Fireworks

Boom !

by Gregg Obst on June 30, 2010

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Boom !

As we approach another Independence Day and the opportunity for fireworks, I decided to take a look back through some of my fireworks shots from last year. This shot is from the fireworks display on July 4th 2009 at Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom in Dorneyville, PA.

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Dorney Park Independence Day Fireworks

by Gregg Obst on July 4, 2009

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Dorney Park Independence Day Fireworks

From the fireworks display on July 4th 2009 at Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom in Dorneyville, PA.

I setup camp on the side of the road in front of the Comfort Inn and Suites Hotel which gave me a pretty good angle on the fireworks but also gave me a steady stream on insanely heavy traffic crossing in front of me, I’m pretty sure the headlights were throwing some of the metering off during the course of some of my shots.

I was a little disappointed in the finale though because of the density of the explosions, most of them came out just white flashes of light instead of nice, even distributed showers of sparks. The City of Allentown fireworks display which was also visible in the night sky off to the north was a lot better in my opinion.

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A spark is but a raging inferno waiting to mature

May 22, 2009

From the fireworks display on Friday 5-15-2009 at the annual Fleetwood Days that are held in the park where I regularly photograph ducks and other wildlife.

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Fleetwood Days Fireworks

May 15, 2009

No planets or solar systems were formed or harmed in the making of these photographs. These were the fireworks on Friday 5-15-2009 at the annual Fleetwood Days that are held in the park where I regularly photograph ducks and other wildlife. I think they probably scared the poor ducks to death last night. I’ll have [...]

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