Thursday, July 5, 2007

4th celebration

We had such a nice 4th of July this year ~ really laid back and low key. We went to the parade (like we do every year) in the morning. We went back to our house and just spent time with our guests ~ watching the kids swim in the pool, playing croquet and horseshoes and just visiting. Followed by a BBQ and more games

In the early evening we let the kids set off some small fireworks ~ ds even got to light some (with daddy's supervision) and he was thrilled! Then we went to our local fireworks show and let ds light some sparkler's ~ I used the settings justjulie recommended (THANKS Julie!) ~ setting to Bulb, f8, I picked ISO 200, and manual focus set to infinity.

and am just thrilled with the results! What a great 4th this year.





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11 comments:

Erika said...

Beautiful fireworks shots! Makes me want to try, we were traveling during fireworks time...I will remember settings for next year, so neat!!

Michelle said...

wow! great fireworks shots! love the colors that you got.

amazing grace said...

love the circle sparkler one...very fun!!! I was in bed before the fireworks even began this year!!!!

leah

bprincephoto said...

wow- i love your fireworks. the first one is my favorite. great job

Tera Fraley said...

Wow!! Those are awesome fireworks shots!!

Amy Covey said...

Great fireworks photos - love the color!!

Dana said...

I love the sparkler one...I tried that before and loved the results. Great job.

Sue said...

Man you nailed those - they are brilliant! That second one is really cool too with the sparkler and the sillouette. Great job!

Melissa said...

Your fireworks are great! i love the red & blue one!

Jan said...

these are all just great, Amy!! Love them all! I didn't try fireworks this year...maybe next time. Thanks for sharing!

Dar Kaso said...

Great fireworks shot and the sparkler one is wow.