Montana Outdoors

July 11, 2013

Oh what the heck, just one…

Filed under: Montana — montucky @ 9:11 pm

This one has been haunting me.

Fireworks

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  1. It looks like a creature made entirely of light and energy… love it.

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    Comment by Teresa Evangeline — July 11, 2013 @ 9:19 pm

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    • Maybe that’s why I liked it, it presents the idea of a creature.

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      Comment by montucky — July 11, 2013 @ 9:47 pm

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  2. It certainly isn’t what one would see in a photo like this.Talk about power. What the universe has is still a mystery. Cool picture..

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    Comment by Frances Schenck — July 11, 2013 @ 10:08 pm

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  3. WoW! That’s an amazing photo! Did you take it on 4th of July this year? It looks like a creature.

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    Comment by twoscamps — July 11, 2013 @ 10:41 pm

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    • Yes, the county fairgrounds had a fireworks show. This was taken from about a mile away. I took about 50 and most turned out pretty well; this one has haunted me though.

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      Comment by montucky — July 11, 2013 @ 10:49 pm

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  4. Did you photoshop it? It looks like a giant electric caterpillar. Great shot!

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    Comment by wordsfromanneli — July 11, 2013 @ 10:42 pm

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    • No, I don’t have photoshop. It was a 4 second (handheld, believe it or not) exposure at f/9.8, ISO125. I had not tried shooting fireworks before. An electric caterpillar is a good description!

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      Comment by montucky — July 11, 2013 @ 10:53 pm

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      • The sky is so black behind it. Hand held? Very good!

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        Comment by wordsfromanneli — July 11, 2013 @ 10:59 pm

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        • I like the black background. We have very little light pollution here and there was just a mountain range behind the fireworks.

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          Comment by montucky — July 11, 2013 @ 11:09 pm

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  5. Hand of some beast from space? Well, it is great photo.

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    Comment by Sartenada — July 11, 2013 @ 11:06 pm

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    • Thanks Matti. I guess each of us can see something different in it. It was fun to try a few shots anyway.

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      Comment by montucky — July 11, 2013 @ 11:13 pm

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  6. Fantastic photo ! I wish i had taken a photo like yours // Maria 🙂

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    Comment by mariayarri — July 12, 2013 @ 2:29 am

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    • Thanks Maria. I was just experimenting and a surprising number of the photos were pretty cool.

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      Comment by montucky — July 12, 2013 @ 9:40 pm

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  7. I didn’t have much luck getting shots of fireworks this year-first time I ever tried with a digital camera. This one is excellent.

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    Comment by New Hampshire Gardener — July 12, 2013 @ 4:19 am

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    • This was the first time I’ve tried to shoot fireworks too. I was surprised by several of them.

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      Comment by montucky — July 12, 2013 @ 9:40 pm

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  8. Wow. Gorgeous!

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    Comment by roberta — July 12, 2013 @ 5:16 am

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  9. Almost look like large flowers.

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    Comment by knightofswords — July 12, 2013 @ 5:50 am

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  10. Love this Electric Caterpillar and that it is hand held is amazing. Thanks for posting just one!

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    Comment by Elizabeth — July 12, 2013 @ 7:12 am

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  11. Beautiful.

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    Comment by anniespickns — July 12, 2013 @ 7:26 am

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  12. Amazing shot … glad you decided to share it.

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    Comment by bearyweather — July 12, 2013 @ 8:06 am

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  13. It’s beautiful, Terry…thanks for giving-in. 🙂

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    Comment by seekraz — July 12, 2013 @ 8:06 am

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  14. I can see why! That is one cool shot. Sometimes fireworks pictures all look alike to me, but not this one, it’s definitely unique.

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    Comment by Mama's Empty Nest — July 12, 2013 @ 10:15 am

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    • Just lucky. Out of about 50, there were only a couple that looked like the usual fireworks shots. Now if I can remember how I did it.

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      Comment by montucky — July 12, 2013 @ 10:07 pm

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  15. This is super!!!

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    Comment by dhphotosite — July 12, 2013 @ 1:13 pm

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  16. Looks like Butte 03 July. Canon Elphs have a nice fireworks shutter setting.

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    Comment by ecoroverEcoRover — July 12, 2013 @ 3:31 pm

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    • You probably had more of a display there, but this one was pretty nice. At the Sanders County fair grounds in Plains.

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      Comment by montucky — July 12, 2013 @ 10:09 pm

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  17. It’s a beautiful capture. I didn’t see the caterpillar until others mentioned it. Instead, I saw a lovely blossom with spiderwebs clinging. We had some nice fireworks here this year – I always enoy them so much.

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    Comment by shoreacres — July 12, 2013 @ 4:42 pm

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    • I’m finding it very interesting seeing what folks see in the image. Kind of fun! I enjoy fireworks here because there is no hustle and bustle involved. I drove 3 miles to get a clear look at the sky over the fairgrounds and that was it; no one even around me.

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      Comment by montucky — July 12, 2013 @ 10:14 pm

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  18. A pretty skyflower, that.

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    Comment by Steve Schwartzman — July 12, 2013 @ 4:59 pm

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  19. Hi Montucky, Exceptional! Have an excellent weekend!

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    Comment by wildlifewatcher — July 12, 2013 @ 7:57 pm

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  20. That’s a beautiful capture, Dad! I’d like to see some of the other photos you took. Love you!

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    Comment by juls — July 12, 2013 @ 8:43 pm

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  21. Wow, that’s almost surreal!! Great photo!

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    Comment by Jo Woolf — July 13, 2013 @ 12:45 am

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  22. Only you could take this incredible photograph. Just amazing!

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    Comment by WildBill — July 13, 2013 @ 6:39 am

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  23. That is very unique. I’ve never really tried them either as setting up a tripod at night with a lot of cats around is problematic. Remembering the settings is difficult…

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    Comment by Candace — July 14, 2013 @ 11:17 pm

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    • I can imagine a tripod with a bunch of cats. LOL. It was fun to give it a try.

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      Comment by montucky — July 14, 2013 @ 11:28 pm

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  24. Very nice Terry !!

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    Comment by Bernie Kasper — July 15, 2013 @ 3:17 pm

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