Every 2 June Italy celebrates the establishment of the Republic (1948). A military parade takes place in the center. In the past sometimes also shown were aircrafts and helicopters, but because of budget restrictions only soldier regiments take part to it.
Anyway, the celebrations always end with the Frecce Tricolori overflying the city and displaying green, red and white smokes, and they pass over my house as the road where I live is almost perfectly aligned with the area where the celebrations are held!
It has been a good chance to test my new Canon 55-250 lens and to learn some spotting technique. I hope next year we will have more light
I'm lucky enough to live in an area where a lot ofmedium-tall buildings are.
First they made some passage flying in circle (click on the links, I don't feel like resizing all the images)
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Close-up and crop
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Then they lined up and released smokes
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BTW Google looked like this today!
Frecce Tricolori over my house - 2 June 2010
Re: Frecce Tricolori over my house - 2 June 2010
your neighbours sure watch a lot of TV ?....image 205
Re: Frecce Tricolori over my house - 2 June 2010
Oh, you mean the antennas on the rooftops? They are a typical feature of Rome...f4nutter wrote:your neighbours sure watch a lot of TV ?....image 205
Re: Frecce Tricolori over my house - 2 June 2010
...not only Rome...james84 wrote:Oh, you mean the antennas on the rooftops? They are a typical feature of Rome...f4nutter wrote:your neighbours sure watch a lot of TV ?....image 205
Re: Frecce Tricolori over my house - 2 June 2010
bismarck wrote:...not only Rome...james84 wrote:Oh, you mean the antennas on the rooftops? They are a typical feature of Rome...f4nutter wrote:your neighbours sure watch a lot of TV ?....image 205