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.
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