Did anyone take pictures of fireworks this weekend??

[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.....

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

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

[Catlady711]

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

Better late than never! Thanks for sharing!