Fourth of July at the Washington Monument 2013

Since I have to be at work down the street last night I went in early and photographed the fireworks.The scafolding around the monument is to fix cracks caused by a minor earthquake. Nikon D-300 Lens Tamron 18-270mm

ISO-200, f 9-11, Shutter speed 1.3-2 sec. Manual setting

Happy 4th from Columbia,Md

When taking pictures of fireworks try blending them together in adobe photoshop, screen blend mood  works the best

July 4th Fireworks on the Mall in Washington D.C. 2011

Once in your photographic life if you can get their it's really worth coming to Washington, D.C. to photograph the fireworks on July 4th. When taking pictures of fireworks (use a tripod)set your camera to manual use a shutter speed somewhere from 1 to 3 or 4 seconds and walk in the right f-stop going up or down till you get the sky dark enough....

Tameron 18-270 lens / f-29 / 3.00 sec. / Iso 320