Fireworks from this evening, C&C please

benlonghair · Jul 3, 2009

Everybody and their brother will be posting fireworks this weekend I'm sure, so I'll just do my two favorites. First attempt at fireworks. Click for EXIF. Two others in my flickr photostream if you're interested.

Looks like a flower. The guys setting them off were down where the red glow is. Cars going by on the highway in the foreground.

Colors aren't great on this one, but I like the shape.

benlonghair · Jul 4, 2009

Nobody? are they that terrible?

TriniPhototakeoutta · Jul 4, 2009

nice shots. I like #1 best. Especially showing the fireworks now being shot up as well as the one thats has exploded already. My only complaint would probably be the smoke but i guess i would be hard to avoid it. Good job.

max3k · Jul 4, 2009

I like em both. I vote for #1

beni_hung · Jul 4, 2009

I like them both. I might try to get some of my own this year.

Cool G5 · Jul 4, 2009

The first is beautiful. Crop it only to the fireworks to make the shot more visually pleasing.

benlonghair · Jul 4, 2009

Cool G5 said:
The first is beautiful. Crop it only to the fireworks to make the shot more visually pleasing.

Really? I tried that and I really felt it lost something with no horizon for reference.

jamagica · Jul 4, 2009

no, no no...leave it the way it is...these break away from the generic approach to firework photos. We're seeing what's behind the curtain this time, and the colors from the stream really make the shot more interesting...great stuff

benlonghair · Jul 4, 2009

jamagica said:
no, no no...leave it the way it is...these break away from the generic approach to firework photos. We're seeing what's behind the curtain this time, and the colors from the stream really make the shot more interesting...great stuff

This one is not an optical illusion. This really was that low. Many of the sparks actually touched the ground around the guys setting them off. (No adjustments, just sized.)

EDIT: The heck with it, there's some more I really like.