thought that it would be nice to see every ones fire works pics..

just one that i took last night.

I went over to Hoboken, NJ with a friend to shoot the Macy's fireworks display on the Hudson River. They had 4 barges on the river for the display, and we were set up on the waterfront between the last two on the south end.











The Empire State Building dressed for the holiday.



The new World Trade Center



Full set here: http://www.moose135photography.com/N...4000954_xWpRk2

Here is one of mine. I like the way you guys have included the city in your shots and I will try this more next year. It certainly give the photo more atmosphere!!

Ron

Wow. You all take wonderful fireworks photos! I tried for the first time this year at our little podunk show in Amarillo. My remote would work on everything but the bulb quick response mode, which made timing a bit iffy as our show is only about 15-20 minutes long and they send all the shots to the same place. To top it off the wind was blowing it's usual 30mph so getting the camera steady was a pain and my focus got off a hair (I really need to get my glasses script changed). I got a few decent shots I think for my first time trying though.

Originally Posted by ront I like the way you guys have included the city in your shots and I will try this more next year. It certainly give the photo more atmosphere!!

When you have Midtown Manhattan as a backdrop, it would be criminal not to include it!

Very nice work, everyone!

Allen, I love the "motion blur" look coming off the light streaks on your shots!

Shane, I know the wind may have made it tough to keep the tripod steady, but I bet it helped blow away the smoke between shots!

I was having problems with my remote also - it would trip the shutter perfectly, except in Bulb mode, where it would consistently give me 1 second exposures, regardless of my camera settings. I ended up setting the camera manually for 10 to 15 second exposures, and using the remote to trip the shutter when I saw them launch. I guess you get what you pay for - that $20 remote only lasted 4 years...

Originally Posted by moose135 When you have Midtown Manhattan as a backdrop, it would be criminal not to include it! Very nice work, everyone! Allen, I love the "motion blur" look coming off the light streaks on your shots! Shane, I know the wind may have made it tough to keep the tripod steady, but I bet it helped blow away the smoke between shots! I was having problems with my remote also - it would trip the shutter perfectly, except in Bulb mode, where it would consistently give me 1 second exposures, regardless of my camera settings. I ended up setting the camera manually for 10 to 15 second exposures, and using the remote to trip the shutter when I saw them launch. I guess you get what you pay for - that $20 remote only lasted 4 years...

I did several 6 second and longer exposures and because they were sending 3-4 at a time every 2 seconds it just ended up a mess. They were just trying to get them up as fast as they could. There was very little "dark" time between any of the shots. I have maybe 6 shots where they are single explosions. It made it rather frustrating.

This was taken at the downtown Phoenix 4th celebration 2012. It was the very first I took before switching lenses, but happened to be the only really good shot that came out of the bunch.

Very Good Everyone!

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