Fireworks
July 30th, 2006
I went to see the fireworks tonight – the last ones of the Summer. They were ok: some moments – like this big huge white blob of craziness – were very exciting, but for the most part it was a little garish – they used all the silly tricks like heart-shaped explosions and the like, and while it was very colourful most of the time, the choice of colours was a little bland – lots of very bright primary colours, but not mixed together nicely. The Australian show last Wednesday was much better, in my opinion.
I took several pictures, but this is the only one that turned out at all – I got there later than I intended so I didn’t really have space to set up my tripod, and it’s not easy to get pictures like this to turn out at all without one. Without a rather long exposure, it just looks like nothing at all, because you don’t see trails – just points of light.