G'day Frank. It does help to put the shot into some sort of context. "Celebrations in Suburbia"?
IMO the better examples of these type of shots, that I've seen, always contain more that just the fireworks. (Not that I'm saying that this is a particularly good example :-) Thanks for looking & commenting Dave On 8/23/05, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > >
