New Year's Eve Part 2-Fireworks

...and now for the Fireworks!

Once Again, I used the bulb setting, and a tripod. The hardest part was guessing where the fireworks would be, how high they would fly and whether or not I was quite level in the darkness.

The Sparklers had to be my favorite, I used the bulb setting to capture all the light movement over the period of several seconds. I love the picture below, the sparkler just lights up Andrew's face behind them as he looks on in wonder.

 Oops! Dropped the sparkler!

And now, for the Grand Finale!

Fireworks

This year I tried using the "Bulb" setting for photographing fireworks. It really works better with a remote which I didn't have so I tried using a 13" and 15" shutter speed which worked really well. I set it on a 2 sec. timer to avoid camera shake and then just sat back and watched the show. Funny, it was almost like seeing fireworks for the first time because for the last several years I've seen them only through the camera screen.

Special Thanks to my Grandfather for the best fireworks show yet!

New Year's 2009