Dad came over today, and we went out to Foster Island at the Arboretum to watch the boat parade. I used my telephoto lens, which isn't the greatest for this sort of thing, but I got some nice shots. It started with the rowing crews.
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And canoes with little old ladies in them.
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The UW band
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Staid yacht clubbers and hula girls. An uncomfortable amount of hula girls, since the theme was apparently Hawaii.
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There was some rebelling against this theme.
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And some just plain awesomeness.
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