More Fireworks! Critiques welcome.

[julianliu]

Just want to share more firework photos with you guys. If you feel like to, please point out which ones you like and which ones you don't and why, so I can learn to improve next time. Thanks.

 

[480sparky45 44]

No offense intended, but they're all pretty much the same. And the boring, busy foreground detracts the eye.

You've got the exposure and timing down pat, though.

 

[91dope]

What settings did you use?

 

[480sparky45 44]

What settings did you use?

Camera Maker: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D7000
Lens: 70.0-200.0 mm f/4.0
Image Date: 2014-07-04
Focal Length: 102mm (35mm equivalent: 153mm)
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 13.000 s
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Creator: Zhijun Liu
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)

 

[julianliu]

No offense intended, but they're all pretty much the same. And the boring, busy foreground detracts the eye.

You've got the exposure and timing down pat, though.

None taken.
I would like to go to somewhere I can see the city or with water reflections, but when you go with friends, you do not have much choice but to work with what you have. But yes, I got your point. I used to take photos with photos with no foreground, and that look boring to me. So I try to incorporate the foreground to the fireworks this time. I did crop some out but left some in the photos when I think the foreground gives some sense of the scale and environment of the fireworks. Does this make sense?

 

[julianliu]

Being inspired to make a cover photo for my facebook, so get creative to make this one.

 

[sscarmack]

Fireworks are good.
Location sucks.


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[julianliu]

Fireworks are good. Location sucks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for your brutal feedback.

 

[pjaye]

I like them very much. I don't notice the location much simply because you did such a good job on the fireworks.

 

[julianliu]

I like them very much. I don't notice the location much simply because you did such a good job on the fireworks.

Thank you! Simplybarb.

Some compliments are good to hear. After all I tried hard to photograph and edit all these.

 

[pjaye]

I like them very much. I don't notice the location much simply because you did such a good job on the fireworks.

Thank you! Simplybarb.

Some compliments are good to hear. After all I tried hard to photograph and edit all these.

It shows.