Warwckshire Scouts and Beavers St Georges Day parade

The day after the Shakespeare birthday parade, we had the annual St Georges day Scout parade in nearby Warwick. St George is the patron saint of the scouting movement and hence the enphasis on celebrating this each year. This also coincides with the birthday of our local village scout and beaver troop. With my son in the parade, it was a good opportunity to go along to shoot the occasion.

Coming the day after the Shakespeare parade, it was a good opportunity to learn the lessons and modify my technique accordingly. The close up shots clearly worked the best, although it would be better not to rely on a telephoto lens (70-200 on a DX SLR). It was also clear that the .jpg files from my Stratford shots were often overexposed, even when shot on manual, and that they were quite intolerant of highlight overexposure. So for the Warwick event, I shot in RAW, aimed to underexpose and use a combination of the telephoto and an 18-70 zoom.

This event only ran over a couple of hours and so I didn't get the chance to get so many shots. I still took over 200 though....!

Here comes the band

Practising the Beaver salute.

Be prepared for the speech.

The music starts.

And we're off...

Past the dignitaries

To end with the pride of having taken part.

...and the relaxing after.