Today the 47th Regiment Royal Artillery was given the Freedom of the City [Chichester UK].   These ceremonys are not something that happen very often and it's a great opportunity to say thanks and show support to the soldiers. 

As part of the ceremony a 105mm light field gun was fired to mark the start and end of a 2 minute silence. Obviously not something you see everyday and would make a great shot. 

The most important thing is to **ALWAYS **respect the silence, so no snapping away constantly and when your standing about 10-15 feet away the noise makes you leap out of your skin. It was also just starting to rain again.  

So I plugged in the remote, set the camera to continous and placed the camera at waist height and watched the soldier in charge of the gun who was timing things. The moment he started to stand to attention I held down the remote. And got the muzzle flash perfectly...

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.