I did return sans Sue to my usual fireworks vantage point looking from the trail bridge to the main bridge and townhall. Sue was tired and also remembered the mosquitoes, so she demurred. We can actually get a good view from our bedroom, so she didn't miss anything.
Trying to outsmart the mosquitoes, I wore light long pants and a long-sleeved orange shirt with a hoodie. I sprayed my hat after I parked the car and added more later, but the biters found me anyway, and I was itching something fierce. Maybe they are attracted to orange. When I took my shirt off at home my back was absolutely covered with huge red bites.
Sue sprayed some stuff, and after a shower, the itchiness disappeared, Thank goodness.
The Shoot
I decided to go vertical, but once the fireworks began, they were drifting partly out of frame because they seemed to have shifted a bit from previous years, so I couldn't change the composition by then. The reason requires just a bit of explication, but I have decided to spare you the details.
So, here are the shots, or at least 5 of them. Town Hall appears in all of the photos as it is the point of choosing this location. You will notice that the sky is not completely black; some colour remains, and that is what I was working to accomplish this year with a bit of blending in post.
Having accomplished the sky thing, although it didn't worked as well as I hoped, I am done with that location forever and ever, hallelujah, hallelujah. If I shoot the Canada Day fireworks again, it will be from our bedroom or from some other location, wherever that may be. But I shall worry about that if and when.
Those are very pretty shots. The first and last are the best, IMO.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots. I like the first one most. 👍
ReplyDeleteOh poor itchy you! Such a sacrifice for art! The first is my fav also!
ReplyDeleteThey look fabulous.
ReplyDeleteI hate mosquitoes.
Beautiful photos. I hate mosquitoes 🦟 😤
ReplyDeleteEw, sorry about the bites - so annoying! Sans Sue is really fun to say.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos. Shame about the bugs.
ReplyDeleteThis are really pretty.
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult to just take a photo of fireworks let alone play with different settings.
ReplyDeleteWe were at a birthday party. I made the big mistake of wearing sandals. Holy cow, did my feet ever get chewed up. :( Mosquitos really bug me.
ReplyDeletePretty shots- I love the last one. Happy Fourth!
ReplyDeleteDamnable mosquitos! The best thing I find is to wear two layers in my shirt and in my pants. I have some thin pajamas (sort of like “scrubs” material that I don’t under a regular long sleeve shirt and pants when the mosquitos are at their peak. It helps some, but my hands and my head are still vulnerable. My longer, “bigger” beard and mustache have helped protect some of my face and buttoning up my shirt collar helps some with my neck.
ReplyDeleteI have seen many of your fireworks photos over the years and all are very pleasing, but I would say this batch is especially beautiful……. with an especially strong nod to the last one today!!!
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That last one, WOW! I don't live in a place where mosquitoes are a nuisance (except camping in the forest) but it sounds like you had a lot of clothing to cover you. How did they manage to bite you anyway??
ReplyDeleteFireworks in bokeh style is quite something as well
ReplyDeleteVery nice!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures! UGH on mosquitos. We don’t get eaten here, it’s too dry, but I remember the joke when I lived in Alaska that they were the official state bird. I’m glad you survived.
ReplyDeleteNo fireworks on Canada Day in Gaspe for cost reasons. We arrived home last evening driving for 12 hours from Carleton sur Mer on Gaspe peninsula. Just wanted to get home so we left at 5:30 am.
ReplyDeleteI have experienced that pull to get home from a trip.
DeleteMosquitoes suck, but well worth it you did an incredible job with your photography!
ReplyDeleteI always take pix. They're never so wonderful as yours. Sorry about the mosquitoes, though. You are intrepid.
ReplyDeleteFireworks are tricky. I only tried to photograph them once. Great shots, AC.
ReplyDeleteI was eaten alive on the boardwalk two days ago with the mosquitoes.. Wish me luck today!
Thanks for bracing the mosquitoes, which seem to have won out 😟 and for capturing these images to share, AC. We will watch them from indoors our apt as the small park we used to go to is under reconstruction.
ReplyDeleteThose are great shots.
ReplyDeleteThey all work, but I hear you about composition. I think the modquitoes are attracted to warmth, so an orange shirt might be a warm one? I have a canvass jacket. Last year Canadian Tire had bug repellent clothing available and I bought a flowerpot hat. Worked wonderfully. I may go back for the shirt this year.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a bedroom window, I would push my spouse out of it. Well, sideways.
On the island of Mallorca, fireworks season is in August, and it's usually a very beautiful spectacle, just like the photographs you've taken.
ReplyDeleteWow, those bites! That's awful. I do believe they are attracted to orange, as Larry had a similar experience when we were at the Outer Banks of NC.
ReplyDeleteBut your photos are stunning. Can't blame you for never going back to that spot though.
Having tried shooting fireworks I know what's involved, and these are great shots!
ReplyDeleteThese are really satisfying photos! So glad I saw them. Thank you, AC
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