BOOM

We have been at a our regular wine tasting and barbeque this afternoon at a friends house and only just got home.

Yesterday I posted a photo of Newcastle with Fort Scratchley in the distance. If you look closely at that photo you will see one of the guns off in the distance, so I thought today I would post this photo of one of the guns at the fort being fired.

I didn't take this photo, it is one of David's shots and I thought it would be nice to include one of his photos in my project again.

I have posted a couple of photos of his in the past and the timing on this one is perfect.

If I remember rightly this photo was taken last year for the Queen's Birthday Celebration at Fort Scratchley.

This is one of the two guns that were fired during the performance of the 1812 overture when we went to the Music of the Guns a few weeks ago.

[Rob]

Now that's a big gun! Cool shoot from David

[Richard Brown]

Impressive shot and great timing I like how you can see the debris fanning out at the front of the blast.

[Peter]

Great shot!!! full of drama, colour, and interest, looks like your timing is spot on Babs, possible should have been a Cannon not Nikon used for this shot, lol:)

[julia]

Great shot David...

[Babs]

@pcoulson It is David's photo Peter. I think he had his Nikon on continuous burst. Only took about 100 photos to get this one ha ha.

[Peter]

@onewing Sorry Babs I read all your narrative and still got it wrong senior moment, but its a great image, with his burst rate it works out that his success rate was only 1%, you would have done much better, lol:)

[Arthur Loosley]

Nice bang. My ears are ringing at the thought!

[Chris K]

what an impressive shot well worth David taking 100 to get such a beauty.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Great timing and a super shot , Babs -- David did an excellent job of this to capture the moment , the colour and the force of the blast .

[Valerie Chesney]

Brilliant capture......

[Rachel]

A cracker of a shot from David! I love all the bits flying everywhere, and the fire within the smoke. The timing was spot on.

[Hazel]

Well done David, a magical & unusual shot! Fav

[tony gig]

Great timing...Fav

[Diane]

Oh yes you can see the flames and debris, great timed shot.

[Merrelyn]

What a great shot from David, very dramatic.

[Diana Moss]

A very dramatic capture David a fav

[Lee-Ann]

Fantastic action shot.

[Pat Knowles]

Fabulous action & explosion of the gun, well done David! I have never seen a clearer action of an explosion like that, rather amazing!

[gloria jones]

Excellent capture

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, excellent capture.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Wow, fantastic capture and timing. Instant FAV. Can I add the sound - BANG.

[carol white]

Wonderful timing, a super capture. Fav!! 😃

[Rosie Kerr]

Wonderful timing... he captured the explosion at just the right moment! Amazing, how all the bits are flying about.

[Shady]

Terrific Timing. A FAV for David.

[Taffy]

Fantastic, perfect timing! That cloud and the lighting are terrific.

[Kerri Michaels]

very cool.. fav

[Sally Ings]

Great timing, super capture

[Sue Cooper]

What a fabulous shot. Perfect timing!

[ShirleyB]

Wonderful action shot and great timing.

[phototart]

Great timing, you can even see the bits from the charge.

[Shailesh]

excellent timing..

[Paula W]

Wow great shot, perfect timing.

[ChristineL]

Perfect timing, what a brilliant shot!

[Michelle Renee]

Brilliant timing!

[Jenfurj]

Perfect timing.fantastic capture.

[Darinka]

Wow!Brilliant capture!Perfect timing and exposure!Fav!

[Marnie]

I wouldn't want to stand in front of that lot, blanks or no blanks.

[Lois]

Powerful looking gun! Great timing -congratulate David on a fantastic shot!

[Sylvia du Toit]

Well done to the two of you! Fav!

[Margo]

Brilliant timing A FAV

[Debbie]

Wonderful timing babs..

[Yao RL]

I am not sure why I burst into laugh. This is such a cool capture.

[Babs]

@johnston1364 @rjb71 @pcoulson @julzmaioro @wordpixman @cruiser @beryl @happysnaps @888rachel @quietpurplehaze @tonygig @dianeburns @merrelyn @snowy @leestevo @happypat @seattlite @mittens @ladymagpie @carolmw @rosiekerr @theboxmanreturns @taffy @moviegal1 @salza @susiemc @shirleybankfarm @paulmann @shailestha @paulaw @inthecloud5 @bokehdot @365projectorgjenfurj @my_photofun @golftragic @loweygrace @sdutoit @777margo @deborah63 @yaorenliu David said thank you all so much for all the lovely comments on his photo and for putting it on the TP and the PP. He is thrilled to bits at the response. When I told him it was on the PP, he said "Crikey, how about that".

[Annie D]

this is awesome!

[sally agnew]

A very impressive KABOOOOOOOOOOM !!!!!!!! David :))

[Lee]

Nicely captured moment, very well done. fav

[Kane Arlow]

Wow, that's is an amazing shot.

[Mike]

Timing!

[Gena Pegg]

Wonderful capture!!

[Loopy-Lou]

Awesome, fabulous capture, well done David.

[Ron]

Look at that - David gets PP and TP right off the bat! Wonderful capture. And it brings back memories of when I "played canon" in college when we did the annual 1812 Overture performance.

[Babs]

@annied @hermann @gamelee @karlow75 @caddick @eyesmile @bizziebeeme David says thanks very much.

[Babs]

@stray_shooter Thanks Ron, He was gobsmacked that his picture appeared on the TP and the PP. I said he would be famous one day.
These are the guns that were fired at our Music of the Guns evening at Fort Scratchley. Both guns were fired several times and unfortunately the wind was blowing in our direction. We came home smelling of gunpowder, but it was a great evening.

[Dianne]

Brilliant image - great timing, colour and composition.

[Vera]

This is just the most brilliant timing!

[Leslie]

WOW what a perfectly timed snap !!!!

[Barb Newcomb]

What a fabulous capture of it. Well done David!

[Brian]

That is a cool shot. I like how the debris just lingers. I imagine this was loud.

[Babs]

@brian365 It was deafening Brian. Both guns were being fired this day so double the noise.