FIREWORKS

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Who doesn't love fireworks? Well, besides most animals. I have tried with my previous cameras to take pictures of them but have never been successful. I 'semi-achieved' it this time. Most of them are blurred but part of the problem with that was that I took them through the windshield of the car. When I tried to take them outside the mosquitoes were on me and I was jumping around so much they would never have turned out. As it is I really only got one good, crisp shot but maybe next year I'll have mastered the technique and they will all be perfect.


We had a great spot overlooking the site where they were set off, this is the first one and I didn't have my zoom working so it's a bit small.

A bit closer but no color. These always remind me of milkweed seed heads.

A bit more color but still blurry. I had a high ISO but needed more speed. Will have to get critiques from my photo friends for future adjustments. I like the strange lights that look like backward question marks, you never notice those things with the naked eye.

Quite blurry here but they are really moving! They look like jelly fish to me, perhaps aliens?

This is one of my favorites. The brightly lit shapes look like paper cut-out figures climbing up into the air. What I see in the pictures is almost more fun than watching the actual fireworks, kind of like the kids pastime of seeing pictures in the clouds. I loved doing that.

This and the next one are from the big action near the end of the display when they let off lots at a time. I like the 'streamers' on the one at the bottom.

Back to colorless again. These remind me of the frost we get on our windows in wintertime.

The only really colorful one I got and I think it's a doozie lol. When you look closely at them it's amazing what is going on to create these displays. Thanks for checking it out.