Fireworks Thread

[lputman]

Originally Posted by laepelba

This was taken last year, July 4, 2007 - from the Arlington, VA shore of the Potomac River across from the Lincoln Memorial. Great spot to shoot the Capitol Fourth fireworks because you can use a tripod, don't deal with security, and have this fabulous view! (AND I had a parking space within 20 paces of where I had my camera set up - it totally rocked!

That's a great shot!

[private]

Great idea laepelba - If we were in DC this year that would have been a wonderful place to shoot from - especially, since I am not too far from there..I used to live closer but we moved to Burke...

[katiegirl]

This was taken this fourth of July in Louisburg, Kansas.

[Theresa Earle]

This was taken during Canada Day celebrations, and after reading the hints and tips thread on this forum

[TammyB74]

This is my first year trying to photograph fireworks. I ended up way too close to where they were going off So all my shots were close ups. Oh well, better luck next year.

[Marvin42]

Originally Posted by Quo Fan

This is BigT's favorite.

Nice!
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[hladd]

TammyB74 -
I had the same experience this 4th -- I expected to be quite further up river from the fireworks and instead I was nearly on top of the barge. This made it difficult to get the cityscape background I wanted - or the elevation. I was able to get a few shots before the smoke got too thick. This goes under the heading "what I learned for next year"!

I really appreciate all the posts on this site about how to set up to shoot fireworks.



18mm, f/3.5, 2+ seconds, iso 100.
good luck nex year!

[mysticeyesx]

here are some shots from my neighbor setting off fireworks this past 4th







rest are at my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysticeyesx/

[Ilyanep]

Probably my favorite one:


...and using my uber Photoshop skillz, I proved that one of the fireworks was a face:



The rest are on my Flickr (see link in siggy)

[MatthewBotos]

Nice shots Quo Fan and laepelba! My location scouting wasn't so hot this year for the big Philadelphia show, so my best was a backyard shot:



1/10 of a second since I was hand-holding; though it looks like going a bit longer worked well for people.