Fireworks week.

ronlane · Jul 9, 2022

I know that I mention this every year but this town does it right. They spent at least a week each year allowing residents and visitors shoot fireworks for at least a week in the city limits. This year, I was at an event on the first Saturday night to kick it off but got to shoot some their fireworks show with their pond in front of it. Then I went out each night to see what I could capture.

1) The universe and fireworks. This on was cool and looked like a galaxy in the background.

2) On of the big mortors went off on the ground and I was able to catch it.

3) Reflections and moonlight.

4) X marks the spot.

5) The same but different. I thought it was very interesting that the tops of the actual fireworks was blown out but the reflections are very colorful.

Warhorse · Jul 9, 2022

Stunning set! :encouragement:

ronlane · Jul 9, 2022

Thank you Warhorse.

petrochemist · Jul 9, 2022

Nice selection. It not the week for fireworks over this side of the pond - despite the desire to celebrate now BoJo is going!
Our local pier puts on a display for bank holiday weekends, but our main displays are all in November & December...

Jeff15 · Jul 9, 2022

A very nice set.....

ronlane · Jul 9, 2022

petrochemist said:
Nice selection. It not the week for fireworks over this side of the pond - despite the desire to celebrate now BoJo is going!
Our local pier puts on a display for bank holiday weekends, but our main displays are all in November & December...

Thank you. We do have some on New Years Eve but it's usually really cold and I don't care to get out.

Jeff15 said:
A very nice set.....

Thank you.

Winona · Jul 9, 2022

Great shots! Love the reflections.

petrochemist · Jul 10, 2022

ronlane said:
Thank you. We do have some on New Years Eve but it's usually really cold and I don't care to get out.

I often feel the same for November 5th. Summer works well on the few occasions I've seen them

K9Kirk · Jul 10, 2022

Beautiful set, Ron, with #3 being my personal favorite. Curious about the settings ... somewhere around F11 and 4 sec. for most and pre focused on something in the area they were shot from????

PJM · Jul 10, 2022

Great set. Some of those reflections are really dazzling.

slat · Jul 10, 2022

Very nice set.

ronlane · Jul 10, 2022

petrochemist said:
I often feel the same for November 5th. Summer works well on the few occasions I've seen them

The last time I shot NYE fireworks, it was like -5 degrees.

K9Kirk said:
Beautiful set, Ron, with #3 being my personal favorite. Curious about the settings ... somewhere around F11 and 4 sec. for most and pre focused on something in the area they were shot from????

Thank you. Most of these were f/11 at 4 seconds and ISO 100. I focused on the lights in the distance, that were basically infinity and switched to manual focus after that.

PJM said:
Great set. Some of those reflections are really dazzling.

Thank you. Yes, the reflections turned out very nice.

slat said:
Very nice set.

Thank you.

K9Kirk · Jul 11, 2022

Ha! I feel silly now, because I just took a look at the exif. It was just a lucky guess since that's sort of a standard setting for fireworks with the s.s. varying, depending. I would've looked at the exif before, but I've become so used to not seeing any exif in most people's pics I don't bother looking. also, seeing your pics on my 4k screen really makes a difference, they look super good and sharp! I viewed them the 1st time at work on a crappy monitor. I think I'll just view pic at home for now on.

ronlane · Jul 12, 2022

@K9Kirk, I hear you there. I guess I am a little different with my fireworks photos. I want to get to 4 second exposure as soon as possible and keep it there. But I keep my ISO at 100 no matter, so I vary my f-stop to compensate. I've shot anywhere from f/4 to f/16 or even 22 at times. Typically, I don't like to go over f/16 just because of defraction but when they start them before sunset, I will try it to see.

K9Kirk · Jul 12, 2022

ronlane said:
@K9Kirk, I hear you there. I guess I am a little different with my fireworks photos. I want to get to 4 second exposure as soon as possible and keep it there. But I keep my ISO at 100 no matter, so I vary my f-stop to compensate. I've shot anywhere from f/4 to f/16 or even 22 at times. Typically, I don't like to go over f/16 just because of defraction but when they start them before sunset, I will try it to see.

Different is a good thing, I don't like seeing everything done the same way all the time. I like seeing people taking chances no matter how it comes out. Always strive to do better I say. Who knows what you may discover?