Having Fun at the Feast of the Hunter’s Moon

Last Sunday we visited the Feast of the Hunter’s Moon to have some fun with the kids. I did break away a couple of times to make some photos of some of the interesting aspects of the Feast. During the tactical demonstration the re-enactors fire off vintage weapons. The fire from the powder makes for a great photo, but it is not always easy to capture. If they would fire the weapon with any kind of cadence like I posted in the title it would make things easy. Instead they fire at will, and usually after holding the gun up for quite some time. It really becomes a guessing game. Getting the smoke is easy, but getting the fire requires a little luck. Here I was focused on the right person at the right time. My guess paid off.

Covering The Tactical Demonstration

At one point during the tactical demonstration they started moving up the ‘battlefield.’ I found myself moving with them, and it reminded me a lot of covering a football game from the sidelines. They would fire a volley and move up. It was very much like following a good football team down the field. The only difference is that in football the wounded are removed after the play and not the battle.