Waterfire in honor of Veteran's Day

[STiZzle2010]

Veterans from all over New England joined in celebrations last night in honor of Veteran's Day in Providence, RI. I do not normally shoot landscapes but, I figured I would give it a try. Please share any CC on how I can improve.

All shot with a Nikon D5500, Nikkor 50mm 1.8G lens, and edited in Lightroom.

1.
f/2.5, 1/40th, ISO 400
JMH_0035 by Hebee's Visions, on Flickr

2.
f/7.1, 1/8th, ISO 100
JMH_0018 by Hebee's Visions, on Flickr

3.
f/7.1, 1/15th, ISO 100
JMH_0027 by Hebee's Visions, on Flickr

4.
f/2.5, 1/8th, ISO 100
JMH_0048 by Hebee's Visions, on Flickr

5.
f/2.5, 1/8th, ISO 100
JMH_0050 by Hebee's Visions, on Flickr

 

[JDB1911]

Looks like a fun event! I like the composition on number two a lot, and I think that the shutter speed was good for those flames but the aperture maybe stopped down a little less would have given a little more detail to the right half of the scene. Love the huge flag shot

 

[STiZzle2010]

I like the giant flag shot the best myself. I really tried to focus on composition using leading lines and rules of thirds. I agree exposure settings could have been better. I've never shot fire or night shots before so this was a learning lesson. I did use manual focus for the first time and feel like I was successful for a once lol. Thank you so much for your feedback!