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Independence Day

srtr100 — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:33:23 GMT

A week ago I shot this on Independence Day. The fireworks were scheduled to start at 9:30. It rained until 8:00. I did not figure that the show would go on, but it did. Since parking would be a hassle, especially on such a short time frame, I figured it would be better to walk out to bike path and try to shoot there, going out into the field adjacent to it in order to get a better view. Well, the field was overgrown so I had to remain on the bike path. Most of the pictures of the fireworks were smaller and unimpressive on account of the focal length of the lens and my shooting position. I did get one interesting shot. This one shows firework just as it explodes and lights up everything with 1/2 mile radius.

Canon R100; 55mm f1.9 Minolta MC Rokkor; Neutral picture style; ISO 400 1/60 sec f4.Firework.jpeg

Re: Independence Day

srtr100 — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:37:46 GMT

I am aware of little lens flare in the leaves. It was a humid evening and some condensation formed on the filter.

Re: Independence Day

stevet1 — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 01:34:25 GMT

srtr100,

Sometimes you just gotta work with what you've got.

That's a nice shot.

Steve Thomas

Re: Independence Day

srtr100 — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:11:33 GMT

Here I include a few other shots from the same shoot the b/w of a similar nature and a couple of color shots. Exposure was same for all shots. I made some minor adjustments in Pix in order to bring out the clouds.Independence Day 631.JPGIndependence Day 681.JPGIndependence day 688.JPG