400 year old terrorism

Four hundred years ago (5th Nov 1605) Guido Fawkes was caught trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament with dozens of barrels of gunpowder, who said terrorism was a new thing? He wasn’t alone, he was part of a group, the gunpowder plot and as with today’s acts of terrorism he too was considered a religious extremist, he was Christian, the English monarchy was and still is Protestant, good old Henry VIII saw to that. To this day though Guy Fawkes is known as "the only man ever to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."

In the lighter side Bonfire Night as it’s also known is a great evening for children, for weeks leading up to the 5th you can hear cracks and explosions all over the UK, Friday (4th), Saturday and even this evening (6th) I can hear rockets going off every few minutes and the curtains flash from behind. I was once lucky enough to fly into London from somewhere on a clear Bonfire Night, the view of millions of fireworks as far as the eye could see was only second the stunning aurora (Northern Lights).

These aren’t exactly note-worthy photographs but it’s my weekend’s work as far as photographs go. I took most of the shots at about 2 seconds hand-held, you don’t really need a tripod for this sort of thing. I hope you like them, I’ve made them slightly smaller because they’re not really what I call serious photographs, you can click on them for a slightly larger version.


Details: Ealing Cricket Ground, UK
05/11/05, 20:08
Canon 20D, ISO-100, RAW
2 secs @ f5.6
20-35 2.8L @ 20mm
hand held


Details: Ealing Cricket Ground, UK
05/11/05, 20:09
Canon 20D, ISO-100, RAW
2 secs @ f5.6
20-35 2.8L @ 20mm
hand held


Details: Ealing Cricket Ground, UK
05/11/05, 20:11
Canon 20D, ISO-100, RAW
2 secs @ f5.6
20-35 2.8L @ 20mm
hand held