Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


March 15, 2012:Mascleta on a cloudless day

It all started at the bull fighting arena - about 1pm. I was early so I made some photos - here, the great giveaway

mar 15 8384 give away

Across the street - the Amstel giveaway

mar 15 8404 amstel

Plaza of the Bulls - sign

mar 15 8411 bull sign

I had some time so I decided to try to panning shots - about 1/4 sec exposure and the results are better than last try -but not great yet

mar 15 8412 blur green lady

Gray man

mar 15 8415 gray blur man

Blur lady

mar 15 8418 blur lady

Blue man

mar 15 8419 blur blue man

Gray lady

mar 15 8428 gray lady

Lip lady

mar 15 8429 lip lady

Blond lady

mar 15 8431 blond lady

Yellow stripe man

mar 15 8439 yellow stripes man

Blue man

mar 15 8441 blue man

Another blond lady

mar 15 8443 blond lady

Colorful head man

mar 15 8446 colorful head

Magenta lady

mar 15 8450 magenta lady

Green lady

mar 15 8453 green lady

A couple

mar 15 8462 couple

One oclock

mar 15 8468 one oclock

big hug fallas

mar 15 8475 fallas

the city center - where the noise festival takes place

mar 15 8478 city center

People

mar 15 8484 people

Explosive team

mar 15 8490 demo team

Crowd

mar 15 8513 crowd

Aslan on the watch

mar 15 8544 aslan

People

mar 15 8549 people

Where I was last Saturday - about in the middle

mar 15 8565 my crowd

Before

mar 15 8574 before

From a musical perspective The Percussion Structure of Mascleta

structure of mascleta composition

Schedule of a mascletá, as proposed on the book 'Pirotecnia en Valencia' of Ferriols, Pagola and Solá

First fire and noise

mar 15 8580 begin mascleta

While I was shooting stills, Rafa was making our video of the entire program - wow

From Pirotecnia Europla - a view mostly from the ground - you can see the sequence of the detonations.

Here is a version captured by the tevelosion folks - where they are able to show at a different ground level perspective of the individual explosives and what happens.

Fire along the side

mar 15 8584 side fire

Red streaks

mar 15 8588 red streaks

Fireballs

mar 15 8593 fireballs

White streak

mar 15 8636 white streak

Fireworks and noise

mar 15 8637 fireworks

Streaks

mar 15 8644 streaks

Streaks

mar 15 8649 streaks

Fireballs

mar 15 8723 fireballs

More of the same

mar 15 8759 fireworks

Fire streamers

mar 15 8761 fire streamers

A closer view

mar 15 8762 fire streamers close

mar 15 8762 fire streamers

mar 15 8767 fire streamers close

Red streamers

mar 15 8770 red streamers

The after crowd

mar 15 8774 after crowd

more after crowd

mar 15 8775 after crowd

Even more

mar 15 8776 after crowd

and more

mar 15 8780 after crowd

After smoke

mar 15 8781 after smoke

City Hall time

mar 15 8782 city hall time

After

mar 15 8785 after

Now cleanup

mar 15 8787 fire cleanup

Leaving

mar 15 8800 leaving

A group

mar 15 8801 group

Where we watched - about 6 floors up

mar 15 8803 where we watched

Fallas

Cleaning

mar 15 8810 cleaning

Fallas

mar 15 8813 fallas

Little fallas

mar 15 8820 little fallas

Explosive sign

mar 15 8826 explosive sign

Cleanup

mar 15 8828 cleanup

too many people

mar 15 8831 many people

A lean mean cleaning machine

mar 15 8835 lean mean cleaning machine

Another lean mean cleaning machine

mar 15 8837 cleaning machine

Fallas

mar 15 8845 fallas

Little fallas

mar 15 8853 little fallas

Colorful group

mar 15 8857 colorful group

Drums

mar 15 8861 drums

Two Drummers

mar 15 8865 two drummers

Bull fighter ring

mar 15 8867 bull fighter ring

Fallas

mar 15 8872 fallas

Fallas

mar 15 8875 fallas

Lady big fallas

mar 15 8879 lady fallas

Narrow street for Rachel

mar 15 8880 narrow street

Half fallas

mar 15 8882 half falla

Street paella

mar 15 8888 street paella

Where I work - UPV

mar 15 8890 UPV

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