Blog 21 03 12 Celebration

Today I join Kool and the Gang in their exuberant 1981, chart-topping hit “Celebration”, because I just received my first Covid vaccination. Normality, here I come! Slowly and carefully, I admit, but the light at the end of the tunnel is no longer a train coming the other way. Yeah!!

Harlem Nights

Which brings me to this image, which I came across, after church on a beautiful Summer Sunday in 2007. Clearly there had been a party on Saturday night and, instead of the usual pairs of basketball shoes festooning the trees and traffic lights at intersections, someone had created a wonderful decoration of helium-filled balloons and attached them to the traffic lights for all to see. Sadly, I could not decipher the silver numbers and letters to know the exact occasion or the age of the birthday boy or girl. I am glad to share it with you on my own joyful day.

Settings

Camera: Nikon D70

Lens: Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5/4.5 G IF-ED

Drive Mode: Single Shot

Focal Length: 70mm

Auto Focus-Area Mode: Single

Aperture: f/7.1

Shutter Speed: 1/1000s

Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority

Exposure Compensation: -0.3 EV

Metering: Centre-weighted

ISO Sensitivity: 250

Format: Raw

Hand held

Place : Harlem, New York.

Year: 2007

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