Photo Contest - Fire In The Sky (6/29-7/5)

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The forum discussion centers around a photo contest themed "Fireworks," coinciding with the US Independence Day on July 4th. Participants are required to submit original digital photos featuring fireworks, adhering to specific rules such as size limitations and restrictions on editing. The contest allows only one submission per member, and photos must be uploaded to a designated photo server before linking in the thread. As the discussion unfolds, members express excitement about capturing fireworks, share past experiences, and discuss the challenges of photographing them, especially during crowded events. Some participants suggest extending the submission deadline to July 6th to accommodate those who plan to take photos on the 4th. Several members share their past fireworks photos, including entries from notable events like the 1984 Olympics and Disney World displays. The conversation also touches on the quality of local fireworks shows, with some expressing disappointment over budget cuts affecting displays. Overall, the thread highlights the community's enthusiasm for photography and the shared experience of celebrating Independence Day through fireworks.
  • #31
A reminder that you have a bit more than one day left to post a picture for this contest. So far, we have only two photos.

Zz.
 
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  • #32
We had some fireworks here last night - but not very impressive compared to the last few years. Budget cuts all round, it appears. I took my camera with me but it was terribly crowded (about a million people packed into a tiny park). I was late, and had to settle for a poor spot on the rocks by the river - no place to set up a tripod. I didn't get any good shots. :frown:

But my internet's down at home until tomorrow (tomorrow if I'm lucky).
 
  • #33
Ivan Seeking said:
In keeping with Zapper's "fireworks" theme this week, I think we need a "baby skunks" theme next week. That seems pretty balanced to me. :biggrin:
I might be able to participate in "Wild Animals that Wandered into Your Home" week. :smile:
 
  • #34
ZapperZ said:
So far, we have only two photos.

Zz.
Well, at least one of us has to win that way. :biggrin: It might be the best chance I have of coming in second. :smile:
 
  • #35
Math Is Hard said:
I might be able to participate in "Wild Animals that Wandered into Your Home" week. :smile:

Great idea MIH. I'd be able to contribute if "Wild animals and how I wandered into their home" would be allowed as well. :smile:
 
  • #36
nazzard said:
Great idea MIH. I'd be able to contribute if "Wild animals and how I wandered into their home" would be allowed as well. :smile:
Let me guess.. the first bowl of porridge you tried was too hot, the second was too cold, but the third was just right...?:biggrin:
 
  • #37
Wow, next year I HAVE to get to Pittsburgh to watch the fireworks! I'm watching theirs on TV now, and they are fantastic! Lots of really nifty kinds that I haven't seen before too. And it just keeps going and going and going! They have a regatta on the rivers too. I think that means I need to find a boat owner in Pittsburgh to befriend. :biggrin: I wish I knew about them sooner; I could have made the trip up this evening.
 
  • #38
Well, it's not that great but it's (sort of) an entry... :rolleyes:
This is a shot from the 1984 LA Summer Olympics. We had lots of smoke back in the '80's. :biggrin:

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6323/fireworks9kq.jpg
 
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  • #39
My entry from tonight's display. Taken with a digital camera held over my head to see over the crowd, but uts better than nothing.

http://home.earthlink.net/~parvey/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/fire.jpg
 
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  • #40
There were no fireworks in my area...just some from sone neighbors a couple of houses down, but there was a tree in the way so all I could see was a glow
 
  • #41
Math Is Hard said:
Let me guess.. the first bowl of porridge you tried was too hot, the second was too cold, but the third was just right...?:biggrin:

How do you know? :smile: Correct species! Yet the only thing they left was a pile of salmon. :smile: Luckily they had enough of this food resource during that time of the year, or someone else might have ended up on the menu. :rolleyes:
 
  • #42
Janus said:
My entry from tonight's display. Taken with a digital camera held over my head to see over the crowd, but uts better than nothing.

http://home.earthlink.net/~parvey/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/fire.jpg
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Wow, that's a beautiful picture of really neat fireworks! I haven't seen ones with that many colors in a starburst pattern before. And I like the "confetti" look around it.

The one thing I didn't like about the Pittsburgh fireworks as I watched them on TV (other than the fact I was watching on TV instead of in person) is that they just shot off so many at once during the whole show that you couldn't appreciate the prettier ones. I like it much better as shown in your photo, where they shot up a grouping of the same fireworks, so you can really see what the pattern is. They had some really neat-o fireworks in Pittsburgh, but they were in the middle of a bunch of ordinary, single-color starbursts, so it would have been easy to miss those treats. There were ones that were multi-colored rings, each ring in a different orientation, sort of like the elementary school version of what an atom looks like, but with lots of colors. I really liked those. I've seen ones with one or two rings before, but never 3 or 4, so it looked like a hollow sphere...sort of.
 
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  • #43
Janus said:
My entry from tonight's display. Taken with a digital camera held over my head to see over the crowd, but uts better than nothing.

http://home.earthlink.net/~parvey/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/fire.jpg
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WOW! That's GORGEOUS! I'm voting for Janus! :biggrin:
 
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  • #45
I was hoping to get a pic last night, but it just didn't happen. I was working so that kinda crimped my style. My coworkers all went out in the parking lot, ate chicken, hot dogs and potato salad and watched the local , while I drove home to light fuses for my wife and kids. I was pretty time restricted, so was rushing around lighting fireworks as fast as I could, didn't even have time to watch the ones I was setting off. :cry:

I have always opted for watching fireworks live rather then through a camera lens. 4th of July 1986, I was on lower Manhattan Island with a million other people , standing in awe of the fireworks celebrating the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, my camera hanging unused around my neck. That was a fireworks display!but it remains only in my memory.
 
  • #46
I'm going to be posting a picture (by proxy) for contributing member bitjumper that can't get here right now, but he e-mailed me his pictures this morning. Except I can't decide which one to post, do I go for pretty colors or unusual arrangement?

AARRRGH, I can't take the pressure.
 
  • #47
ok, here is the one I'm choosing, it's red only, but some beautiful details.

bitjumper061iu.jpg
 
  • #48
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/6616/jelly8ds.jpg

Is it fireworks that look like jellyfish, or jellyfish that look like fireworks?
 
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  • #49
hypnagogue said:
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/6616/jelly8ds.jpg

Is it fireworks that look like jellyfish, or jellyfish that look like fireworks?
Oh, not fair! Now I should post my second choice. How the heck did that one happen, the middle look shiny?
 
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  • #50
Just when I thought I had my mind made up over who I would vote for, the whole lot of you has to show up and enter a bunch of great new photos!
 
  • #51
http://img328.imageshack.us/img328/2990/fire0tt.jpg
 
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