Pictures From Reagan's Funeral Procession

f zero | 6/9/04 | f zero

[USAFMom]

I wish I could have been there. My sister asked me to drive up from Tennessee and meet her in Washington but I couldn't get the time off from work (although I was contemplating calling in sick for those 2 days).

Loosing Ronald Reagan, even though we all knew he wasn't going to live forever, has been a real blow. Every February 6th, I would say, thank you Lord for another year.
I held my breathe on Saturday when I heard that Nancy Reagan said "That this was it."
June 5th, besides being my wedding anniversary, will now hold another special meaning. Or what they call a "watershed day in American history."
I can't help feeling that the words that Margaret Thatcher wrote in the condolence book fit him the best: "Well done good and faithful servant, well done."

[pettifogger]

"Well done good and faithful servant, well done."

Reminds me of the president's farewell speech, "not bad, all in all, not bad"

Glad you enjoyed f zero's pictures. He's not a bad brother, although he was a pest as a kid.

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

Great pics! Wish I could have been there.

Question for anyone who knows the answer.

They said the casket was carried by representatives from every branch of the military. There were 8 men carrying the casket. What branches are represented. I can only come up with 5.

Air Force Navy Army Marines Coast Guard

Hope somebody knows the answer 'cause its bugging me!!! Thanks.

[Lady Jag]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your picture.

[Lady Jag]

At least two cameras were used. I noticed two different types of file names and one was digital. The telephoto shot of the casket on the stairs I'm curious as to whether it is digital or not, and what equipment took it, if you or f zero would tell.

Clearly I've been going over your wonderful photos again. : ^ ) On significant occasions I use both digital and 35mm and wonder if f zero did, too.

[f zero]

All Digital! Please see post #95 for the complete skinny.

[Lady Jag]

Thank you for sharing those fabulous photos! That's an awesome tele shot of the the casket on the Capital stairs. Tele shots are difficult with digital. Other than a tripod, do you have any 'tricks' for getting good digital long shot?

[f zero]

That was with a monopod! I (and about 10 others) climbed on top of a ten foot tower of wooden boards and shot toward the Capitol. We were still plenty far away, but the elevated platform helped get above the crowd.

As for shooting digital:

Digital is very similar to shooting slides, you have to nail the exposure, there is very little latitude. If you do error, as with slides, it is safer to underexpose than overexpose, but not much.

Learn Photo-Shop. It is a monster, but it can do everything. The first thing you need to master is 'LEVELS' This helps you fix the exposure and contrast problems created by the lack of latitude.

Practice, Practice , Practice. Film is cheep, but digital is FREE!!!

[Lady Jag]

Thanks much for the info, it sold me on the monopod. It seems to me the digital zoom is far shakier than the 35mm. I have two canons, the G5 digital and Canon EOS 650 The Great, not like the little EOS's that are around now.

[pettifogger]

As promised -- here are f zero's pix.

[Dasaji]

THANK YOU for posting such moving photos.

[pettifogger]

You are welcome -- but, as I have told many, the pictures are all by f zero, my "little" brother and fellow FReeper.

[pettifogger]

Tell everyone where to buy their equipment, bro'!

:)

[conservaDave]

I just saw them and they are AWESOME!....Pettifogger rocks. Thanks for the ping.

Dave

[ejo]

Those pictures were quite moving, one could almost hear the music of the bands as they marched by. Well done!

[f zero]

Sgt. York Misbehaving. First and second pictures before he straightened up. Thought you horse folks might appreciate it.

[CindyDawg]

Thanks :')

[AnAmericanMother]

Tsk tsk. He was a naughty boy.

Did he actually get up off the ground very high, or did the handler hold him down? Looks like the handler kept his composure perfectly.

BTW, that looks like a lot of bit in the horse's mouth. Looks like an old cavalry curb, though with a relatively short shank.

[AnAmericanMother]

This website says that it's a snaffle bit, but it looks to me like a D-ring snaffle with a curb chain, i.e. a Kimberwicke.

Thanks for the pictures of his misbehaving. As my trainer says, "It's a horse, what did you expect?"

[HairOfTheDog]

But maybe his handler had just popped him for being bad . . .

The interesting thing to me is, his handler never did pop him or even give him a tug for acting up, when I was able to watch him anyway. When standing at attention, the horse would fuss and walk around in circles and pace, and his handler remained at attention and ignored it. I think the horse is allowed, during ceremony, to do what he wants. The handler remains hands off and stoic.