My view of the world

I found this unusual fireworks photo on a friend’s site and copied it with his permission.

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After 30 or so frames I got one of the fireworks to look the way I wanted.
If they’re going to be made up of little balls of fire, I wanted them to look like little balls, or maybe an alien sky.

Hand held (JPG -Fine)
Nikon D300
Nikon 24-120mm VR=on
120mm
Mode M
ISO 1600
f5.6
Exposure unknown

I’m certain that his getting the shot he set out to get was mostly luck and I’m equally certain that a great many photographers could duplicate this effect with little difficulty. But luck or not, he got the shot he saw in his mind and I for one think it’s cool.

He told me that out of 30 odd shots this was the only usable frame.

Beats my record. — He grabbed his camera on a whim, walked out in his back yard in his bare feet and fired off 30 frames and got what I think is a great shot.

I took my D300 with several lenses, out away from the lights, set it on a tripod and fired in excess of 200 shots at various setting I found on the net, trying to get the cliche fireworks shot and got nothing I would be willing to post.

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