4th of July fireworks

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07-04-2009, 10:05 PM
pecha

4th of July fireworks

fireworks were prohibited in my town, the only ones out there were done by the professional company
I rode my bike up this dirt, rocky road to get to the viewpoint. as expected, there were cars there already.
here's a view, downtown south lake tahoe on the left, lake to the right
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02158.jpg

here's more of the lake, look at these effin lights - they're all boats! they're probably still waiting to dock
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02159.jpg

it started in Camp Richardson
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02169.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02170.jpg

main fireworks in slt soon joined
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02177.jpg

getting bigger
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02180.jpg

awesome
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02181.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02183.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02185.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02191.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02194.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02198.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02208.jpg

sorry, no pictures of a big finale as I did NOT want to get stuck behind 15 cars trying to go down the dirt road

the come back was awesome, splitting lanes all the way as traffic was stopped for 5 miles :)
and yes, I suck at taking pics of fireworks, I love taking night pics but there was the first time I shot fireworks
07-04-2009, 10:22 PM
allbaugh_04

Nice pics, I made a video of our town tonight. They are prohibited in the city limits, if i posted the video you can see me scanning the whole skyline, everything was lit up constantly for like 3 hours, no one gives a fuck about rules around here I guess haha
07-04-2009, 10:35 PM
gjb

Shot in Poway, CA.

http://gjbrown.net/forums/fireworks1.jpg

http://gjbrown.net/forums/fireworks2.jpg

http://gjbrown.net/forums/fireworks3.jpg
07-05-2009, 07:07 AM
pecha

what settings on the camera?
07-05-2009, 08:50 AM
gjb

Timed exposures between 8-20 seconds @f/12-22, manual focus. Rig is a Canon 40D with a 17-40f/4L lens.
07-05-2009, 09:10 AM
rbob93

pecha.....you might want to try a tripod, it will help
07-05-2009, 09:51 AM
cammed goat

Great pics folks. I love fireworks.
07-05-2009, 04:22 PM
pecha

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbob93

pecha.....you might want to try a tripod, it will help

I was shooting from a tripod. It was just very windy up there, that's why it looks shaky. Exposures 2-4 seconds and a lot of wind did that :(
07-05-2009, 04:22 PM
pecha

Quote:

Originally Posted by gjb

Timed exposures between 8-20 seconds @f/12-22, manual focus. Rig is a Canon 40D with a 17-40f/4L lens.

did you also use flash?
07-05-2009, 04:53 PM
rbob93

Quote:

Originally Posted by pecha

I was shooting from a tripod. It was just very windy up there, that's why it looks shaky. Exposures 2-4 seconds and a lot of wind did that :(

Wow, that must have been very windy up there. Never would have thought.

I should have known better though, you usually take great pics. :)
07-06-2009, 01:13 AM
gjb

Quote:

Originally Posted by pecha

did you also use flash?

No flash. Here is the exif data:
http://regex.info/exif.cgi?b=3&refer...fireworks2.jpg
07-06-2009, 06:50 AM
Mean Green Z28

very nice! Didn't have a tripod myself, so all my pics are blurry or underexposed (can fix that in PS but no time).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/...3d0a263eb0.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/...3335c899d8.jpg