The grand finale of our Aquatennial celebration, the great uuh … ahh. At least that’s what they used to call it. Our location wasn’t the best for photos (skyline in background for example), but it was convenient and not to crowded. Could have processed out some of the smoke, but that’s part of the setting.
These didn’t turn out as I had hoped. For one thing the launching point appears to not have been from the 3rd Avenue bridge, putting all the fireworks in front of a brightly light building, and the lack of any breeze caused the smoke to hang around forever. I also used in-camera noise reduction, which essentially disables the camera for the same amount of time after each shot as the shot was long in the first place. Next time I’m going to pluck myself down on the Stone Arch bridge early evening and sweat in the sun with the rest of them, and have some fun.