Evesham River Festival 2008

12th July 2008

These are some of the photographs I took at the 2008 Evesham River Festival and is divided up as such:

1) The Boat Handling Competition - all competitors featured as they placed a lifebelt onto a buoy in the river.

2) A flypast by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Avro Lancaster (for the second year in a row)

3) The afternoon boat parade

4) The illuminated parade - this was a challenge as my previous night work involved the targets remaining stationary. What I chose to do was an "arty" solution; set the flash to rear-sync and get an effect of motion. Again I managed to take photos of all participants in this parade.

I also took a few photos of the fireworks and have included one in this collection. Grand total of photographs taken during the day was 173 (13% coverage in this collection), which set a record for most photographs taken during one day. That record lasted 24 hours!

I have now supplied Hazel Hanlon, the festival organiser, with copies of all of the 2008 photographs for use in publicity and supply to boat owners/crews. As a result of the official interest, I have re-worked some of the photographs taken during the day in Paint Shop Pro, and any in this collection that were re-worked in this session have been replaced with the modified versions.

This collection is likely to remain in place for some time after the 2009 River Festival. I haven't decided exacty when it will be removed, but I suspect that I will replace it with the 2010 Festival photographs.

[My thanks to the webmaster of the official site for the link to this collection, as well as information that has allowed me to correct various errors/omissions in boat names.]

"Platypus" Narrowboat, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 3872x2592 riv_fest_402.JPG 2008-07-12 12:35:32 Buy Print	"Huggy" lifebelt drop, Evesham River Festival, 12th July,2008 3872x2592 riv_fest_406.JPG 2008-07-12 12:43:19 Buy Print	"Boat out of Hell" lifebelt drop, Evesham River Festival, 12th July,2008 2659x1772 riv_fest_413.JPG 2008-07-12 12:49:12 Buy Print	"Chough" lifebelt drop, Evesham River Festival, 12th July,2008 2827x1884 riv_fest_417a.JPG 2008-07-12 12:56:38 Buy Print
"Sheerwater" lifebelt drop, Evesham River Festival, 12th July,2008 3011x2007 riv_fest_420a.JPG 2008-07-12 13:02:16 Buy Print	"Umtali" lifebelt drop, Evesham River Festival, 12th July,2008 3007x2005 riv_fest_424a.JPG 2008-07-12 13:10:09 Buy Print	"Jubilee" lifebelt drop, Evesham River Festival, 12th July,2008 2710x1806 riv_fest_427a.JPG 2008-07-12 13:17:40 Buy Print	"Bewdley Jester" lifebelt drop, Evesham River Festival, 12th July,2008 3872x2592 riv_fest_429.JPG 2008-07-12 13:25:03 Buy Print
Avro Lancaster flypast (1), Evesham River Festival, 2008 3020x2013 riv_fest_438a.JPG 2008-07-12 14:35:58 Buy Print	Avro Lancaster flypast (2), Evesham River Festival, 2008 3135x2090 riv_fest_440a.JPG 2008-07-12 14:35:59 Buy Print	Avro Lancaster flypast (3), Evesham River Festival, 2008 3872x2592 riv_fest_452.JPG 2008-07-12 14:38:41 Buy Print	"Muffy B" Cruiser, Afternoon Parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 3872x2592 riv_fest_462.JPG 2008-07-12 15:03:33 Buy Print
"Our Bubble" Narrowboat Cruiser, Afternoon Parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 3872x2592 riv_fest_467.JPG 2008-07-12 15:06:26 Buy Print	"Large Geeantee" Cruiser, Afternoon Parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 3872x2592 riv_fest_469.JPG 2008-07-12 15:07:00 Buy Print	"Bacchus" Narrowboat Cruiser, Afternoon Parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 3872x2592 riv_fest_473.JPG 2008-07-12 15:08:49 Buy Print	"Challenger Deep" Cruiser, Afternoon Parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 3396x2264 riv_fest_475a.JPG 2008-07-12 15:09:49 Buy Print
"Pol-lee B" Narrowboat, Afternoon Parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 3148x2098 riv_fest_481a.JPG.jpg 2008-07-12 15:12:24 Buy Print	"Brigaida" Cruiser, Afternoon Parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 3355x2237 riv_fest_485a.JPG 2008-07-12 15:14:23 Buy Print	"Onze Droom" Cruiser, Afternoon Parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 3415x2277 riv_fest_490a.JPG 2008-07-12 15:17:14 Buy Print	Cruiser "Sheerwater", night parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 2482x1655 riv_fest_518a.JPG 2008-07-12 22:02:26 Buy Print
Cruiser "Huggy", night parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 3083x2086 riv_fest_520a.JPG 2008-07-12 22:02:55 Buy Print	Illuminated boat, night parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 1728x2592 riv_fest_526a.JPG 2008-07-12 22:05:35 Buy Print	Cruiser "Winnie Too", night parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 3048x2032 riv_fest_532a.JPG 2008-07-12 22:07:35 Buy Print	Cruiser "Muffy B", night parade, Evesham River Festival, 12th July, 2008 3330x2220 riv_fest_538a.JPG 2008-07-12 22:08:35 Buy Print

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