Slide shows from firemen's weekend

[fuzzyscorpio]

I thought it would never end, but I finally got through editing almost 400 pictures I took during Firemen's Weekend last month. (Oh, and also learning the hard way that you cannot post a Quicktime .mov file on Photobucket that contains more than one piece of MP3 audio, even if the file runs just fine from your own hard drive and is well under the size and run-time limits for your Photobucket account. Since I couldn't devote much time to pursuing the cause of this, I ended up just working around it. If anybody knows why I ran into that problem, please PM me. :

I divided the pictures into two slide shows, one for the motels and one for everything else, and again linked them on my Blogspot page because that route lets me trick them into displaying a little bigger than they would on Photobucket and also avoids the cluttered Photobucket surroundings.

I had to shoot with a Canon A540 instead of the more advanced, 8-megapixel camera I had planned on using, and I was very lucky to have even that to work with (you don't want to know why... ). So the quality of some shots is not as I would have preferred. But the A540 did okay. Sweet little camera, nicely laid out, really a pleasure to use.

If you have a few minutes to take these excursions with me, I hope you'll find them enjoyable. Click where indicated on the Blogspot page, linked below, to play the slide shows.

fuzzyscorpio.blogspot.com

No Madonna soundtrack this time--just pure sentimental doo-wop .

Note: If your computer doesn't like the Blogspot arrangement for some reason, you can try going directly to the Photobucket source files using these links:
s94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/atlantislodge/Wildwoods/?action=view¤t=WW906-Motels.flv
s94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/atlantislodge/Wildwoods/?action=view¤t=WW906-Attractions.flv

[FlyinGN]

very good job!!! Thank you very much fuzzy..

[thelastresort]

awesome, thank you!

[nance]

Very very nice!! Played it many times with a tear in my eye.

[fuzzyscorpio]

Thanks so much, Frank, TLR and Nance. Glad you enjoyed... Nance, I hope your tear was one of affection more than sadness, but some of the visual content, like the two empty lots that most here will recognize, made more upbeat doo-wop accompaniments seem wrong to me. I thought the bittersweet quality of both tunes was fitting.

[MMM]

Thanks!

[Doowopper]

Wonderful!

I will need to take some time out later to really watch them. Can't wait!

[fuzzyscorpio]

Thanks, Martin and Doowopper--it's nice of you to comment, and your opinions count extra. ;D Polite reactions from friends and relatives who only visit the Wildwoods once in a while when they can't spare the time or money to go somewhere "better," or who haven't even bothered returning to the island since their childhood vacation trips, just aren't the same--they don't know the meaning of these pictures the way the members of this forum do.

[tbear]

Great photos! Thanks for sharing.

[wildre]

Thanks enjoyed that!

[fuzzyscorpio]

Appreciate hearing from you two gals, thanks! Nice to know I did well enough to please you, re, even though you've seen it all a zillion times ;D

[wildre]

Fuzzy, I'm a diehard resident of NWW, rarely take a drive down to the Crest and hardy ever at night. So some of those signs I was seeing for the first time all lit up in all their glory. I notice you ventured all the way down to the Surf Haven and met Carl, you even got the corner of my house in the outside pix.

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[Al Alven]

Awesome stuff, as usual, Kathi!

Your neon shots are some of the best I've seen!

[fuzzyscorpio]

wildre said:

Fuzzy, I'm a diehard resident of NWW, rarely take a drive down to the Crest and hardy ever at night.

Oh, re, that's funny... sounds like here in NYC where West Siders almost never go to the East Side and vice versa.

So some of those signs I was seeing for the first time all lit up in all their glory. I notice you ventured all the way down to the Surf Haven and met Carl

I did, that was fun! He was so nice. And the Surf Haven was another place, like the Beach Colony, where I came across a group of firefighters that seemed to be having a really nice laid-back kind of gathering--grilling burgers and what-not outside, with an open room of the motel right nearby that was set up as a bar. Carl seemed rather proud of the set-up he provided for them. He and I agreed their party was a good example of how life oughta be in the Wildwoods.

you even got the corner of my house in the outside pix.

Well, how about that?? Now I know which door to knock on next time!

[fuzzyscorpio]

alalven said:

Awesome stuff, as usual, Kathi!

Your neon shots are some of the best I've seen!

Well, that's flattering coming from you, thanks. Hopefully I'll get better neons as soon as I learn how to not fry the good camera by jamming in the memory card wrong side up ;D