Festival of Flights

Fireworks are a favorite, and fitting, way to end the evening air show at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture.

This is like a little slice of photographer heaven for me – combining fireworks, aircraft and long exposures.  I almost didn’t get any fireworks shots on this trip because I forgot to bring my tripod with me.  Thankfully, I was able to improvise a suitable camera platform by strapping my monopod to folding lawn chair. It was not a very sturdy/stable set up but, fortunately, there was no wind to speak of.  Of course, I use a remote trigger when shooting long exposures to avoid even the slightest movement of the camera.

The blurring of people in this image was caused by their movement during the time the shutter was open; about 23 seconds.

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