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2104 St. Pete Fireworks - Part 2

I brought the wrong lens for the fireworks show.  I should have brought my little one that would have shown the whole area of sky where the fireworks were.  As it was, I brought the lens that zooms a bit.  Oh well.  

These are shots of fireworks that came out pretty well.  I had done some homework before hand to find out the proper settings, and one guy wrote that I should have a 2 to 3 second exposure time,  I pared that down to about 1.6 and pretty much liked that amount of time.  And then I anticipated the moment of explosion.  Overall, fireworks are tough to get pictures of, and so I thought these, tonight, were successful. 

The only drawback?  Instead of just being able to sit back and watch a dazzling show, one tends to be working the whole thing and probably missing out on whole experience.   































The finale and grand finale were reserved for video, and they will be coming up in a day or two.  Thanks as always for stopping by.

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