with his Centurion barefoot ski boat called "The Rocket", since it can go around 55 mph. 

All the noise in the background is caused by wind and boats being trailered in for the next demo.

SMBC Regatta video 

Recreational Boats show off at the SMBC 2017 Regatta on July 30th-1

Recreational Antique Boats show off at the Southern Maryland Boat Club 2017 Summer Regatta on July 30th.  My husband,  Jim was part of the demo in his Centurion Barefoot ski boat (White with gray stripes) The Allison boat created a little excitement after a minute or so, right after you hear "Jim Macaulay is coming up on the inside". 

Morning heat around 10 AM.  

Video in bright sunlight is always challenging with my camera, since it is difficult to see through the live view screen.  

Boat demo video

Tunnel Hull boats 2 SMBC Regatta July 29

Second video of the Tunnel hull boats, really powerful race boats running a demonstration.  These boats can drive over 100 mph.  They are all vintage boats owned by the Southern Maryland Boat Club members at the Leonardtown Wharf.  This was the third club Regatta, where the owners and drivers could show off their boats to the public in a much safer situation than a race.  There were no winners, just happy club members.