www.iFourWinns.com

I like the way the larger Four Winns cruisers look like low-slung sports cars.

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Gordon Arnold
New Hampshire

2003 268 Vista ..................................................................Prior: 97 245 Sundowner

Sadly, We don't have a July 4th here up North - we do get a July 1st however. Best I can share is a couple of pics snapped from our local Lake & Shore days - Kinda a parade of light where everyone hangs Chrismas lights all over thier rigs.

Off the Bow -


To the Aft -




Cheapo BlackLights hidden in the Tower worked well but proved to be difficult to photograph. Oh, can't see me - I'm taking pics. We went with the Gilligans Island theme - We don't dress like this everyday (only special occasions ) I have since created a new ships code - ladies to wear white bikinis or gauze garments at night.


'K so Fire Works #1. Again, they were better than the pics but taken from a boat it isn't really possible to have a 10 or 20 second shutter so you are lucky to get 1 burst per frame.


FireWorks #2.


FireWorks #3


FireWorks #4


And the kit responsible - Nikon D3 and the 24-70 F2.8 lense that happens to be mounted on it in the insurance pic.

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2008 Four Winns 210 5.7 GI/SX
2007 GMC Sierra 2500 Crew
1966 Fed-Up Wife

Great pics, we have something similar in Chicago, call Venetian Night. Some pics, not taken by me at the below link.

http://theblognovice.com/2008/07/27/chicagos-51st-annual-venetian-night/

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-Tom
2003 298 Vista

I think those are the best night shots I've ever seen from a DSLR!

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2002 Funship 214
VP 5.7 GX Si
2003 Tahoe

Awesome Shots. Someone who knows how to work these bloody things. What was your shutter speed Captn?

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2008 Four Winns 210 5.7 GI/SX
2007 GMC Sierra 2500 Crew
1966 Fed-Up Wife

I'd assume Cappy don't know what the camera settings were, in light of the above reply. If those were the ones from one of the auto modes.

Did ya shoot RAW + jpg ? If so, the data will be in the RAW files.

OR

If you still have the files on the card, in the camera, it will show the data.

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Gordon Arnold
New Hampshire

2003 268 Vista ..................................................................Prior: 97 245 Sundowner

Midnight - Half an hour after Wolfeboro bay had been filled with a couple thousand boats .........

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Gordon Arnold
New Hampshire

2003 268 Vista ..................................................................Prior: 97 245 Sundowner

I will tell you what...
You Four Winns guys know how to have a blast on the water on the 4th & take great pics to prove it!
Great post!!

We didn't get on the water, but had a good vacation!

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H210SS 6.2
F150 Platinum

M3 - Nah I stay away from RAW despite the after edit advantage. The Jpgs are typically in the 6-8 mb range so they can be demanding on the computer if I need to fix 'em up. My shots were at 2.8 and probably at 6400 iso so that explains the poor focus I guess - and one thing that is not really apparent from the pics is that it was really overcast, no moon and just generally black out all evening though for some reason the D3 found some light that you couldn't actually see. I dont know how that can be because the light in the sky I couldn't see when I was there.
THe 3 ducks by the way is a really cool shot!

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2008 Four Winns 210 5.7 GI/SX
2007 GMC Sierra 2500 Crew
1966 Fed-Up Wife

Great Pics!! I'm thinking I may need to trade in the polaroid for an upgrade!

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Michael Bova


"Swept Aweigh"
2003 Four Winns 328 Vista

Previous Boat
2003 Crownline 230CCR

You mean some of the boat shots that have lighter spots in the clouds? That ISO 6400 will pick up a lot of light ... of course, at the expense of noise & "grain".

I couldn't really focus on the ducks. It was really pretty dark and my Tamron F-2.8 lens would not auto focus. I used manual focus, but could not see well enough to tell if the focus was OK or not. Additionally, I was shooting at ISO 800 (for better detail), so the shutter speed was kinda slow (with no tripod).

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Gordon Arnold
New Hampshire

2003 268 Vista ..................................................................Prior: 97 245 Sundowner