Manchester Fireworks from Uncanoonuc Mountains

Outdoor Odyssey 0 Night Sky, Ramblings, Road Trips Fireworks, Independence Day, Manchester, New Hampshire, Night Photography

Manchester, NH Skyline during the Independance Day Fireworks

I’ve been wanting to try and shoot the fireworks from a mountain top for a while. This year things worked out with timing and weather.

Once I arrived at my location, I realized I forgot one major accessory in the car. Yes. Bug spray. I was trying to set up in shorts and a short sleeve shirt surrounded by dozens of buzzing mosquitos.

I didn’t have time to go back to the car so I just kept swatting while trying to get some test shots done. Fortunately, some other people came along and let me use some of their bug spray.

I was shooting with my Nikon D-7100. I had my 70-300mm lens on there, and my ISO switched between 100 and 200. My aperture ranged between f8 and f22 depending on my shutter speed. That ranged between 3 seconds and 20 seconds.

Once everything was in place I just waited for the fireworks to start. I was about 8 miles from the fireworks location from South Uncanoonuc. I had my lens zoomed in between 200mm and 300mm most of the time.

I got a good variety of shots. Some of these photos are full frame but many of them are cropped. This was a fun experiment. The photos came out much better than I had expected.