Sunday a few of us were going to converge on the
Salem VFD in Culpeper, VA for the annual fundraiser. Tony of Tony’s Body Shop manages the event
and it is always a well attended deal with nice rides. The weatherguessers were saying that
hurricane Bonnie would pay us a visit in the form of a lot of rain on Sunday. Some said it would arrive around Noon….others
said it would arrive later in the day but before dark. So we go…..
We arrived a little early so we could pretty
much pick our parking spot….and we would need to save one for Fred &
Debie. After the four of us set up camp
we ventured inside the fire house where the firefighters were serving
breakfast! What a concept!
The day was unfolding normally and I struck out
to document the participants with my trusty Sony H9. I purchased the Sony in 2007 at the advice of
a professional photographer friend. I
have captured over 60,000 images so far and have been very pleased with the
results. Lately the shutter button has
been malfunctioning and while doing repair research I found that it is a common
problem with the whole “H” series of Sony.
It’s one of the few parts that can be readily found on the net. I purchased one and will see if I can become
a camera repairman next week…. But today
I started photographing the reflection of our farm truck in the hubcap of Fred’s
’57 Dodge….I like to try artsy fartsy shots occasionally. The rest of my day would be trying to tweak
the polarizer filter to put the reflections where I want on the vehicles and
working with the sun….and waiting for people to move on so I can get a clear
shot of the ride. I was about half way
through the field when I heard the announcer say they were going to end the
show early because of ominous returns on the weather radar, coming directly
towards us! Bonnie was going to make an
appearance today. I walked a little
faster and shortened my photo composition time so I could capture all the
vehicles….whew. When I reached our camp,
Fred and the girls had taken down the canopy and were in the process of putting
the chairs away too.
Tony quickly ran through the award program and
let us out around 1:30….instead of 3PM or later! We all left and ran for home going in and out
of very minor spritzing on the truck before we were in the garage! A welcome end to a very busy weekend….
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