This last week has been Carnival week in Sway. It’s a great community event with everyone joining in lots of events, from treasure hunts and scarecrow making to the fete and carnival procession itself. My team improved one place in the village cryptic treasure hunt this year – second by only half a point! Next year…

For the carnival procession I bolted on my MB-D10 grip to the D700 and used the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR lens. As it was so overcast I had the auto ISO on, but started it at ISO 1000. I was shooting mostly in aperture priority at f/5.6 which in turn gave me a shutter speed to avoid camera shake. The only problem I had was the focussing distance – people gravitated towards the camera and I couldn’t get the shot!

I’ll put a few shots up from the carnival soon, above are the Carnival Prince and Princess who led the procession. Who needs Rio!