I saw the recent link on advice for photos of fireworks. Can you share the settings you used for these images? Did you have to play with it a bit or just set up and shoot? Nicely done. I tried a laser show once with total failure, noting what is seen is a mess of light on camera. Fireworks are more defined and lovely.

I'm with Tom. Please share what setting you used, the photos turned out great Michael. I posted the other link but wasn't able to put the recommendations to the test because I was hit in the head early on in the evening with a spent rocket, and couldn't really see well enough to take any shots. Sigh - there is always next year I suppose. =[

thanks for sharing these Michael, they came out well... missed them too this year :/

wowww awesome.. love the piccies.. seems you had fun fun fun.. really love the third on down. hugssssss

Wow, great pictures, what shutter speed did you have? Did you do them on tripod or free hand? thanx, Ulf

Nice shots, like the last one best.

Great shots! #3 and #5 are my favs. They are so clear. :)

For those of you that wanted to know the particulars on the EXIF data All were shot with a Nikon D100, using a Sigma 18-125mm 3.5-5.6 at ISO 400, White Balance set to Shade Image #1 Focal Length 21mm, 1/15th at f/3.8 Image #2 Focal Length 21mm, 0.4s at f/3.8 Image #3 Focal Length 18mm, 1.3s at f/3.5 Image #4 Focal Length 18mm, 1.0s at f/5 Image #5 Focal Length 18mm, 1/15th at f/8

Oh! I forgot, I was using a Bogan Tripod with a Manfroto 3130 quick release head. Sucker weighs a ton too... I didn't really play too much but this is my 5th year shooting this fireworks show and its within walking distance from my house so its convenient. The first time I shot fireworks I let the camera do the work. Maybe 3 shots out of 100 turned out. All the others have been manual settings or on Shutter priority. That way I can play with exposure times and not have to check Apertures each time. Its a system that works for me.

Very pretty Michael! Somehow though I feel that the sky could be darker in these...... me being too picky maybe.....

Michelle, you are right, however I had to deal with huge parking lot type lights the entire time. I was shooting with them on either side of me. They surround the area where the audience is seated. I asked organizers for 3 years now to at least turn them off during the show. I am told they can't because of insurance company policy. It is held at the local high school and they "don't want to risk anything". Add to that the light pollution in this area... I can remember as a kid looking up and seeing billions of stars, kinda like what cynlee can see by going in her back yard and looking up, or what you, Michelle, can see by looking through the trees. But in the last 10-15 years there has been so much development, I sometimes think I will have to join NASA to ever see that again. So yes I agree, they need a darker background. Maybe I will go to Texas and shoot from cynlee's backyard next year.

sure... you're more then welcome... but i didn't see a single firework from there so BYOF ;]