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Yah!

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it would be a shame to lose your fingers in a firework accident....it's far more honorable to lose one at the track! be safe have fun!

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thanks!

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just some more pics I took from the Water Front in Portland

mafiaracers

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dude, were you sportin' a tri-pod? because the best I could muster tonight was this...but I was standing so....

it's sharp on my computer...I resized the crap out of it to fit into an attachment for RCTECH...

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Yeah a tripod is neccessary for fireworks photography because of the long exposures.

Here's a a good writeup for for fireworks tips...
http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?a...op=academy_new

I basically set my shutter speed to "bulb"...activate shutter when I hear the launch...and close shutter when the burst is at maximum...but it does take some timing to get right. my aperature was set at 11

mafiaracers

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well that would explain a lot! I was free hand, F5.6 and 1/10 for shutter...oh well, there's always next year! Good thing I know though!! thanks!

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Don't forget about the Rose festival fire works show normally held in early June. It's a good way to practice your timing for the July 4th shows. Also, there are random fireworks shows throughout the year at PGE Park and other places around here. I know it kinda sucks not being able to shoot fireworks on a regular basis like it is with RC

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If you wanna see some really sweet fireworks pics in Portland, check out this guy's work:
http://geneman88.zenfolio.com/p288110474/

stavman

as always... AWSOME pic's Rob

Happy 4th

Stav

Mike Ellis

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Thanks Rob, great as usual!

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Thanks.

4th of July is my favorite holiday.

If anyone is interested, you can see more fireworks pics here:
http://www.robspics.com/postimages/fireworks/