We made a very last minute decision to head down to my hometown of Brookings, Oregon to photograph the fireworks display over the port. We spent the afternoon scouting locations and found the perfect place that was away from the crowds and on the “good” side of the fireworks (the wind was blowing the smoke to the northeast, and we were on a point jutting out into the ocean, looking back on the port). The first half of the fireworks display had a lot of big, colorful fireworks, which you will see in the first collage. The second collage has fireworks from the second half of the display that were mainly sparkly fireworks that were not as bright or colorful, but still fun to photograph.
All of these images were shot at f/16 with a shutter speed ranging from 1 to 5 seconds.
If you have pictures of your local fireworks display that you would like to share, feel free to post a link in the comments.