On 8/21/05, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day All, > > So I'm changing my sheets when I hear this almighty boom. > > I instantly knew what it was, the local Portuguese club was > celebrating something with fireworks (it happens a few times a year). > So I grabbed my tripod, *ist D with my new 16-45 & quickly set up on > the front porch. > > Had a look through the viewfinder & swore out loud because I didn't > have enough reach. Ran back inside & changed over to the 77 Ltd. Much > better :-). > > This is my first ever fireworks shot, taken about halfway through the > show (I only managed 3 more before it was all over): > > http://tinyurl.com/9ntwd > > Cropped a bit off the top & left side, also PS'ed some power lines out > of the bottom quarter. > > Nothing special, just though I'd share. Comments & thoughts always welcome. > > Dave > > P.S. I now have a greater appreciation of how difficult it is to make > good fireworks photos.
I like this a lot! The fireworks themselves are very well captured, but I like the silhouettes below - they really give the shot a lot of character, IMHO. Cool! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
