Did anyone take pictures of fireworks this weekend??

[Catlady711]

Just curious, since we have so many picture takers on the board, if anyone else took pix of the fireworks this weekend??

Here's one of my better ones.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/fireworksPT.jpg

[Karen]

That's an excellent picture! I always get crummy pictures, so I didn't even try this year! I am always too busy going "Wow!" to remember to snap the photo. Sigh.

[4 Dog Mother]

I did but I don't think any came out as good as yours! It is the first time I've tried - in fact, I haven't gone to see fireworks in a number of years. Ususally I stay home with the youngest or the dogs if I know the neighbors are going to be around with lots of firecrackers. This year Dominic is almost 2 so we took him with us. He liked the pretty lights but then more and more people were putting off fire crackers so he got scared. I am at work now but i will try to post some of mine later this evening.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

WOW !!! What a spectacular picture!!! It isn't easy to take a picture of fireworks!!

[Catlady711]

I am at work now but i will try to post some of mine later this evening.

I look forward to seeing your shots posted. I was hoping to have a thread going where everyone could share their shots. Not all fireworks shows are the same and I enjoy seeing some of the different bursts different shows put on.


I am always too busy going "Wow!" to remember to snap the photo. Sigh.

I have the exact opposite problem. I'm always too busy shooting them to get to actually watch them much until I get the pix home. lol


It isn't easy to take a picture of fireworks!!

It's not too hard really, I just taught my hubby and he shot fireworks for the first time this weekend and his were as good as mine, just a bit of different timing on the bursts.

A sturdy tripod is a MUST for shooting fireworks. And about any camera that will do manual settings and a self timer can take the pix whether film or digital. A few years ago I shot fireworks with a point & shoot digital Canon A40.

Just put the camera on the tripod, set it on manual, set the aperature on F/8 or higher, ISO on 100, 80, 50 (however low the camera can go), shutter speed at about 2-4 seconds, set your self timer (or use a shutter release) and fire away. Probably the hardest part is focusing. On the point and shoots I would wait until one burst went up and focus on that, lock focus and keep shooting, on the DSLR/SLR cameras set the lens to infinity (or in my case eyeball the focus, I don't have an infinity setting on my lenses cuz they're cheap).

Thank you everyone for the compliments. I look forward to seeing some of your shots when I get online later tonight.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

We only set off a few this year. Nathan, the dogs, and I watched from the house so we wouldn't get eaten alive by mosquitos. This is the only picture I got of fireworks-

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2640653982_a4e5827d98.jpg

[Taz_Zoee]

I forgot to take my camera with me. :( I took a couple with my cell phone but they were horrible. My camera is not very good either. But I'd love to get some pix of the fireworks up in Tahoe. They have hearts and smiley faces and boxes and stuff. It's really neat. We will be up there for Labor Day this year and they do fireworks that weekend too. :D

That is an awesome picture!!

[Catlady711]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2640653982_a4e5827d98.jpg

That is adorable!;)

[Jessika]

I did but since we went to the riverfront there's someone's head in nearly every picture LOL

I got some decent ones, too, except for the head! :P

Not as nice as yours, however :)

[JALB]

Here are some of mine:

[Catlady711]

Here are some of mine:


Nice job! Thank you for sharing:)



Keep the pix coming everyone.

[Catlady711]

[QUOTE=Jessika;2033564]I did but since we went to the riverfront there's someone's head in nearly every picture LOL

I got some decent ones, too, except for the head! :P [QUOTE]

I went to the show 1 hour early just so I could park my butt right up against the 'do not cross' line for viewing. I did also go to a second show on Sat. night but I didn't have front row seating so I too have lots of heads in some of the shots of the fireworks that didn't go as high.

[Jessika]

I did but since we went to the riverfront there's someone's head in nearly every picture LOL

I got some decent ones, too, except for the head! :P

I went to the show 1 hour early just so I could park my butt right up against the 'do not cross' line for viewing. I did also go to a second show on Sat. night but I didn't have front row seating so I too have lots of heads in some of the shots of the fireworks that didn't go as high.

We got there five hours early and people were already claiming all the good spots! We didn't have a BAD spot, but it was very, very crowded.

Plus, forgot to mention, we were under a tree, so the low fireworks have a head in them, and the higher one have tree branches and leaves haha

[4 Dog Mother]

Here are some of my pictures. Since I've never tried fireworks before I tried different settings - none of these are great but.....


http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c4e228bce100000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/


http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c513f75da200000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c576671d9800000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c5fd185d3a00000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c41cbbbc0d00000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

[4 Dog Mother]

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c5ca431de200000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c514779c8900000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c42f0cfc3b00000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c58981dca900000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

And here is my happy little family
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c5723b1dc600000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

[Catlady711]

We got there five hours early and people were already claiming all the good spots! We didn't have a BAD spot, but it was very, very crowded.

Plus, forgot to mention, we were under a tree, so the low fireworks have a head in them, and the higher one have tree branches and leaves haha


WOW 5 hours early? Guess I've always been lucky or the show is much smaller.

Sounds like you got stuck with a lousy spot for viewing between trees and heads. Hope you have better luck next year.

[Catlady711]

Here are some of my pictures. Since I've never tried fireworks before I tried different settings - none of these are great but.....


http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c513f75da200000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c576671d9800000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/


These two are really good, especially for a first timer!! You should be proud of yourself.

You should have seen the awful results I had the first time I ever shot fireworks, and at that it was with film so it was a week before I could see how badly I blew the shots and had to pay money for the paper they wasted on printing them. LOL

[Catlady711]

And here is my happy little family
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d929b3127ccec4c5723b1dc600000040O08JZOGrlm1B7e fAg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

Awww, looks like everyone is enjoying the show and having fun! Thanks for adding to the thread.

Keep 'em coming guys!

[Jessika]

WOW 5 hours early? Guess I've always been lucky or the show is much smaller.

Sounds like you got stuck with a lousy spot for viewing between trees and heads. Hope you have better luck next year.

Yes, thousands upon thousands of people attend this festival every year, it's three or four days long and the crowds are HUMONGOUS the entire time every year!

[Catlady711]

Yes, thousands upon thousands of people attend this festival every year, it's three or four days long and the crowds are HUMONGOUS the entire time every year!

Yup the show I attended was certainly smaller. No festival just the fireworks. I have no clue how many people attended but it took an hour to get out of the parking area and onto the main street and I was parked 3 rows in from the exit.

[4 Dog Mother]

We didn't go into the park where the fireworks were. It is just too crowded and crazy. A lot of people just find parking spots nearby and watch from their cars. So that's what we did. Sometimes the country club puts on a better show than the city so sometimes we go to the park and sit on blankets there and watch. Just don't like being caught in traffic for long periods of time with small and tired children in the car!

[JALB]

Here are some more......

[Jessika]

Yup the show I attended was certainly smaller. No festival just the fireworks. I have no clue how many people attended but it took an hour to get out of the parking area and onto the main street and I was parked 3 rows in from the exit.

Yup took us about 45 minutes just to leave the parkinglot and another 30 or 45 minutes to drive home because people would be leaving the festival and of course the sidewalk went across the entrance to the parkinglot, so we had to wait for EVERYONE to leave before the cops would let cars leave. We were parked in the first parkinglot, within the first couple of spaces too.

[cassiesmom]

I did ... sorry these took so long to share
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u164/kchuk7/Fireworks001.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u164/kchuk7/Fireworks002.jpg

[Catlady711]

I did ... sorry these took so long to share


Better late than never! Thanks for sharing!:)