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

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SUMMARY

The "Fire In The Sky" photo contest invites participants to submit digital photos featuring fireworks, with a submission period from June 29 to July 5, 2023. Contest rules specify that photos must be resized to 650 x 490 pixels, and editing is limited to cropping and watermarking. Each member is allowed only one submission, and photos must be original works taken by the participant. A poll will determine the winner at the end of the contest, with discussions highlighting the challenges of capturing fireworks effectively.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of digital photography basics
  • Familiarity with photo resizing techniques
  • Knowledge of online photo hosting platforms like ImageShack
  • Awareness of contest rules and ethical photography practices
NEXT STEPS
  • Research techniques for capturing fireworks photography
  • Learn about digital photo editing software for cropping and watermarking
  • Explore online platforms for sharing and hosting photos
  • Investigate community guidelines for photo contests and submissions
USEFUL FOR

Amateur photographers, photography enthusiasts, and anyone interested in participating in online photo contests focused on themed submissions.

  • #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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