South Beach, FL ALL-NIGHTER Drinking Olympics!!!!

Did something I've been wanting to do forever, all-nighter in South Beach, Florida with my 5d. Except I did it with a group of cyclists, www.freakbikenation.co​m we make choppers and customs from crappy Wal-Mart bikes and dumpster scores. Once a year we do an all-nighter pub-crawl in South Beach, near Miami, Florida.

My setup for the night was a Canon 5d Mark I, 24-105 f4L IS, and an old 540ez flash unit set in manual mode. I used this almost entirely for the night with the exception of the time lapse shots where I used the 20-35 f3.5-4.5 USM and 70-200 f4L IS in a couple shots. I also carried a bookbag full of glass, a full-size tripod on my handlebars, of a racing bicycle (bad idea but it worked) and two 35mm EOS film bodies

But I have confirmed something I've said forever, that the 24-105L is a great walk-around lens for full frame. 95% of these were shot on it.

My ride in, roughly 6pm here, transferring to the Metro Rail. I have a habit of arriving late for bike rides, this was no exception. 7 hours late.....intentionally​, so I could survive the night and make it 3 hours north in the morning.

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and the drinking Olymics begin (for me at least)

If you're in Wet Willies.....GET ONE, just don't drink it fast unless you want an epic brain freeze. 10pm

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At the VFW, trying to all get in the elevator. Good friend of mine, Eric, is somewhere already in. 12am-ish

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Sandwich shop outside of Deuce bar, can't remember the name (or getting there for that matter) 1:30am-ish?

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DEUCE BAR <3


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Waxy O'connor's set....starting to wake up. Coming on 3am here

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Sleep deprivation setting in, also what I looked like on the train ride north at about 8pm

Roughly 3:30am

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Can't remember the name of this diner but I remember my biggest tab for the night, 17 dollars, and I didn't even drink here (but a damn good sammich) I'm going to guess 11th St. Diner by the coffee mug. 4am

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Would be almost 4:30 - 5am here, I split off from the main group to go cross off a few bucket list items. Everything now closes at 4 apparently, last time I attempted an all-nighter I made it to 6am and bars were just starting to let out. I remember this time of night two years ago Ocean Dr. was a duPont Registry parking lot.

These are all time-lapses with the Canon 5d. I rode around with a tripod on the handlebars of a 1986 Tommaso race bicycle for the entire day/night, only to use it for an hour, but it was well worth it.

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Not sure which of these two I liked better. The color on the second one is better but the first doesn't have the bridge in the foreground....whoops


6am, just before sunrise. To the left of me a Carnival cruise ship is docking. Must have not had an Italian captain in this one.