This is another float we saw first in the Conde parade.
Background: My daughter saw a discovery channel special on giant squid when she was 2. 2 days old that is. Ever since then, squid are the most awesome thing to her. We watched her drawing on scrap paper and thought it was meaningly scribbles, until we noticed it was the depth chart that showed the hunting behaviors of whales after the squid. We haven’t played that show to her in quite a while now….
So, you’ll note the beasty at the front of the float, and understand the reason this became a favorite. When it came through in the Conde parade, I didn’t get a good shot of the front, so when we noticed that the floats were repeating during the Pharoh’s, I made sure that I got a good picture.
Oh, and just because I’m shooting from the room with a tripod doesn’t actually make this any easier. I’m pretty stable holding my gear, but in these cases, I’ve got to get the shutter speed up just to make sure that the subject I’m shooting doesn’t blur out from it’s own movement. The floats might not be moving as fast as a F1 car, but the people on the floats aren’t standing still, and neither are the people on the sides of the street.