Images from a Mardi Gras Parade

I shot these images Monday night before Mardi Gras at the Queens Parade.  I used a Nikon D700 standing under a street light, with no flash.  Some of the floats had incandescent bulbs.

I hope this gives you an idea of what it's like to attend a Mardi Gras parade...

The parade shots were 200 - 6400, mostly at ISO 6400, with some pushed higher.  My lens was a 70-200 f/2.8 shooting mostly at f/4 and f/2.8.  Shutter speeds were:  a few at 1/60, most at 1/160s.  These were processed in Lightroom.

And this is my son, when he arrived home after the parade, loaded down with beads he had caught in the pararde...

This was shot at ISO 200 in the foyer of my home using an SB800 Nikon flash with Gary Fong lightsphere, mounted on a lightstand, bounced into the wall and ceiling behind me, fired with Pocket Wizard radio transmitters.