POTW - Fireworks Friday!!

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  1. zackiedawg

    zackiedawg Member Staff Member

    A few Fireworks Friday shots from Japan this past December:
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    I wasn't there with any intention to shoot Illuminations - but after dinner at Via Napoli, I was working my way back to the Epcot resort entrance and the show started - the darkness and crowds in the main path forced me to stand aside in Japan and I decided to take a few shots.
    (these are composites - the fireworks were with F22 exposures of about 5-10 seconds each, then stacked with an exposure of just the pavilion and buildings so I could get them better lit!).
     
    zackiedawg, Jan 16, 2015
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  2. ddindy

    ddindy Member Staff Member

    Green and purple are the official colors of Mardi Gras, aren't they?

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    Tiana's fireworks
     
    ddindy, Jan 16, 2015
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  3. jbwolffiv

    jbwolffiv Member

    From my shoot at the back of Fantaslyland Saturday night of Pixelmania, the one where as it ended, @ExploringWDW let me know that my ISO was still on auto.

    [​IMG]Fireworks Friday by jbwolffiv, on Flickr
     
    jbwolffiv, Mar 6, 2015
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  4. zackiedawg

    zackiedawg Member Staff Member

    No tripod with me at the time, so I was just handholding the fireworks over the Liberty Belle:
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    zackiedawg, Mar 13, 2015
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  5. ddindy

    ddindy Member Staff Member

    IllumiNations from the FP+ area. There aren't nearly as many phones up here as there were at the beginning of the show.

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    Center stage
     
    ddindy, Jun 12, 2015
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  6. ddindy

    ddindy Member Staff Member

    For my final night of Star Wars Weekends, I wanted to get photos of the Star Wars characters as they walked backstage after the stage show before the fireworks. After they passed by, I stuck around and took some handheld shots of Symphony In The Stars. Not bad, eh?

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    Sci-fi symphony
     
    ddindy, Jun 26, 2015
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  7. jbwolffiv

    jbwolffiv Member

    Not too shabby!
     
    jbwolffiv, Jun 27, 2015
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  8. zackiedawg

    zackiedawg Member Staff Member

    Does this count? Friday June 19 - didn't stay for the Magic Kingdom fireworks, but nature was putting on its own firework show over Grand Floridian:
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    Taken handheld, sitting in a metal boat, on the water, while it was raining (used an RX10 weather-sealed camera that day as the rains were off and on the whole time and I didn't feel like carrying a bag or tripod).
     
    zackiedawg, Jun 29, 2015
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  9. ddindy

    ddindy Member Staff Member

    That most definitely counts, Justin. Congratulations on surviving the suicide cruise. ;)
     
    ddindy, Jun 29, 2015
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  10. jbwolffiv

    jbwolffiv Member

    I agree! Just because they were not scheduled doesny mean they don't count. Cool looking shot!
     
    jbwolffiv, Jun 30, 2015
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  11. jbwolffiv

    jbwolffiv Member

    So we used a Fastpass+ for Wishes since we knew we would not be arriving in the WDW area until late afternoon and had a dinner ADR, and we were very pleased with it! I have not watched Wishes this close in some 5 years as I refuse to deal with the masses near the hub, but now? I also botched the focal length real bad on this set, but you live and you learn.

    [​IMG]Fireworks Friday by John Wolff, on Flickr
     
    jbwolffiv, Aug 7, 2015
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  12. ddindy

    ddindy Member Staff Member

    Don't worry, John. You can fix it in post. ;)
     
    ddindy, Aug 7, 2015
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  13. jbwolffiv

    jbwolffiv Member

    Yup, these are maybe a quarter of the frame.
     
    jbwolffiv, Aug 28, 2015
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  14. jbwolffiv

    jbwolffiv Member

    This is one of two shots that I can actually see all the fireworks. It was so humid that evening with little to no wind that 2 minutes into the show all we saw were smoke clouds that would light up from a burst.

    [​IMG]Fireworks Friday! by John Wolff, on Flickr
     
    jbwolffiv, Aug 28, 2015
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