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Frecce Tricolori over my house - 2 June 2010

Posted: 02 Jun 2010, 11:10
by james84
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)
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2816/60394107.jpg

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1745/88522621.jpg

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/51/11886895.jpg

Close-up and crop
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6721/67909768.jpg

Then they lined up and released smokes
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8323/52457266.jpg
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/2538/85822877.jpg
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5633/57985511.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3610/61633154.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6397/81598697.jpg

BTW Google looked like this today!
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Re: Frecce Tricolori over my house - 2 June 2010

Posted: 02 Jun 2010, 15:18
by f4nutter
your neighbours sure watch a lot of TV ?....image 205 :wink:

Re: Frecce Tricolori over my house - 2 June 2010

Posted: 02 Jun 2010, 16:23
by james84
f4nutter wrote:your neighbours sure watch a lot of TV ?....image 205 :wink:
Oh, you mean the antennas on the rooftops? They are a typical feature of Rome...

Re: Frecce Tricolori over my house - 2 June 2010

Posted: 02 Jun 2010, 16:45
by bismarck
james84 wrote:
f4nutter wrote:your neighbours sure watch a lot of TV ?....image 205 :wink:
Oh, you mean the antennas on the rooftops? They are a typical feature of Rome...
...not only Rome... :lol:

Re: Frecce Tricolori over my house - 2 June 2010

Posted: 02 Jun 2010, 18:28
by james84
bismarck wrote:
james84 wrote:
f4nutter wrote:your neighbours sure watch a lot of TV ?....image 205 :wink:
Oh, you mean the antennas on the rooftops? They are a typical feature of Rome...
...not only Rome... :lol:
:smt003 :smt003 :smt003