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Fireworks from Oaks Bottom

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Posted by John Lehmkuhl on July 5, 2006 at 1:50 PM
Fireworks from Oaks Bottom
From the bluff above the amusement park here in SE Portland,. I live about 6 blocks from here.

20D and 17-40 f4L
1.3 seconds at f8
tripod, MLU
Double blend of same RAW file for more shadow detail
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on July 5, 2006 at 2:14 PM
Another shot that came out good, imo.
Posted by William Abbott on July 5, 2006 at 2:42 PM
Oooh, I like the 2nd one better personally, the smoke is a little less evident as its running out of frame on the left, and the bursts are bigger and more apealing to me... thats a great angle with the amusment park and all.. at first I wished the sky were darker in the first one, but in the 2nd one I like it just as is...
Posted by Philip Kuglin on July 5, 2006 at 4:26 PM
John,
I like the 2nd one better also. I wish there was more at the top though. Shooting fireworks is sure hard in my opinion and you did good :)
Posted by Pradeep on July 5, 2006 at 4:48 PM
Like the second one.
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on July 5, 2006 at 5:04 PM
Thanks, yea... fireworks is not easy to get and I was fairly happy with these... shooting from a bridge next year for the big ones :wink: