Big Bangs

But they're not theory - they're the real thing!

Shot a bunch of July 4th fireworks tonight. Many could be posted, but I'll just post a couple.

This year's 'new' idea was experimenting with adjusting focus during the long exposures on some of the shots.

Just a nice capture of multiple bursts in one shot. Nothing experimental in this shot.

This shot had some of the focus experiment. I think I started with the lens set to focus on infinity at first, then started bringing focus closer during the ~5 second exposure. A lot of this ends up being guesswork. So I have some in focus, some out of focus. I kind of like it, definitely worth trying again. Fireworks shots are a great experimental medium. Unfortunately you don't get very many opportunities to shoot them in a year. And they never last long enough.