July 4th is the only solar day each year when Americans gather in good deal to celebrate the simple joy of blow things up ( … and independence ) . The 200 entries in this week’sShooting Challengedo judge to this strange , wonderful tradition .
https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-fireworks-5576573
Lead Shot (before during the accident)
The details here are foggy due to all the booze . We needed a group shot at the end of the nighttime so everyone piled into the street and we light off two howitzer shell on the terra firma behind us . The tv camera was on a tripod in the back of my truck . Here is what I used :
Camera : Olympus E - PL1
Lens : Lumix G 1.7/20 Prime Lens
ISO : 200
Fstop : 4.0
picture Time : 15″
– Andy Meehan
Red Rain
This photograph was take with an Olympus E-520 with a 14 - 42 millimetre lens on a small locomotion tripod . ISO 100 , lens at 42 mm , Image Stabilization , Aperture It was taken on July 1st at the Windsor – Detroit International Freedom Festival that celebrate the 4th of July and Canada solar day together .
-Alex Bussiere
Disneyland From Car
take on a Canon EOS Rebel XS , 50 mm f/1.8 II , f/7.1 , 1 2d exposure , ISO200
From inside the car on the drive out of Disneyland .
[ Ed note : Simple and beautiful . ]
-Taishi Matusmoto
Cracking a Cold One
I took these with my Nikon D40 using the kit lens and manual mode . I kept the shutter open 3 seconds to fascinate the electric discharge from the bottle rocket . Nothing good than bourgeon nursing bottle roquette out of a freshly emptied beer bottle on the 4th of July .
-Peter Berg
Finale
television camera : Nikon D300s
Lens : Nikkor 18 - 200 mm 1:3.5 - 5.6 G II ED
Exposure : 15 secondment
ISO : 100
Aperture : 5.6
Focal Length : 18 millimetre
Location : Woodlawn Lake Park , San Antonio , TX
-Nathan Thompson
Bloom Over Boston
This was shot while watching the Annual Boston Pops Firework Spectacular ! Unfortunately the location was not a prime spot to see the whole display , but I was able to capture a portion of the video display . The photo was taken with a Canon 7D w/ an EFS 17 - 85 mm IS lens ( 200 iso , 2 sec shutter focal ratio , and f/5.4 ) .
-Luke Salyer
70s Roller Rink
I know this is late , but here ’s to hoping you are being extra soft to those who partied just a little harder last night than others . Thanks .
info :
Nikon D3000
ISO 200
18 - 55 mm lens
10 sec . vulnerability
-Mike Maloney
Goooooold
Canon Rebel XT , EFS 18 - 55 millimeter kit lens , ISO 100 , F/4.5 , AWB
incisive images of fireworks are common . But many fireworks sizzle or sparkle , come along blurred as they expand . To enamour a fairy story quality , I briefly rival the tripod with my hand to judder it a bantam amount , obscure to the defenseless eye but see by the camera detector . The resulting grain remind me of delicate watercolor paintbrush fortuity .
[ erectile dysfunction note : What a great , effective technique . ]
-Leah Orden
Now That’s America!
Canon EOS Rebel T1i , Canon EF - S55 - 250 mm f/4 - 5.6 IS , Aperture : 4 , Exposure Time : 1/80 , ISO : 800
I choose this at my hometown ’s ( Bedford , IN ) fireworks show . This picture cry America to me , with its implied greasy Warren Burger smell , and colorful explosions .
[ Ed distinction : Bonus points for seizure of the human experimental condition . The title was Clark ’s . ]
-Ryan Clark
Wait, Wait, Wait…Who Let Canada In??
Equipment : Nikon D60 ( 18mm-55 mm lens )
I took this photograph on July 1st ( Canada Day ) in front of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa . usually I observe the fireworks from balcony , but this year , I joined the throngs of hoi polloi in front of the Parliament . I chose this one because of the composition of the Peace Tower and Canadian Flag firework explosions . I thought the lens flare added a moment of interest to the word picture .
-Siobhán Thomas
Fire Flowers
Canon T1i , 18 - 55 mm EF - S lens , Manual modality , 47 mm , f/8.0 , 10 second vulnerability ( bulb modality ) , tripod , RS-60 E3 remote swop
I learn this shooting at the Yorba Linda , CA 4th of July celebration . Had the shutter in bulb mode . My sister confine the camera steady on the tripod while I adjusted the focus back and off to get the floral effect . Did some canonic contrast / curve adjustments in Adobe Lightroom .
-Giani Waghelstein
The Razzle and the Dazzle
Model : canyon EOS 50D
Lens : Sigma 18 - 250 mm
Exposure : 13 second at f/9
-Khanh Ha
Rockets
Nikon D5000 w/ Nikkor 55 - 200 mm telephoto crystalline lens
ISO 400
f/8
vulnerability 1/50s
At my local fireworks presentation for the quaternary , the gamy - in - the - air bursts were n’t giving me what I wanted , but when the low-toned shells started being set off I loved the way the feather of weed curl behind the rockets .
[ male erecticle dysfunction banknote : I enjoy the picture so intemperately , but I ca n’t help but wish well it was perfectly sharp . ]
-Beth Knutson
Bokeh Works
Canon EOS 50D , f/1.8 , 50 mm , 200 ISO
For the Fourth I went to the fireworks display in Downtown Lansing Michigan . I drive a sum of 451 , blame 24 of those to upload to my Flickr , and off all of those snap This was my favorite shot from the entire evening . to get the shot I just manually focused my lense as tight to me as potential , dress the aperture way down , and pop blast .
-Matthew Katzenberger
Blue and Gold
Nikon D90
18 - 200 mm zoom lens system
continue photograph by paw . look-alike was taken overlook Lake Union fireworks in Seattle .
– Nick Sprankle
Fireworks On a Budget
photographic camera : canyon Digital Rebel XSi
Lens : 18 – 55 mm outfit lens
F/ : 6.3
Shutter : 1.3 second
All I had really want to do this independence Clarence Shepard Day Jr. was get a comely picture to submit for the challenge , so my family & I expire to where i think would be a utter post . As it turns out , all the fireworks were too far aside to get anything full . fortuitously , my sister had get a text that people were setting them off at the local elementary school . We had gotten there in time to see not the most professional show of fireworks , ( a few of them fell over & explode on the ground ) but certainly more photographical . This characterisation was taken zoom along in during the exposure .
[ Ed tone : Fascinating how the soar exposure coupled with a inglorious backdrop ruin our sense of scale of measurement . ]
-Robert Kelley
Big Blue
ISO 100 , f/7.1 , 3.2s shutter
This is the first “ tangible ” event / action item I ’ve had the opportunity to shoot with this camera . I set the camera up on the tripod in time for the 9:30p starting signal meter . 9:30p came , followed by the first pyrotechnic plate , then a 2nd , and a third , and then the sprinklers came on ! We had to scurry off the lawn to avoid getting drenched
-Brett Woollum
Mortar Wars
Nikon D90 , 18 - 55 mm VR @ 22 mm , ISO 200 , f/5.6 , 4 Sec Exposure
For the last 3 years our 4th of July party has been a contest of Mortar Wars . We split into teams on paired side of the field of force and plan out strategies . The gun consist of principally Mortars and orotund Roman candles . This year I manage to impart my camera for the first 15 minutes of the festivities . This image shows the blow track from mortar and then blasting in good order above appose squad .
-Cody Overton
WINNER
Shot on a Canon 7D with a Tokina 11 - 16 f/2.8 . 3 sec , f/4.0 , 16 mm , ISO 100 , BULB modal value .
For the first 15 minute of the show , I just was n’t quite quenched with the shots I was getting but about halfway through , these four boy came and sit around down right in front of me . turn out all I needed was some some spectators to cast anchor the bottom of my soma and lend a human element to the chaos in the sky .
-Ansel Santosa
Really fun entries this workweek . The full galleries are below ( I promise , there are stack of worthy pics in the cheap posterior ) , and as always , you may bump wallpaper - sized image over onflickr .
Gallery 1
https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-gallery-fireworks-part-1-5580305
art gallery 2
https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-gallery-fireworks-part-2-5580417
verandah 3
https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-gallery-fireworks-part-3-5580620
Gallery 4
https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-gallery-fireworks-part-4-5580770
ALSO , we have n’t forget about thecellphone Shooting Challenge . My apology , we are working on it and hope to mail results ASAP ( right now , I ’m hoping that mean tomorrow ) . Yes … I said this a hebdomad ago .
https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-cellphone-photography-5571006
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gallery compiled by Ryan Salerno .
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