4th of JULY 2016, FIREWORKS THREAD

[MSnowy]

This is one of the few I got from last night. It's not professional by any means, but at least I had fun at the show!

A couple things I learned from this show:
-Capturing fireworks is a lot harder than it looks.
-A show that shoots off multiple mortars at once makes it much harder.
-Taking pics while trying to enjoy the show with your family is also difficult.
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Yup I agree with you and the multiples leave lots of smoke hanging around.

Fortunately for me I went out Saturday night for these. The ones last night end quickly when the barge shooting them off blew up.

Here's a couple more

Man, those are some nice photos. So what's the trick?

Ha ha there's no tricks in photography. Two important things for me are, good tripod and cable release. I shoot when I see the mortars going up then release as its exploding. These were ISO 200, A 14 and 16 time ranged from 3.3 secs to 5 secs.

 

[MSnowy]

I'm curious about the exploding barge. Did someone capture that moment?

 

[sw_]

Yep, that'll cut it short!

 

[PropilotBW]

I found this one in the middle of the stack.

 

[jake337]

Flickr

 

[spiralout462]

Chincoteague Island, VA

 

[manny212]

This is not the best firework pic , but the boom made it ! BOOM by manny herreria, on Flickr it .

 

[jake337]

 

[ronlane]

I'll add a few. The first two are from my town, where individuals can pop them all week. The last one the City (OKC) firework display on the 4th.

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[AlanKlein]

All nice shots. Happy 4th everyone.