Guest 767- Registered: 30 Aug 2012
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further to my last post, I thought some of you may like to see what a 25 pounder looks like when it go's bang!
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Wow!! thats a good picture Phil. Captures the moment to perfection. I like that one.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Wow ! Powerful eh ?
Roger
Guest 767- Registered: 30 Aug 2012
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Not only doe's she look good but she sounds good as well! The crew is made up of ex gunners and members of the branch, some of the crew are also ex EH Castle staff. We make up our own 'blanks' to our own secret recipe which guantees a good bang and a bright muzzle flash, not easy to get down on camera!
The gun is kept at the castle and we make up the blanks in 'Long Gun Magazine' where charges have been made for over 200 years.
If you want to see/hear the gun just come up to the castle, well before 11.00hrs, tell the gate staff that you are attending the church service but please remember that free entry to the church service is not free entry to the castle.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i shall be up there for that using my "friends of dover castle" card.
Guest 767- Registered: 30 Aug 2012
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Just a reminder if you wish to see and hear something a little different on Sunday. The lads will have the gun ( a live 25 pounder field gun of 1944 vintage) on display and ready for fireing next to the Port War Signal Station in the castle,(on the cliff top next to the Ramsay statue, below the Officers new barracks) First round at 11.00hrs, second at 11.02. There is also a special service at St Marys-in-Castro, this will be the last military service as the Brigadier is leaving the Constables Tower next year, so ending the second longest military occupation of any castle in England.
Please do not forget that entry to the castle is free for the church service and gun fireing, but it doe's include a free visit to the castle.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Thanks for the 'heads up' Phil, great detailed shot of the muzzle flash
Guest 767- Registered: 30 Aug 2012
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Getting a good shot of the flash is the same as getting a good shot of lightning or fireworks, go slow rather then fast. I use1/20th or 1/25th sec exposure on shutter priorty and let the camera work out the rest, it helps if A) you know the gun crew and words of command, and B) if you know the gun and the time delay between order to fire, pulling the trigger and the gun going bang. I shoot when I see the gunners hand move, this means that the shutter is already open when the flash and smoke plume appear, the rest is down to luck!
