July 4th

[Plumcrak]

I love to blow things up!! These are my first attempts to capture fireworks
Your C&C is much appreciated

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[Digital]

If this is your first time doing fireworks then I sure love to see your photographs when you gain more experience.

Bruce

[Plumcrak]

Thanks Bruce. Somebody had posted some basic settings to start with and I went from there. These were shot at a friends party. I was a little bit too close for most of the shots, so I moved to the other side of the pond for the finally (#7)...should have been on that side all along.

[jprzybyla]

Nicely done, I like all of them.

[pasusan]

Great job, Jon! My favorite is #1, but they are all spectacular...

[shreds]

so I moved to the other side of the pond...should have been on that side all along.

Jon,

A bit extreme to come over to England to grab the shot.

That must have been a hell of a lens

Seriously though a nice set of shots, No. 4 is my favourite. Always difficult predicting where they will explode and fall.

[Plumcrak]

Joe, Susan & Ian, thanks for your comments. Ian, I had to cross the small pond, not the large one

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[PRSearls]

Good job, Jon. Fireworks are fun to shoot since you don't know exactly what you are going to get.

Here are three of mine, shot at ISO 100, Bulb, f/18, Canon 1Ds III, EF 35 mm f/1.4L, tripod, RAW, processed in Lightroom and Photoshop. More at:

http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/pr...?sort=3&page=1

[Plumcrak]

Good job, Jon. Fireworks are fun to shoot since you don't know exactly what you are going to get.

Here are three of mine, shot at ISO 100, Bulb, f/18, Canon 1Ds III, EF 35 mm f/1.4L, tripod, RAW, processed in Lightroom and Photoshop. More at:

http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/pr...?sort=3&page=1

Paul, I think you have done this before Nicely done, I hope I can get this quality some day.

Cheers

[Pstearns]

I was lucky enough to be on top of an apartment building on my first try at fireworks. I just followed some 'how to' from various web pages with nice results.

[Pstearns]

Here's a shot from a local newspaper that shows why location is so important.
This is NOT my image.

[PRSearls]

Good job, guys! Too bad these fireworks displays come only once a year. They're fun subjects to shoot since one gets interesting patterns of light trails and colors. I can feel the craving for a 24 mm wide angle. I can't back up any more at my favorite shooting location (trees).

Paul S

[jamn4ex]

Wow I really enjoyed this thread!