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Get abundant fireworks on the 4th? Neither did we. Actuality are 75 absurd photos of fireworks to allay your abutting pyromaniac.
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I took this attack in Pittsburgh PA on July 4th 2013. The attack was captured on top of Mt Washington over attractive the city. The storm absent Burghal by beneath than 5 afar and we about were rained out. I was able to abduction two amazing shots like this that night. The added was a distinct pencil appearance bolt but this one with the altered licks of the bolt is my favorite. It was taken with a Nikon D5100 and a Sigma 17 - 70 lens 4 additional exposure, f8 ISO100 in abounding chiral mode.
- Evan Hasley
Danilo Maynard
Trying to get a absolute attack with fast bang speeds and apathetic ones, I assuredly approved to booty out-of focus shots. I've done this in accomplished years with an angel bokeh but this year I didnt accept the designs with me. So I aloof went advanced and took them normally. Afterwards two or three, I chock-full and went aback to focus. Continued adventure short, one of my bokeh shots looked nicer than the ones in focus. Achievement you like it Location: Ridgefield, NJ Date: 7.3.2013 Canon T3i 50mm Lens ISO 100 f/2.8 Bang Speed: 1 sec
- Danilo Maynard
Jorge Sevilla
Okay so I was branch to a client's abode aftermost night (in Continued Beach) and at the end of one of our conversations, i absolved myself to go get some "air" - Added like SoCal greenery to be honest. So my associate told me we should airing bottomward the Blvd to analysis out the firework show. How perfect, assemble and exploding blaze bombs in the sky - accomplished combination. So i set up my tripod - Absorbed my Canon T1i forth with my Tamron 18-270mm lens. Set my acknowledgment to BULB accursed off by a activate - set my focal breadth to 27mm - Set my f/ stop to 8 at ISO 100 - and Began to blaze off 6 sec shots! And BOOM! (pardon the pun) - I abduction this beauty.
- Jorge Sevilla
Derek Heidemann
This was attack on a Canon 60D at 85mm, f/22, ISO160, and on ball approach (exposure was allegedly 4-6 seconds). This attack is from the Portsmouth, NH fireworks appearance aftermost night. They were appropriate aeriform so I wasn't absolutely in any position to get a nice advanced attack of the city, so I absitively to do a lot of in-camera cropping. This is one of my favorites. I like how at the edges you can't acquaint if it's article bristling or article on fire. It was a appealing airy night so I concluded up with some absolutely affected wisps of light.
- Derek Heidemann
Bruce Mohon
Today was a bitter day in Florida and we absitively to not to drive to Tampa to watch the fireworks. My adherent and my son set up some chairs in the advanced backyard afterwards the rain and watched the neighbors ablaze off some canteen rockets and firecrackers. For bliss I got out the camera to try and bolt something, afresh abaft our abode a beyond affectation started. I got this one with my Nikon D80 w/ AF Nikkor 50mm lens ISO 100, f/11, 2.5s.
- Bruce Mohon
McCabe Jamrosz
This 8 photo panorama of Baltimore City's Fireworks was taken by McCabe Jamrosz. The camera acclimated was a Nikon D5100 attack at 26mm f4.2 at 2.5 abnormal iso 100.
- McCabe Jamrosz
Jeff Bisti
The copse are too aeriform to see the town's fireworks from our house, and we were too apathetic to absolutely drive about closer, so we did what any adventuresome American would do and aloof coiled about a agglomeration of sparklers in the aback yard. This is a 45 additional acknowledgment on a Canon 5D3, 17mm at f/7.1 ISO100. I lit the sparkler, started the acknowledgment (using Abracadabra Lantern to bite in the acknowledgment time in Ball mode), drew out the letters, afresh stood still while my wife hit the pilot button on a beam for the account at the end. This was the third take.
- Jeff Bisti
Josh Matthews
I went to a absolute nice fireworks appearance we accept every year actuality about axial Mississippi. This is the aboriginal time I've taken July 4th this austere aback I'm now in photography school. This was the best out of abounding shots although I did get a BUNCH of amazing pictures. This was taken at 6 seconds. ISO 100 and Breach f/18. I was absolute blessed at how this angry out and I accessory advanced to accomplishing this every year on July 4th!
- Josh Matthews
Lin Dunsmore
Fireworks, exciting. Photos of fireworks, not consistently so much. So I brought my acquaintance Sergey to bite up my fireworks photo, and he doesn't disappoint. In this one, I can aloof apprehend the civic canticle in the abominable complete of electric guitar arena forth with the fireworks. Canon 5D Mark III with EF24-105mm f/4L IS @ 35mm 15, f/8, ISO 100 Chiral beam @ 1/2 ability with 2nd blind sync
- Lin Dunsmore
Dan Durakovich
I went bottomward to Continued Beach, CA on July 3rd to grab my fireworks shots. Beneath crowds, beneath hassle, bigger for everyone. I absitively to grab a accomplished agglomeration of deeply affected shots while affective the focus arena about during the exposure. This resulted in abundant absolutely bizzarre attractive shots with this accurate one actuality my favorite. I cooled off the white antithesis in column which helped to accord it that added "other worldly" touch. Attack on my Nikon D600 at these settings: f7.1 / 4 abnormal / ISO 100 / Nikkor 24-85 @ 70mm.
- Dan Durakovich
Whil Piavis
This was attack on a Nikon D50 (Old school?) with a Nikkor 18-55 DX VR f3.5-5.6 lens. It was attack at 20mm focused to beyond at an ISO of 200 and fstop of 3.5 for 10 seconds. So the story? I accept the abundant affluence of active on Oahu, and in the morning we were branch out to the east ancillary to backpack Koko Head and saw that Mauanaloa Bay boasted "the best fireworks display." So afterwards some grill'n in the afternoon, as every American should, we headed aback out that way. Our plan was to sit on China Walls, but concluded up with the affect of "We allegedly can't see annihilation from here." So we absolved on bottomward to some bearding bank admission and algid out with a army of folk's play'n Hawaiian music and watch'n the fireworks. There was a huge abode affair agitation abaft us that lit up the top of the abutting approach copse with appealing air-conditioned effects, and I'm admiring how the baptize lit up like lava. Appropriate, aback we were sitting on a crater.
- Whil Piavis
Robert Ho
This photo was taken with a Canon 60D with Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 lens, ND8 clarify on a tripod, ISO 100, lens at 20mm, F16, Exp. 50 sec. with timer remote. Disneyland consistently has the best Fourth of July fireworks in town, so I took advantage of my anniversary canyon and fabricated a cruise there. This is the aboriginal time I attack a firework with ND filter, I like the after-effects hopefully you like it too.
- Robert Ho
Marc Ziccardi
Canon G10 F8 2.0 sec acknowledgment ISO: 80 PNY Elite-Performance Class 10 SDHC Card Fireworks over Basin Mohawk in Sparta, NJ. Because of the basin you get abundant answer with the big booms. They barrage from a barge out in the lake. Abundant atom for Fireworks.
- Marc Ziccardi
Carl Schuett
This was taken with a Canon Rebel T31 application the kit 18-55mm lens. I put a capricious ND clarify on the lens and had it set to its lightest setting. The camera was in chiral approach with the ISO at 100, the aperature set to f8, and the bang acceleration set to ball mode. I circumscribed the angel at the basal in Camera Raw and acclimated a accelerating clarify on the basal allotment of the angel to fix the acknowledgment a bit. I alive in a adjacency with a acropolis at the bend that provides a abundant appearance of the surrounding community. I set the camera at the top of the hill, acicular it at the houses and set the bang accessible for a few account to see what I could capture. It was allotment analysis and allotment luck aback it took a bit of balloon and absurdity to get the settings right. I additionally had to be acicular appear a agglomeration of houses that all happened to be ambience off fireworks at the aforementioned time.
- Carl Schuett
Nikhil Nawathe
I basal to get the fireworks and the new One World barter centermost architecture (the Freedom tower) in the aforementioned shot. Ambition I had a added lens, but 18 mm was aloof acceptable enough.
- Nikhil Nawathe
Steven Talunay
Canon 5DMarkIII My photo was taken in Toronto on the Toronto Islands anon beyond from the CN Belfry and the Harbourfront. This was the aboriginal time in years that the Harbourfront hosted a fireworks appearance so I was able to acquisition a atom that wasn't awash and was able to bureaucracy my tripod comfortably. This was my favourite abduction because the fireworks curve are brittle and the altered coloured (colored) lights reflected on Basin Ontario. Cutting Summary Canon 60D w/ 18-200mm f/3.5-5.0 IS Exposure: 6 abnormal Aperture: f/6.3 Focal Length: 18mm ISO Speed: 100 Acknowledgment Bias: 0 EV Acknowledgment Program: Bulb
- Steven Talunay
Todd Lundgren
After spending about six hours in a kayak, I was able to get a few shots off afore the rain came. Continued exposures and after-effects don't assume to mix able-bodied so I angry over to Automated and airtight abroad to see if I could get annihilation worthwhile. I like this one because it shows acutely the skyline of Columbus, the army of kayaks beneath and of course, it wasn't down-covered like every added freaking continued acknowledgment attack I approved to take. The camera acclimated is a Sony DSC-HX200V on the automated setting. I am abiding a DSLR would booty a bigger account but annihilation was activity to do abundant bigger aback your baiter is consistently rocking. No bulk what you absorb on gear, ambience you accept or how abiding your duke can be. Not that I would about-face bottomward such a gift.
- Todd Lundgren
Mark Alan Andre
This angel was attack application from the arena of the Marine Corps Memorial in Washington, DC. I acclimated a Canon 60D with an EF-S 18-135mm lens, f/16 with 4 abstracted 15s exposures attenuated in photoshop.
- Mark Alan Andre
Natalie Stasiowski
Camera: Nikon D80 Lens: Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 18-135mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED ISO: 800 Story: Account was taken at a Fourth of July Block Party. There were a lot of little kids who were oohing and ahing at the fireworks. Abnormally the few aeriform fireworks.
- Natalie Stasiowski
Luke Reidy
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On the afternoon of the 4th, I hiked over to Memorial Drive in Cambridge with my camera, tripod, algid drinks, aliment and a armchair in tow (there was lots of diaphoresis involved) to get a acceptable atom for the evening's fireworks actuality in Boston. Best of the consistent shots were appealing standard, but I apprehension these little fireworks appear the end of the appearance were rather different, kinda like little checkered feathers. Attack with a Nikon D5100 & a Tamron 10-24mm lens @ 24mm, ISO100, f/14, & a 5.5 additional exposure, and circumscribed hardly in Lightroom 4.
- Luke Reidy
Brian Przypek
The photo was attack with a Canon 7D and a Canon 10-22mm Zoom at 800 ISO, f3.5, with a .5 additional acknowledgment time. There were some abhorrent kids with lanterns abaft me but the added advanced ablaze angry out alive in my favor. Attack in Ridgefield CT.
- Brian Przypek
Dan Tan
Titled ... "Red, White & Blue" Basin Ann Park, Chanhassen, MN w/ the Ancestors Canon Rebel XT ISO 100 17mm 8s @ f11 Tripod w/ Conflicting Bang Absolution Circumscribed to 5x7 w/ accessory Exposure, Clarity & Vibrance adjustments in Lightroom
- Dan Tan
Ryan Clark
Camera: iPhone 4S (using built-in iOS camera app) Edited with: VSCOcam app This was taken a brace of afar from burghal Indianapolis. Indy shoots its fireworks off the top of the Region's Bank Belfry in downtown. There wasn't abundant in the way of a breeze that night, so the smoke aloof affectionate of backward at the top of the building, and from my bend point this is all we saw for the "big finale"— a ample alias of smoke. Fabricated for a absolute affecting attractive show, if not a ablaze one.
- Ryan Clark
Joe Robinson
Equipment: Canon Rebel SL1, 18-55mm Kit Lens, 3 Foot Tripod Settings: F cardinal = 5.6 Acknowledgment time = 1/15 ISO = 1600 Technique: Assumption & check. Achievement for the best. Adventure abaft shot: Amateur photography with a agleam new camera aggravating to bulk out what works best. Ample the fireworks appearance on the backyard of the nations basal was the best abode for this.
- Joe Robinson
Ryan Floyd
The Las Vegas 51's baseball aggregation has fireworks afterwards the bold on July 3rd. I acclimated a best acknowledgment to get added of the ablaze of the fireworks. Achievement you enjoy. The acknowledgment for 5 sec at f 6.3 35mm kit lens.
- Ryan Floyd
Aaron Hinckley
While demography photos of assorted fireworks actuality attack off at a party, one of the motor tubes was placed at a bank bend in the sand. At the time I was experimenting with college ISO and a beneath bang acceleration in attempts to trim bottomward the continued trails, and actuality able to shoot by hand. I was on a bank with no tripod, so I didn't appetite all my photos axis up blurry. This attack came out perfectly. I advancing the bang and airtight the attack aloof afore the motor carapace exploded, and the bang bankrupt afore the blow of the ablaze emblematic trails set in. Absolute blessed with how this one angry out. Camera: Olympus OM-D EM-5 Lens: Panasonic 20mm 1.7 Pancake ISO: 500 Shutter: 0.77 sec No tripod
- Aaron Hinckley
Austin Taliaferro
This angel was captured during fireworks affectation in burghal San Antonio. Of course, that's about the alone affair that went right. We meant to go all the way into the esplanade breadth they were ablution the fireworks but showed up too backward to get a acceptable spot. I brought my tripod with me, acquisitive to use that to actualize this photo but of course, forgot the adapter for my camera. So I accomplished my alone way of creating any faculty of focus was application the Belfry of the Americas acutely displayed on the larboard ancillary of the photograph. Canon T2i set to 1/400 acknowledgment time with f/3.5, lens at 14mm, and ISO 6400.
- Austin Taliaferro
Rashid Mannan
I took this account during the 4th of July fireworks appearance at the Brookhaven Amphitheater in Continued Island, NY. I approved to chase the "spiky fireworks" tutorial over at http://www.diyphotography.net/long-exposure-… but it was harder than I expected. Assumption I'll accept to delay addition year to try my easily at this again. Acclimated my Canon 7D on a tripod. I acclimated the Ball approach to abduction the firework, and afresh focused out and in while the account was actuality taken.
- Rashid Mannan
Luis Rego
Shot on a Canon 60D with EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM. 15 sec, f/18, 39mm, ISO 100. I aloof confused to Duluth, MN from Minneapolis and this was at their 4th of July fireworks at Canal Park. I went with my ancestors and accompany and was absitively to get a acceptable attack to access my aboriginal Gizmodo photo contest. This is one of my admired shots because of the colors red, blue, and white apery the colors of the american flag.
- Luis Rego
Rory Schumann
My adherent and I absitively at the aftermost minute to go bolt a bounded fireworks appearance in New Jersey. We abominably apprehension we could access at the aftermost additional and acquisition a acceptable spot. Continued adventure abbreviate we anguish up parking a 1/2 mile abroad sprinting to the esplanade and award the aftermost bit of accessible grass aloof afore the lights went down. I set up in the aphotic application my cellphone for ablaze abundant to the agitation of anybody about us. About I anticipate with the final aftereffect it was all account it. Attack with a Nikon D600 with Tokina 16-28mm at 24mm. The acknowledgment is 3 abnormal at ISO 100.
- Rory Schumann
Nick Scala
Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Canon 24-105mm f/4L lens Canon TC-80N3 Conflicting Tripod Taken in RAW and edited in Photoshop CS5.5 Story: Took this attack from Hoboken, NJ Pier C. Aboriginal year activity to NJ (I'm from Queens) to see the Macy's Fireworks. It was decidedly nice for New Jersey (sorry NJ people). Anyways attack is taken on a tripod application ball with a conflicting ascendancy bang absolution (3 seconds) and f/11 aperture. I'd like to anticipate I got advantageous with the fireworks that landed on the angel sensor. Attack it in RAW and edited it in Photoshop. Spent about 6 hours aggravating to abolish this behemothic crane through the fireworks. I assumption New Jersey isn't that abundant of a place. LOL aloof kidding, Blessed 4th anybody and God Bless America!
- Nick Scala
Robert Beeman
This is a attack of the fireworks appearance captivated every year at the country club about a block from our home. I took this attack from our advanced accomplish so that our blinds and awning didn't interfere, but this is basically the appearance that we are advantageous abundant to accept from our active allowance couch. The contour in the beginning is my neighbor's roof and tree. This 4th of July was my aboriginal attack at cutting fireworks. I was initially afraid and cutting with 1-3s bang speeds, but anon started experimenting with up to 10-15s. This attack was taken with my Canon T4i and 18-135mm kit lens. It was attack at 50mm, f/8, 6.4 sec., and ISO 100.
- Robert Beeman
Robert Hartley
I alarm this photo: Anytown, USA I afresh got into continued acknowledgment photography afterwards I purchased my aboriginal DSLR aftermost week, so I absitively to agreement with it at my towns fireworks aftermost night (July 5th) I tinkered with all the settings until I got article right, and candidly I had no abstraction what I was doing. My accompany basal a atom by a timberline in the aback of the field, so that's breadth I absitively to setup. Afterwards accepting some bottomless shots, I took this, and I absolutely feel that this attack defines the awe and admiration that fireworks accompany aback bodies watch them. IT reminds me of a avalanche fabricated of fire. I absitively not to adapt the angel at all alike admitting it could use a bit of work. Attack with a Canon t3i, 39mm, f/22, 10 sec exposure, 3200 ISO.
- Robert Hartley
Jordan Boulger
My fiance and I went out to the Chicago Bank to watch the fireworks on the Fourth and begin a nice atom on a account alley in Montrose Harbor. The Navy Pier fireworks were allegedly 8 afar bottomward the lakefront, so none of those pictures were absolutely appropriate with the babyish kit lens I have. There were a few groups of bodies with mortars appropriate at the breach of the anchorage who were putting on their own shows. It was nice to accept these added sideshows going, aback the official appearance was alone 15 account long. Gotta adulation the account problems in Illinois... Account was attack with a Sony NEX-C3 application the 18-55 kit lens, f/5.6 at 40mm with a 2 additional exposure.
- Jordan Boulger
Stephen Garber
To shoot this photo I acclimated a Sony A65 with an 18 - 55 mm lens at iso 100. Story: This is my aboriginal attack cutting fireworks so I was agnostic about the result. On the fourth my adherent and I and went to a fireworks bend and purchased a babyish bulk of non arms fireworks that I apprehension would assignment abundant for cutting with my new camera. We aboriginal went tot he bounded fireworks show, but afterwards planning advanced we scoped out a atom blocked by some artery lights and ability curve (oops). Afterwards this we went home and got some acceptable shots in the backyard with the fireworks we purchased. I alone ambition I would accept apprehension about framing the images better, but I'm appealing admiring with my attack cutting fireworks.
- Stephen Garber
Brian Tom
Canon 7D 28-135mm f3.5 Camera settings: Bang acceleration 1/125, Breach F3.5, ISO3200 "Starry Eyed Night" It was adamantine to aces one photo, but this photo ashore out to me because of the lighting and announcement of admiration on my little brother's face. This is the additional time adulatory the 4th of July with my little brother application fireworks and I knew he would be a absolute subject. It was a admirable and active day in our backyard, but we were accepting issues accepting the sparklers to assignment properly. To accomplish a lng stroy abbreviate the sparklers would not ablaze and afresh they wouldn't sparkle/work properly. SO we assuredly got a brace of them lit and sparkling. In the angel I am captivation two sparklers in advanced of my zoom lens at 28mm while my little brother is agreement two sparklers in the arena like agreement candles on a altogether block to to bless our Independence Day. I was bouncing them around, but aggravating to get a unquie photo I started arena about with the angle. So I got lower to the arena and began beat away. I ambition the absorption in my brothers eye was brighter but all-embracing I adulation this picture. I achievement you like it, and I approved to aces article altered from what you about would see from this cutting challenge. God Bless America and my Thoughts and Prayers are with SFO.
- Brian Tom
Ryan Francis
Shot with a Canon T2i, f/6.3, 8 additional exposure, ISO-400. I was aggravating out the conflicting cutting affection of this camera this year, so I was sitting on the arena in advanced of the camera watching the fireworks with a little alive appearance awning in my lap. I attack with ball approach and forgot to stop the acknowledgment a few times because the fireworks looked so good. A artery ablaze up and to my larboard acquired the blaze in the corner.
- Ryan Francis
Joshua Moore
On the Fourth, I was visiting with some accompany watching the bounded fireworks affectation aback I bent this absorbing shot. I had been cutting with one feel on the bang button and one eye on the viewfinder so as not to absence the acquaintance so I didn't apprehension this absorbing attack until I loaded it up on my computer. Accessory adjustments to white balance, crop, etc. fabricated in RawTherapee and GIMP. I aloof purchased a DSLR several weeks ago and I'm aggravating to force myself to convenance by entering some cutting challenges. This is my aboriginal acquiescence to a photography contest. Canon T3i with EFS 18-55mm lens f/11.0 3.2 sec ISO 100
- Joshua Moore
Nate Packer
I absitively to alarm this attack "The Morning After." (The rules didn't accompaniment that the fireworks bare to be activity off at the time of the photo.) I was activity for a bike ride the morning of July 5th, and noticed all the bags of spent fireworks on the barrier that had been swept up and hadn't absolutely fabricated it to the debris bin yet. I'm no photographer, but apprehension it would be a fun booty on the challenge. Acclimated my Canon Rebel T4i, f/10, 1/250 sec, ISO-100, 55mm. I did absolutely annihilation to the photo. Allegedly would accept if my four kids would accept accustomed me the time.
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- Nate Packer
Brad Herman
I am a ancestor of three adolescent kids, the oldest of which has been angry blight for 2 years. You may accept apparent him in the videos from aftermost years Make-A-Wish / Nerdist Advance of the Force. He is "The King of Fast" in the R2 accouterments I fabricated him. In actuality we will be active in that accident this accessible weekend to advice accession money for added kids to go on ambition trips like we did. The best affair about cutting fireworks is spending hours with my ancestors accepting fun out at the park. Adequate the actuality that our son is still angry and accomplishing able-bodied abundant to be out with us. We accept absent added holidays and claiming than I affliction to recount. My beforehand son Elijah sat on my lap and acclimated the conflicting activate for some of the photos, The claiming rules are ablaze on 1 access per e-mail and no assorted emails from one person. Actuality 5 1/2 years old he doesn't accept a committed email address. This is the best of his photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bradher… and the one I would accept entered on his behalf. The rules accompaniment that I could mail it in, about there is no way the mail would get to you afore the claiming ends on monday. It's an angel of a new blazon of "shell aural a shell" firework effect. For My submission, I accept a lot of photos from this day that I am appreciative of. I accept included absorbed to this email the one that my accompany on Facebook voted their favorite. It's one of abundance as well. It's able-bodied ample in acme and shows arena cakes and 3 sizes of mortars forth with a acceptable appearance of the statues at the Coliseum gates. Canon 5D MkII f/13 9s 200iso 17-40L @ 17mm Manfrotto 055XPROB Pro Tripod with 808RC4 Head Quick Absolution Cable, Ball Mode. I Shoot RAW, bonbon in Lightroom 5 I accept been photographing fireworks for several years now at my bounded show. Unfortunately our bounded appearance in Culver Burghal was aphotic this year due to acreage renovations. We breadth angled off by our acquaintance Mike at Pyro Spectaculars that the longest appearance in the accompaniment would be bottomward at the Los Angeles Coliseum and he would be triggering it. We bureaucracy a few hours aboriginal with a big tripod all bureaucracy to accomplish abiding I could get the shots I wanted. Application google maps and the carapace advice from Mike I was able to account (pythagorean theorem) the 61 deg bend of to the top of the accomplished shells. I aimed my 17mm (91 hFOV) lens up at 30 deg and prefocused my rig to infinity. I try and accumulate the camera a acceptable 6' off the arena to accomplish abiding I can get the army in the shot. Afterwards the army you lose the scale. In this case it additionally let me see about 60 corpuscle phones demography photos of the fireworks. In abounding of the images you can acutely accomplish out the shots they breadth demography on their screens. With my ancestors by my ancillary we sat and watched the show. Added or beneath every 9 to 20 abnormal I would alpha a new exposure. That allotment is beneath science and added art. I aloof like to bulk out aback the awning with accept a acceptable canvas of light. I shoot chock-full bottomward to f13 so I apperceive I can do a 30 additional acknowledgment of the accomplishments afore I get into over exposure. It additionally helps with the focus. Anniversary Angel is like a painting that I can't control, I generally try and get a mix of cakes, flares, and mortars in the shot. Those are my admired breadth the accomplished angel can be abounding with Light. There breadth 2,000 lbs and 1,300 fireworks launched at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum by my acquaintance Mike Tockstein for Pyro Spectaculars on July 4th 2013. You can see the blow of the set here, forth with some abaft the scenes shots of the mortars, ascendancy board, and techs:
- Brad Herman
Kelsey Ito
I'm Kelsey Ito and I'm from Hawaii. Because the fireworks affectation for our boondocks is absolute babyish I absitively to go to our bounded Walmart and buy a few bargain arena blossom fireworks for this weeks photo challenge. Aback I threw one of the arena blooms in to my backyard I didn't apprehend much, but afterwards I took a few photos I begin that these babyish bargain fireworks accessory aloof as air-conditioned (if not more) than their big brothers. I attack this photograph with my Canon 5D Mark III with a EF 70-200mm f/4L lens. It was set at 1/25 sec at f/4.0 with ISO 125. I achievement you guys like it.
- Kelsey Ito
Victor Oliveira
Here it's my 1st submission, I acclimated Cannon t3i 45mm lens with the afterward settings: ISO:100 F/16 5" Bang speed. This was my 1st attack as accomplishing fireworks we kinda got there little backward and absolutely unprepared, not absolutely abiding breadth the fireworks would be launched from already i accomplished breadth bodies breadth basement up to watch I use my car antenna as tripod and abolish stabilization and timed triggers and prayed. It was abundant acquaintance so why not allotment heheh
- Victor Oliveira
Matthew Johnson
We went to my sister-in-law's abode for the 4th breadth amazingly, they still acquiesce fireworks. We got to set them off in the backyard; article I haven't done for over 20 years. We had a bang and my kids admired it. I feel my attack is absolutely simple and I like how the lamps anatomy the babyish firework in the middle. Tech info: 2.5 seconds, f/16, 20mm, ISO 400
- Matthew Johnson
Christina Crowner
Everyone has a little bit of crazy in their family. Abundance has a abounding amount. One of our admired crazy ancestors traditions is throwing a 4th of July berth affair in burghal St Pete, Florida. This involves no little bit of booze and the conception of tin antithesis hats to assure ourselves from devious fireworks (with the added account of disappointment conflicting academician scanning devices). So, actuality are a few of the crazies adequate the fireworks in their tin antithesis hats. Canon Rebel T3i f/3.5 1/30 ISO 2000 18mm
- Christina Crowner
Nils Rohwer
This weekend was the triennial "Zürifescht" which is about a affair befuddled by the burghal of Zürich to bless the burghal of Zürich. Allotment of the appearance is the Friday and Saturday night fireworks affectation which is bisected an hour of authentic awesome, in the absolutely sense. Musically choreographed and accursed from barges in the basin this alike draws about 3 actor bodies to the usually quiet Swiss city. I was out cutting a timelapse of the accident so this is one of the frames from the 5000 I attack over the weekend.
- Nils Rohwer
Paul Valerio
I attack this on a Canon T4i with a Sigma 18-250, 4 additional acknowledgment at F/11. As the bang opened, I boring unfocused the lens to add a nice beginning effect. Account the mosquito bites and boiling summer air if you ask me.
- Paul Valerio
Dan Fain
Taken with a Canon Rebel XTi with 17-50mm lens at f/2.8, 2.5s bang speed, ISO 100 This photo was one of a ample set that I took from a arch overlooking my bounded 4th of July firework show. I adopted a friend's tripod for the closing bisected of the set, which helped a lot. The RAW book was postprocessed a bit in photoshop to abuse acknowledgment and the like.
- Dan Fain
Tobias Ammann
So due to a advantageous accompaniment my burghal actuality in Switzerland (Zürich) was accepting its 3-day-long self-celebration. Two nights of Fireworks, absolute for me to participate in the challenge. So anybody was sitting on a blooming abruptness and I was abreast with my babyish tripod, But like consistently it takes one guy to ruin it for everyone, As anon as the appearance began, a guy stood in advanced of anybody and started demography pictures of the fireworks with his phone, blocking the few for anybody abaft him. As accumulation dynamics go; at aboriginal anybody screamed at him but eventually anybody was standing. Fireworks were great, abnormally aback not beheld through a lens or on a smartphone...
- Tobias Ammann
Jack Gebhardt
So I alarm this "The Flower". I adulation the actuality that its an absolute activity of a blaze work. Your get to see the climb, the access and the blush in one shot. To get the attack was a pain. I got to the breadth to set up absolutely early. It turns out they afflicted the barrage point of the fireworks from antecedent years. So already the appearance began I had to backpack absolute fast. I was sprinting with camera accessories through mud to get to the new area which was absolute muddy. I absent bisected the appearance relocating. I watched a video beforehand in the day from FroKnowsPhoto.com answer firework photography. I was absolutely suprised that ISO is set absolutely low with it. Camera : Nikon D5100 Lens : Nikon 18-55mm 3.5 F-stop : 4.5 Acknowledgment : 4 sec Iso : 160
- Jack Gebhardt
Aaron Schurman
Camera: Olympus OM-D Lens: Panasonic Leica 25mm F Stop: 3.5 ISO: 1250 Shutter: 1/400 Story: Aloof aggravating to booty some air-conditioned photos of sparklers and acute DOF and I was declining miserably. Accomplished the lens I attack with in the accomplished was a 50mm on an APS-C dent (similar to 80mm on a 35mm setup) and I was now cutting with a 25mm on a micro 4/3rds bureaucracy (similar to 50mm on a 35mm setup). Afterwards melting my lens awning from accepting too abutting to the sparklers, I gave up and started cutting added in the dark. Got this aberration smoke affection as a result. Fireworks=Love. Formed out in the end!
- Aaron Schurman
Casey Mills
This account about qualifies, but if you accessory carefully there are two fireworks in the background. Afore the bounded burghal fireworks began I took a few continued exposures of the Fair. Little did I know, from this bend point I could see 5-6 added firework shows in the valley. Afterwards two abrupt rain showers I arranged up my camera and headed home afore the Fair fireworks started. Camera: Canon T3i Bang Speed: 20 Aperture: 25.0 ISO Speed: 100 Lens: EF-S18-55mm
- Casey Mills
Spender Lund
.8 sec. | f/11 | ISO-800 | Nikon D7000 For the 4th of July I went to Seattle and saw their fireworks appearance on Basin Union. My dad has an appointment with a balustrade overlooking the lake, so I wouldn’t accept to accord with added people. However, a berth sits amid the balustrade and the barge the attack the fireworks off of, so I had to go vertical rather than accumbent to abstain accepting baiter masts in the shot. Appear the basal of this attack you can see a brace bodies on the basin in kayaks, aflame by the red fireworks.
- Spencer Lund
Brock Girard
I set up for my city's anniversary fireworks affectation a few blocks abroad with my family. Fortunately, my appointment is abutting to the esplanade breadth they are shot, but far abundant abroad that I can contrivance best of the traffic! This attack was acquired application my Canon Rebel T4i with a Canon 28-135 IS USM telephoto lens. The ISO was set at 100 with an breach of 8. The bang was set at Ball and I acclimated an IR Promaster conflicting to ascendancy it. I affective bags of abundant shots that night, but this is one of my favorites because of the appearance that was created. Unlike the acceptable "round" burst, this reminds me of a dragonfly.
- Brock Girard
Armont Van Dyck
This angel is blue-blooded “Explosions in the Sky” (yes, aloof like the band!) ______ This accomplished fourth of July, I visited a ancestors acquaintance on the East Coast (my aboriginal time actuality there) and had an amazing time. I’m from California and was afraid at how affectionate anybody there was! We were in Arctic Carolina; added accurately the Outer Banks (OBX) and had our absolute own bank abode for the week. Over there, they go big—a huge alfresco date with alive band, parades all day, and abundant shows and attractions. Anybody congregated at about 9 PM and afresh the alive music stopped; all we could actuality was the active and apprehension in the crowd. Afresh afore we knew it one of the better and best amazing fireworks shows I’d apparent was arena overhead. We were so abutting to the activity that I didn’t charge to zoom in abundant to grab this shot. I knew I admired it the moment I saw it. It captures the action, acuteness and adorableness of the cursory fireworks that so abounding bodies appear to see every year. This angel was attack with my Canon Rebel SL1 adapted with a Tamron 18-200mm lens. It was attack at ISO 100, with an breach of f/4, a 2.9 additional acknowledgment and a 38mm focal breadth (~60mm equivalent).
- Armont Van Dyck
Andrew VandenHeuvel
I started this claiming with a few altered account on what blazon of attack I wanted. I basal my photo to acquaint a story, I so I affected it with some silhouettes to accord it that activity of accepting fun with your friends. Aback I didn't accept my tripod with me, I begin this claiming decidedly difficult. And with basal light, auto-focus was not activity to happen. It took a while, but I assuredly dialed in the focus and took the shot. My ISO was all the way up (3200) so I could break faster than 1/20 sec to abstain camera shake. Although in this attack I stepped it bottomward to 1/6th and was still able to abstain (most) camera shake. I acclimated Lightroom to add some 'Pop' and abolish some noise.
- Andrew VandenHeuvel
Matthew Lass
Shot with a 5D Mkii, 70-200 F/4 L IS in Ball approach at 70mm on a tripod with Yongnuo bang absolution wireless transceivers. ISO set to 50 aback I knew I'd be accomplishing continued exposures. With Independence day falling on a Thursday, and accepting to assignment the abutting day, I absitively to abide the attitude of ablution safe and sane fireworks in my driveway, while anybody about me was lighting M-80s and the like. None of the nieces and nephews were advancing over, so the fireworks were absolutely for my accurate pleasure. I chose this attack because it looked altered than all of my others, which were apparent as fireworks. This one looks evocative of abounding altered things, admitting I accept a adamantine time aggravating to call it.
- Matthew Lass
Carl Basdeo
My name is Carl Basdeo and this is my submission, "Event Horizon". This Fourth of July, my cousins and I absitively to accomplish our own fireworks like our aunts and uncles did aback they were young. We angry animate absolute to a wire, lit the absolute on fire, and created the comedy in the photograph by accepted the wire, showering the abode with aqueous metal. There were abounding accessory burns, abnormally one accessory who somehow consistently seemed to be continuing in the amiss abode at the amiss time everytime. However, it will be remembered as the greatest Independence Day we've had together. From the abounding photos taken during that night, this photograph absolutely conveys the epic-ness we all felt. The photo was taken with a Canon T3, 18-55mm kit lens, 18mm, f/8, 1/4, ISO 3200.
- Carl Basdeo
Rob Ogilvie
Last year's acquiescence was fabricated afterwards a tripod or conflicting shutter. This year, I set up with a tripod and conflicting bang on my Sony Alpha a65 with a chic fifty lens. I larboard the lens adequately accessible at f/6.3 and had exposures alignment from a additional to about a minute. This attack was apparent for about three abnormal and edited in Lightroom with some adequately all-encompassing cleanups. I absolutely like how the framing formed out based on my area (which I didn't get to choose) and the area of the fireworks (which I absolutely didn't get to choose).
- Rob Ogilvie
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Sanket Shah
The Ball is Mightier than the Bang Went to see Macy's fireworks from the New Jersey ancillary of the Hudson for the 2nd year in a row. Approved out the DIY adapted hands-free bang absolution I apprehend about here. Played with Ball approach for the aboriginal time (so abundant easier than academic bang times!!). Best attack of abounding acceptable ones. Attack on my Canon T3i, 7 sec exposure, f/11, 100 ISO, at 35 mm (standard kit lens).
- Sanket Shah
Anand Devaraj
Title: Blush Spatter Place: Bradley Bank ,NJ Camera: D90 Lens: Tokina 100mm Macro ISO: 200 The July 4th Fireworks has become a ancestors attitude for us anytime aback our babe was born. This year we went out to the absolute aboriginal bank that she visited as a baby, Bradley Beach, NJ. It was absolutely appropriate for us to watch her comedy and bethink how tiny she had been on her aboriginal visit. She was not absolutely attractive advanced to the fireworks as she was still a little afraid of it. But already the fireworks started, addition aboriginal happened for her, as she began to adore the admirable colors that the fireworks were painting beyond the sky. As an added benefit we could additionally see added fireworks displays activity on forth the Jersey bank appropriate from breadth we were sitting on the air-conditioned airy beach. I basal to agreement a little with the pictures, this time so I attack it all application my macro lens. The fireworks seemed to accessory like adjustment sparks, to me, bright,clear and intense!
- Anand Devaraj
Hanna Tacha
Camera: Nikon D3000 Nikon DX (kit) Lense ISO: 200 F 13 Bang Speed: 3" Annually I allotment in the action of large-scale, sky-filling fireworks shows with accompany and ancestors on Independence Day. Secretly however, I anticipate my admired blazon of fire-powered magic, sparklers.
- Hanna Tacha
Claudia Rocha
Visiting my husband's ancestors for the holiday, we absitively at the aftermost minute to go watch fireworks. Concluded up in the parking lot of a Home Depot in Freehold, NJ, watching the fireworks through trees, aloft the building. I had my tripod but was allegedly missing the plate, so I aloof counterbalanced my camera on it and went with a beneath acknowledgment length. I affectionate of like the featheriness that happened with my slight shaking, though. ISO 400, 52 mm, f/3.5, 2.5 abnormal with my Nikon D80 and AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm lens.
- Claudia Rocha
Joshua Davis
I took this attack on July 4th at a firework appearance abreast my sister's academy in Summerville, SC. I had some issues accepting appropriate shots because of a few reasons. I set up rather abutting to breadth the fireworks were actuality launched, the fireworks were attack rather low, the wind was alarming the smoke against me (thus anniversary access was anecdotic the smoke and creating a becloud in best every picture) and beyond the artery the academy had its floodlights on which created some awful ablaze pollution. I acclimated a Canon EOS Rebel T1i, with a18-55 mm lens, my settings were: ISO 100, f/3.5 with a 2 additional acknowledgment and I was cutting in RAW. For column processing I acclimated Photoshop CS6 to do apple-pie up some of the smoke and ablaze abuse from the school.
- Joshua Davis
Ken Janeczko
This angel was taken on 7/6 off my brothers berth on McKane Lake, Argentine Township, MI. Anybody about the basin was lighting off fireworks (including us) and afresh there was this capital assuming off a belvedere in the average of the lake. I admired this one the best of the bunch. Abnormally the absorption in the water. Nikon D90 Sigma 18-50 at 27mm ISO 200, f/8, 20sec
- Ken Janeczko
Jesse Opgenorth
Details: Canon EOS REBEL T3i, Kit lens, 20mm, f/20, ISO-100, 15 sec exposure, Beer, Fireworks Because my acquaintance and I were bedfast to our accommodation circuitous because of beer, we chose fireworks and photography as a abundant way to expend our time. We chose to agreement with the accessible assets which included a basin and some baptize features. This was the account that I acquainted reflected the adequacy of fireworks.
- Jesse Opgenorth
Michael Starr
After assay and arena ladder golf all day, my wife and I absitively to get a close-up of the fireworks on Fort Lauderdale beach. The bank was arranged but we managed to acquisition a babyish application of bank to accoutrement a few towels on. It consistently amazes me how awash the beaches get during holidays compared to a accustomed day. The fireworks were launched from a barge alone a few hundred yards from shore. I was advantageous abundant to abduction a few images I admired but I absolutely enjoyed the array of colors in this accurate photo. Nikon D5100. ISO100. F/11. 11 seconds.
- Michael Starr
Jeff Peffer
After a continued day in the sun and my allotment of developed sodas, I didn't anticipate I would be accommodating in this challenge. It angry out my atom by the bivouac not alone had a abundant appearance of the fireworks show, but additionally a asperous allotment of bedrock to authority my GorillaPod and camera. This attack was taken at the babyish association of Sunland Estates, aloof alfresco of Quincy, WA. This babyish discharge of acreage sits aloof beneath the Gorge Amphitheatre on the Columbia River. Actuality so for arctic and west, we had to delay until about 10:00 afore it was aphotic abundant beneath the cliffs to see the firework show. Attack with a Canon 7D and a Canon 18-135mm lens. Attack at 18mm, f/22, 5 additional acknowledgment with the ISO set at 500. As this is my aboriginal time appointment to a Cutting Challenge, I absitively not to do any alteration added than slight cropping.
- Jeff Peffer
Sharon Joshi
Thanks to my wife's abode we were able to account a primo atom to watch the Seattle fireworks on Basin Union. We got there aboriginal and I got my tripod bureaucracy on the absolute spot. Everybody accessory got absolutely into it and would bark "Did you get that one?!" afterwards a absolutely nice explosion. It was a lot of fun to see anybody get aflame about photography. I got absolutely a few acceptable shots, but this one stands out because of atomic bulk of smoke, assorted explosions, admirable blush and the nice ablaze trails on the arch in the background. Camera: Canon t3i. 55mm at f/11, ISO 100 and 7 sec exposure.
- Sharōn Joshi
Tracy Johnson
My bedmate and I went to La Push, Wa, this weekend to adore the beach. He brought forth his fireworks for July 4th and I apprehension it was the absolute befalling to get a acceptable photo in for the contest. It assuredly got aphotic at about 10 PM and we got to work. Afterwards assorted pics, this one with assorted explosions in one produced the best effect. Edited a little bit to acclimatize acknowledgment of the accomplishments and the beach. Canon T3i, 12 mm. ISO 100, f8, 20 sec exposure.
- Tracy Johnson
Amie Hauck
Nikon D7000 35mm ISO100 1.3 abnormal f 2.8 tripod bang cable absolution Appearance of Washington DC's anniversary 4th of July fireworks from Mt. Vernon, VA overlooking Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument. The afterglow of the multi atramentous fireworks alloyed with the silhouettes of the boaters on the Potomac River couldn't accept fabricated it added aesthetically pleasing.
- Amie Hauck
Daniel Rivera
Equipment Camera: Nikon D800 Lens: Nikon 18-105mm DX Aperture: F/14 & 11 Bang speed: 15.0 Sec ISO: 50 My wife and I absorb this accomplished weekend in Catalina Island, California and had a blast. I knew there would be fireworks so I brought my camera. Upon blockage in to my auberge I went out aloof to acquisition the best abode for my attack or breadth to position myself in adjustment to get the attack I wanted. Unfortunately I begin the absolute atom but due to busline and the strick brake they accept on the island I billow not get the the atom I had ahead wanted. As the time got afterpiece I absitively to acquisition the darkest abode I billow find, so that I wouldn't get any ablaze contagion from the artery lights. I begin the absolute abode abreast the bank alleged "Lovers Cove". It was angle aphotic and the absolute abode to set up. I took assorted pictures and afresh went aback into photoshop and layered them together. I afflicted the aggregate approach to "Lighter Color" bringing in alone the colors and abrogation my beginning atramentous as the night. Thats all their is too it, I had a bang cutting this claiming as it was my aboriginal time entering. This is absolutely additionally my aboriginal time anytime demography pictures of fireworks so it took me a brace of shots to get the exact settings to abduction it the way I absurd it =)
- Daniel Rivera
Long Hong
Canon EOS Rebel T4i - 18mm - ISO200 - f/10 - 5 sec This was my aboriginal attack into Fireworks Photography with my anew purchased DSLR. (I've had it beneath than 3 months time.) I had never absolutely attack fireworks afore except on my iPhone, so I ample why not aloof bandy myself in the abysmal end and shoot on the 4th of July, I absolute briefly apprehend up on photo accessories and blogs and followed links on your armpit to get a basal compassionate of what I bare to do to shoot fireworks. As expected, several things did not go well. I didn't advance my area at all, I aloof best what was accessible to me on Mt Washington in Pittsburgh and hoped for the best. I set up my tripod (which I bought the night before), on grass, not collapsed pavement and got my camera and settings accessible with 5 account to additional afore the appearance started. The lens I acclimated was the 18-55mm lens that came with my camera kit and I had no abstraction if I focused to beyond appropriately as there was annihilation on the lens to let me announce or let me know. My one extenuative adroitness was allegedly the wireless conflicting I bought forth with my tripod the night before. I basically stood beside my camera and aloof airtight photos with my wireless conflicting pointing aback at the receiver on the advanced of the DSLR. It may accept looked odd for any onlooking person, but it accustomed me to barometer the timing of the fireworks with both my eyes on the absolute appearance and not with one eye in the viewfinder, which I anticipate helped me abduction the photo I'm appointment successfully. This wasn't my best absorbing attack of the night, but the one I feel is best apocalyptic of what I appetite to see at a fireworks show. A lot of red, white and blue.
- Continued Hong
Kayleigh Billings
I attack this with an Olympus e620, with the 70-300mm zoom lens. I was on a arch with my accompany to watch our town's fireworks show, and the little babe and her mother abutting to me kept lighting sparklers and throwing those little poppers. She would action them as able-bodied to us as well, and acquaint us "Throw them at the aforementioned time," or accord us candy. She was absolutely beautiful and it looked like she was accepting a lot of fun, so I apprehension this was a air-conditioned shot.
- Kayleigh Billings
Moira Flood
I took this attack during a neighbor's fireworks affectation on the bank of Keuka Basin in the NY Feel Lakes. The red afterglow at the basal of the anatomy hints at the alarm that was afire on the beach. Canon EOS REBEL T1i 50 mm lens ISO 800 f/4
- Moira Flood
Jose Sanchez
Well I had went to Rosarito Beach, Mexico for my 4th of July weekend. So we went bottomward to the bank and got advanced row seats to the firework show. Fireworks were activity off every where, it acquainted like a color-full war. I acclimated my Canon Powershot S5 Si and set it to fireworks setting
- Jose Sanchez
Petar Kraguljac
Canon 5D Mk II Canon EF 16-35 f2.8L II USM 10 abnormal at f16 in ball approach application a activate f16 at 18mm ISO 400
- Petar Kraguljac
Cullen Malone
Title: Custer's Aftermost Bend Originally I was absolute aflame about this cutting claiming because I was activity to be at Mount Rushmore on the 4th of July, what could be added 'merica than that! However, aback we got there we apparent that they no best do fireworks because of blaze danger. Disappointed, we ventured through a few babyish towns attractive for firework shows and landed on Custer, South Dakota breadth we absolutely concluded up seeing one of the best firework displays I've anytime seen. I was affronted at aboriginal aback this brace absolved through my shot, but in the end I absitively to accomplish them a allotment of it and they managed not to move at all for the 13 abnormal it took to booty the shot. I anticipate they add a bit added personality to the image. Sony a77; ISO: 200; F/11; 13 sec. exposure; 22mm
- Cullen Malone
Wow, you went all out this week. On one hand, I achievement we didn't ruin the fireworks for the 75 of you who elbowed your way through crowds to set up a tripod and watch the anniversary through a viewfinder. On the added hand, they abiding are some appealing photos. And these fireworks will never bake out.
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