4th of July Fireworks - Washington DC (7/4/2006)

    These were taken from the boat club just south of Reagan National Airport in VIrginia.

    I was hoping to go to Gravelly Point instead, but by 7pm it was packed all over and I was just happy to park and get a good spot along the water facing the DC...

    This was my first attempt to actually photograph fireworks with a DSLR. I shot in jpg, and kept the ISO around 800, -1.7EV and I used a tripod (d200 w/ 80-400mm)...

    2006_0704_D200_8172

    Comments and faves

    1. Classic Pep (72 months ago | reply)

      Great shots of the fireworks, eh. I took some photos of firworks too, very hard to get a good shot, eh. I used a 50mm lens with an f/1.8. Had the ISO at 100 and played around with the shutter speed.

    2. KaroliK (72 months ago | reply)

      Very nice shot! The D200 is an awesome camera.

    3. Naturability (72 months ago | reply)

      Oooh, ahhhh.
      I love this kind.

    4. Maria Dalva (71 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful fires!

    5. Ben Tebbens (35 months ago | reply)

      Such beautiful color;)

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