Yesterday, I captured 2 events. I just posted: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, 5/31/10.
This post is the
Lantern Floating Ceremony at Ala Moana Beach Park. The news mentioned that at least 40,000 attended this ceremony which included many photographers.
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Messages were written on these lanterns, when it was dusk, each lantern was lit and sent out to sea.
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This picture was really dark, but I was able to photoshop it to "fill light" to give you a glimpse of the many people. There were people along the shore line - including myself. It was actually very hard for me as I am height challenged. Many shots were deleted as I kept getting others in my way.
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Some of the lanterns are released by these canoeurs, others released by those who walked into the water.
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5 comments:
Great lantern shots, so cool in the dark blue water. Great shooting!
nice shots! did you have to get into the water or those lantern shots?
I like that close-up lantern shot too!
you're much braver than i am; just mention the word "crowd" and i'm gone!
Erick, thanks I was happy to get these shots
SW, I changed my lens from my 16-35 to 70-200, so I didn't have to get into the water. But feet were in the water.
Jalna, I wanted to get that lantern shot to tell the story of this memorial
Rand, yeah the crowd was overwhelming - bravery is good description.
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